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| Baby giant tortoises at the Galapagos Tortoise Breeding Center on San Cristobal Island. Photo courtesy Amy Tian, '21. |
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| This past summer four undergrads--Ryan Cutter, '21; Sam Joyce, '20; Jein Park, '20; and Amy Tian, '21--spent a month riding bicycles around the Galapagos Islands. The goal: to create a map showing land use and development, documenting changes over time. |
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| The Galapagos Islands, known for their incredible biodiversity, are urbanizing rapidly. What were once small fishing villages are now dense towns with populations in the tens of thousands. But no comprehensive maps of the Galapagos Islands exist. |
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| The students wore helmets equipped with cameras that snapped a photo every few seconds. Using Mapillary, an open-source mapping service, the students aggregated the geotagged images, then analyzed them with machine learning: what percentage is sky or trees versus urban features like stop signs, billboards, or stores? |
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| The 2019 Galapagos Urbanization and Sustainable Development Study was a joint project of UChicago's Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation, the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador), and the Melbourne School of Design (Australia). |
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| A Galapagos land iguana at the Charles Darwin Research Center on Santa Cruz Island. Photo courtesy Amy Tian, '21. |
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| While on the Galapagos, the students also worked on independent projects. Tian's research question was to calculate the total area of solar panels needed to power the islands' two major urban areas--perhaps with a surplus to electrify transportation. |
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| The Galapagos research opportunity for undergrads, offered for the first time in 2019, "was so in line with a lot of things I want to do," says Tian, a biology and public policy major. "One of my aspirations is to use research to inform policy." A side benefit of the program: improved physical fitness. "I don't exercise all that much usually," she says. "It was very hilly, too." |
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As I was crossing the street, I saw a woman teaching her child: "You see this American girl? Don't do what she's doing." |
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--Study Abroad ambassador Julia Selch, AB'19, on jaywalking in Japan |
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| Read more advice (and cautionary tales) from Study Abroad ambassadors in the Core. |
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| What to drink while reading Harry Potter |
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With Bram Stoker's Dracula, a Bloody Mary.
With Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, a brandy hot toddy. |
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| Those are just two of nearly 200 drink pairings that Amira Makansi, AB'10, suggests in Literary Libations: What to Drink with What You Read (Skyhorse Publishing, 2019). |
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| The book also includes nonalcoholic pairings for young adult and children's books. For the Harry Potter series, the choice is butterbeer, of course. Here's how to make it. |
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1 c. brown sugar
2 tbsp. water
6 tbsp. butter
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. apple cider vinegar
¾ c. heavy whipping cream, divided
½ tsp. rum extract
4 (12 oz.) bottles cream soda |
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| In a small saucepan, over medium heat, combine the water and brown sugar and bring to a boil. Stir often until the mixture reads 240˚F on a candy thermometer. |
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| Remove from heat and promptly stir in butter, salt, cider vinegar, and ¼ cup whipping cream. When fully incorporated, set aside to cool. When mixture has cooled, stir in the rum extract. |
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| Combine 2 tbsp. of the brown sugar mixture and the remainder of the heavy cream in a medium mixing bowl. Using an electric mixer or a stand mixer, beat the heavy cream until just thickened, but not completely whipped. This should take 2-3 minutes. |
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| To serve, divide the sugar mixture between four tall, chilled glasses. Add ¼ cup of cream soda and stir to combine. Top with the remainder of the cream soda and spoon the cream over the top. Makes four servings. |
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| Read more about Makansi and Literary Libations in the Core. |
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| Students learn about canning and preserving in an undated photo. Sanitary science, as it was called, was popular in the University's early years; in 1929, there were 1,150 sanitary science majors. |
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| What else is cooking? Some of our favorite recipes from the Core over the years: Garlic mustard pesto, courtesy of the Calumet Quarter program; Shrimp Residence with garlic and coconut, by dancer-anthropologist Katherine Dunham, PhB'36; Sachertorte, "the most famous cake in the world since 1832," a favorite of Dean John W. Boyer, AM'69, PhD'75; Quad Club caprese salad, featuring tomatoes, mozzarella, basil--and grilled peaches; and the unforgettable pasta with jam sauce, an improvisational recipe by West Collins, age 6, son of writer Victoria Vantoch and actor Misha Collins, both AB'97. |
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| The College Review, edited by Carrie Golus, AB'91, AM'93, is brought to you by Alumni Relations and Development and the College. Image credits: Amy Tian, '21; Amy Tian and Laura Lorenz; Elena Makansi; UChicago Photographic Archive, apf4-01959, University of Chicago Library. Butterbeer recipe © 2018 by Amira Makansi (AB'10), reprinted by permission of Skyhorse Publishing. |
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