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| August 15, 2017 | |
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| News, careers, events, and more for University of Chicago alumni, parents, families, and friends. | |
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Nearly 500 photographic prints by Vivian Maier have a new home at the UChicago Library. More » |
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| 5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW | |
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| 1. The screen-time generation | |
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| San Diego State University's Jean Twenge, AB'93, AM'93, has dubbed post-millennials, shaped by smartphones and social media, iGen. And these teens are heading, Twenge warns, for a mental health crisis. More » | |
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| See how Twenge responds to critics of her argument. |
| Read about Twenge's earlier research on narcissism. |
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| 2. Markets to the earth's rescue | |
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| Markets are more efficient at tackling energy and climate challenges than regulations and rebates, argues Michael Greenstone of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago. More » | |
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| Learn how EPIC is teaching data science for energy and environment research. | |
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| 3. The shape of mathematics | |
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| Math professor Amie Wilkinson celebrates two prominent women mathematicians who died this summer, one a mentor and one a young superstar. More » | |
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| See where an economist found evidence of the math confidence gender gap. | |
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| 4. No five-second rule | |
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| Letting kids play in dirt, get licked by dogs, and suck on pacifiers cleaned with spit can be beneficial to their health, says Jack Gilbert of the Microbiome Center. More » | |
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| Take a quiz on what your microbiome says about you. | |
| Read about a UChicago start-up developing a cure for food allergies. | |
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| 5. Bon voyager | |
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| Launched in 1977, the Voyager spacecraft took the first color photos and close-up measurements of Jupiter, Saturn, and their moons--and then kept going. So have some of the mission's architects, such as lead scientist Ed Stone, SM'59, PhD'64. More » | |
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| Read Stone's explanations of the sounds and images of Voyager. | |
| Learn why scientists are reconsidering how the moon formed. | |
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| Courthouse legend |
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| At 93, judge Milton Shadur, SB'43, JD'49, retires after 37 years on the federal bench. More » |
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| Lite of the mind | |
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| Eclipse mania | |
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| Where are UChicago's astronomers heading to watch the first total solar eclipse the United States has seen since 1979? More » | |
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| Read how eclipses have explained the world throughout history. | |
| See photos of UChicago faculty on solar eclipse expeditions from 1900 and 1918. | |
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