July 10, 2018

UChicago Short List
News, careers, events, and more for University of Chicago alumni, parents, families, and friends.
UChicago Medicine baby book
 
4 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
 
1. Bringing up baby
Part keepsake volume and part medical advice, Chicago Lying-In Hospital's Our Baby's First Seven Years has guided families through birth and early childhood for nearly a century. More »
Learn how this midwifery program cares for women throughout life.
Tweet a photo of your own Our Baby's First Seven Years to @uchicagomag.

2. Blinded by the cite
The ideas that shape science the most aren't always the most widely cited. A new model reveals forgotten influencers and sleeping beauties. More »
Catch up on data computation's influence in the social sciences.

3. Here alone
UChicago's Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights is involved in the most-complicated cases of child immigrant detention, says executive director Maria Woltjen. More »
Read an interview with Woltjen during the 2014 immigration crisis.
Look back at the child advocate program that became the Young Center.

4. Data on delinquency
James F. Short Jr., AM'49, PhD'51, who died May 13, launched his career as an urban sociologist with a major study of Chicago's street gangs. More »
Read a profile of Short from earlier this year.
Learn how Chicago school sociologists work within the city's communities.
 
PLUS . . .
 
UChicago's California Love . . . Angel Ysaguirre to co-lead Court Theatre . . . Claire Scanlon, AB'93, rekindles the rom-com . . . W. Kamau Bell, LAB'90, on his roots . . . Cliff Asness, MBA'91, PhD'94, on when to pull the goalie
For more stories and events, visit news.uchicago.edu.

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Ain't misbehavin'
"Newton had his apple, and I had my cashews," says Nobelist Richard Thaler on the Big Brains podcast. More »

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Open air office
Business trend: outdoor offices. According to psychologist Marc Berman, nature can be great for productivity. More »
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