April 3, 2018

UChicago Short List
News, careers, events, and more for University of Chicago alumni, parents, families, and friends.
Maroons soccer
 
5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
 
1. In it together
After their banner seasons in 2017, the Maroons men's and women's soccer teams set their sights on dual NCAA championships. More »
See which team just launched UChicago's newest varsity sport.
Know these five historical firsts in UChicago women's athletics.

2. Bronzeville's her beat
A shadow-box play cowritten by SSA postdoc Eve L. Ewing, AB'08, reveals poet Gwendolyn Brooks as a model for Chicago's emerging artists and activists. More »
Learn how UChicago supports scholars of Chicago's black cultural history.
Follow @UChicagoMag in April to celebrate #NationalPoetryMonth.

3. A city's senses
The Array of Things, a network of urban sensors collecting real-time data on Chicago's environment and infrastructure, will soon go global. More »
Learn how the Array of Things could empower the public with data.
Read µChicago's issue on an array of sensor technologies.

4. Legacy after tragedy
Fifty years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., historian and civil rights activist Timuel Black, AM'54, helps commemorate King's social justice legacy. More »
Hear Black discuss his career championing civil rights.
Learn more about UChicago's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Initiative.

5. Getting the full story
What can economists learn from the humanities? The importance of understanding narratives. More »
Understand why economists also think psychology matters.
 
PLUS . . .
 
Redistricting may decrease crime . . . Where psychiatrists are most needed . . . Don't take my perspective. Got it? . . . Leading "a university built on nonconformity" . . . What a doctor learns in culinary school.
For more stories and events, visit news.uchicago.edu.

Alumni Weekend 2018

Career opportunities
NYC, SF, Seattle, Boston, Washington, DC
Summer Data Science Fellow
Data Incubator
Chicago
Analyst, Analytics and Business Intelligence
University of Chicago
Los Angeles
Analyst/Senior Analyst, Antitrust Practice
Compass Lexecon
See more jobs »

UChicagoan
Yesomi Umolu
Global citizen on a civic stage
Named artistic director for the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial, Logan Center exhibitions curator Yesomi Umolu sees a platform for "addressing different publics." More »

Upcoming events
Sat.
04/07/18
10:45 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Winter Park, CO:
2018 Winter Park Ski or Ride Event
04/09/18 through 05/18/18
Lifelong Learning Online Course:
Darwin's Biology of Intelligent Design
Thurs.
04/12/18
1:30-9:00 p.m.
Chicago:
Second Annual Chicago Machine Learning Venture Capital Summit
See more events across the country and around the world »

Lite of the mind
A dogged immune system
Let sleeping dogs lie
Is sharing a bed with your pooch good or bad for your health? It depends. More »
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