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| 1. The Odyssey continues | |
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| The University of Chicago is launching a $100 million enhancement of support for lower-income students with outstanding potential through a $50 million gift and challenge from writer Harriet Heyman, AM'72, and her husband, investor Sir Michael Moritz. The new five-year commitment is part of a $350 million investment by the University in the Odyssey Scholarship Program. | |
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| Plus: This initiative increases by nearly 40 percent the number of Chicago Public Schools students in UChicago's Collegiate Scholars Program, which prepares them to excel in college. | |
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| Reread how the anonymous alumnus Homer, a humanities major from a modest background, established Odyssey in 2007. | |
| Learn why a Chicago Booth alum endowed an Odyssey Scholarship. | |
| Revisit Harriet Heyman's essay on becoming an acrobat. | |
| Give to the Odyssey Scholarship Challenge. | |
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| 2. A ripple in space-time | |
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| UChicago physicists played an important role in determining that two detectors had observed gravitational waves for the first time, confirming that black holes are real and confirming Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. | |
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| Watch physicist Daniel Holz, SM'94, PhD'98, explain the discovery. | |
| Hear professor Michael Turner on this "Galileo moment." | |
| Read a primer on black holes. | |
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| 3. Antonin Scalia, 1936-2016 | |
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| Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court justice and former professor at the Law School (1977-82), died February 13. | |
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| Read tributes by Geoffrey R. Stone, JD'71, and David Axelrod, AB'76. | |
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| 4. Why the workforce needs PhDs | |
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| As presidential candidates call for "more welders and less philosophers," UChicago psychologist and vice provost Sian Beilock explains the value of a PhD in the economy. | |
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| See why everyone wants to hire Booth alumni. | |
| Hear Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts's (AB'88, MBA'93) career advice for undergrads. | |
| Learn how Jacqueline Edelberg, AB'89, AM'91, PhD'96, transitioned from super volunteer to start-up newbie. | |
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| 5. Graphic success | |
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| Graphic novelist Daniel Clowes, LAB'79, author of Ghost World, has been working for five years on his latest book, Patience, which comes out in March. Still, Clowes feels "like I'm about 20 years away from getting where I want to be." | |
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| Learn about the Special Collections exhibit on Clowes's process. | |
| Take note emerging artists: It's time to apply for the Edes Prize. | |
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