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Doctors Hospital in question as site for Hyde Park hotel
09 May 2008
While rumors continue to circulate that developers are considering moving the planned construction of a hotel in Hyde Park from the Hyde Park Doctors Hospital to a site south of the Midway, White...
In latest move, Harvard ups aid packages for med students
04 Apr 2008
Harvard University will increase need-based grants for its medical students by $3 million for the upcoming academic year—a 40-percent increase from this year—Harvard administrators announced last...
Fundraising hits new high mark
04 Mar 2008
The University of Chicago ranked 12th in fundraising through charitable contributions last year, according to a recent report by the Council for Aid to Education (CAE)...
U of C unveils new Woodlawn Ave. diversity center
29 Feb 2008
On Monday morning, construction workers were still placing the finishing touches on the new University building at 5710 South Woodlawn Avenue...
Hyde Park awaits co.’s say on revised hotel plan
15 Jan 2008
After a meeting last November regarding plans to replace the Hyde Park Doctors Hospital with a hotel and conference center, the University is awaiting the evaluation of the site’s developer, Whit...
Christian group stirs campus with chalking
16 Nov 2007
This week, students with heavy backpacks and bowed heads trudging into Regenstein Library might have noticed a strangely relevant verse chalked on the sidewalk outside the entrance: “Come to me a...
Co-Op considers bankruptcy
09 Nov 2007
Facing financial turmoil, the Hyde Park Cooperative Society, which operates the only supermarket currently open in the U of C’s neighborhood, will present a series of options to shareholders late...
U of C scales back nuclear research
30 Oct 2007
In 1942, Enrico Fermi created the first controlled nuclear chain reaction at the Metallurgical Laboratory here on campus...
Trustees approve two new buildings
23 Oct 2007
The Board of Trustees has authorized two new building projects to move forward to the architect selection and design phase, David Fithian, secretary of the Board of Trustees, announced after a re...
Students flock to Fulbright
12 Oct 2007
A record number U of C students applied this year to the State Department’s Fulbright Program, the flagship international exchange program that sends graduates to over 155 countries and finances ...
Second-year tries to clean up with laundry biz
05 Oct 2007
George Tarmy wants to air your dirty laundry, literally...
Revamped website approaches debut
02 Oct 2007
Set to be completed early next year, a redesign of the main University web page is underway that would take advantage of new technology, update multimedia content, and improve accessibility...
Answers missing on UCH insulin case
19 Sep 2007
The Chicago Police Department (CPD) and the Patient Safety Team at the University of Chicago Medical Center have made little progress in a continuing investigation examining suspiciously high lev...
A select few choose to drop cell phone calls entirely
01 Jun 2007
One night, second-year Laura Felley took the wrong exit out of a Ratner locker room and wound up on the field. All of the gates were locked, and no one was around...
U of C team in element at CERN
25 May 2007
In the summer of her third undergraduate year, Imai Jen-La Plante was doing particle physics research in Chicago when she first had the opportunity to visit Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois...
Amid protest, Pace addresses GSB crowd
22 May 2007
General Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke Friday at the Graduate School of Business’s (GSB) 55th Management Conference amid ongoing protests over recent comments he made ex...
ORCSA sweeps in network finales
22 May 2007
About a dozen students gathered last Thursday to drink free soda, eat free food, and find out what happened with Jim and Pam’s ongoing will-they-won’t-they relationship on the hour-long season fi...
University cafés fined for violating city pricing code
08 May 2007
The University is taking steps to comply with new city ordinances after being fined nearly $5,000 for failing to use price tags in three Plum Caf_s on campus...
Petitioners press GSB to rescind Pace invitation
27 Apr 2007
University students are petitioning and organizing protests against General Peter Pace’s scheduled keynote address at the Graduate School of Business’ (GSB) 55th annual Management Conference in M...
University mourns Va. Tech victims
20 Apr 2007
Across campus, students, faculty, and administrators have responded to Monday’s shooting at Virginia Tech that claimed the lives of 33 people with an outpouring of support and reminders of the re...
Michel advocates discussion, social action
13 Apr 2007
Bill Michel, assistant vice president for Student Life and associate dean of the College, discussed changes in the University, how he sees his role as an administrator, and the complexities of di...
Admissions: Legacy students don’t have edge
06 Mar 2007
Some high school students applying to join the Class of 2011 share a history with the University dating back to before they were born...
NSIT develops new file sharing service
27 Feb 2007
Network Services & Information Technologies (NSIT) is making final adjustments to a new University file-sharing system scheduled to be released early next quarter...
SG kicks off new fund
16 Feb 2007
Juggling workshops, spring break community service initiatives, and a statue of a phoenix that can burst into flames—these are just some of the ideas being proposed for Student Government’s (SG) ...
Scammers prey on Marketplace users
30 Jan 2007
When second-year Eric Lieu posted a listing for his chemistry textbook on Marketplace, the online listing of goods and services for sale within the University community, his asking price was $70...
53rd Street Co-Op closes its doors after 10 years
09 Jan 2007
The lights were still on at the 53rd Street Co-Op Market, but the doors were locked and a sign on the window read: “Thanks for your loyal support for the past 10 years.”...
Transportation Office highlights bus changes
21 Nov 2006
The administration is continuing to tweak the new transportation system, by adding more buses and a new stop at Ratner Athletic Center. Starting mid-December, extra buses will run from 8–10 a....
Doc Films cuts spending, reevaluates programming
10 Nov 2006
Doc Films has decided to reduce its expenditures to better meet audience demand...
Boyer to serve fourth term as dean
03 Nov 2006
John Boyer has accepted a fourth five-year term as dean of the College, administrators announced Monday. Boyer is the longest-serving dean of the College in U of C history...
Law School hosts immigration legal forum
03 Nov 2006
Julie Myers, the assistant secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), discussed the challenges of immigration regulation and the future of government policy at the U of C Law School...
BBC interviews poli sci students on midterm races
17 Oct 2006
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) interviewed seven third- and fourth-year students at a roundtable session Monday to gauge U.S. public opinion on next month’s mid-term elections. ...
OLAS hosts immigration talk series
17 Oct 2006
The future of immigration reform rests on the results of the November 7 election, said Susan Gzesh, director of the Human Rights Program and a senior lecturer in the College, in the first talk of...
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