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1. Let's get lost |
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When you hit the road this summer, take a page from the book of Edward Tenner, AM'67, PhD'72: ditch the GPS and embrace your "skills of wayfinding and waylosing." More » |
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Learn how digital mapping influences humanists and humanitarians. |
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Read about a program that turns teens into digital mapmakers. |
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Use this interactive map to connect with UChicago campus history. |
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2. The most popular art |
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Three years before the first home VCR, Horace Newcomb's (AM'65, PhD'69) first book paved the way for the academic study of television. More » |
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See what Margaret Lyons, AB'04, was doing before she became the New York Times Watching critic. |
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Learn how a creative economist studies mass media in the digital age. |
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3. Power pop |
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University carillonneur Joey Brink explains why pop songs sound so swell on the bells. More » |
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Read about Rockefeller's recent festival of new music for carillon. |
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4. Next big things |
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How to roll over your 401(k) and find the best coffee on campus: two winners from the Polsky Center's business accelerator program. More » |
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Learn more about the winners of this year's Edward L. Kaplan, MBA'71, New Venture Challenge and the John Edwardson, MBA'72, Social New Venture Challenge. |
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5. Steady race for a cure |
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Despite a gold rush of big pharma investors, the key to cancer immunotherapy, says oncologist Jason Luke, will be not to rush the science. More » |
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Watch a UChicago oncologist explain the high costs of cancer drugs. |
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Learn what a study on breast cancer treatment means for patients. |
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