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August 21, 2018 |
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News, careers, events, and more for University of Chicago alumni, parents, families, and friends. |
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5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW |
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1. Empathy unmasked |
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A doctoral researcher wanted to know how people can increase their sense of empathy. He turned to acting. More » |
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Learn why these behavioral scientists study improv comedy. |
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2. The "zombie" gene |
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Millions of years ago, elephants developed an evolutionary advantage with implications for human medicine: a reanimated cancer-killing gene. More » |
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Read about a pioneering researcher who linked cancer to genetics. |
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3. Sounds experimental |
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The Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition's first-season lineup is drawing attention from the new-music world. More » |
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Meet a UChicago composer who wrote his own performance software. |
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4. Art democratized |
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His collection of works by artists of African descent is expansive, but retired chemist Patric McCoy, AB'69, has left no room for "celebrity emphasis." More » |
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Take a tour of McCoy's art collection. |
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5. Early entrepreneurs |
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Genevieve Liu, LAB'17, who at 13 founded a social media platform for grieving teens, has handed the company down to her younger brother, Asher, Lab Class of 2020. More » |
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Watch these fifth graders run a food truck on campus. |
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| UChicagoan |
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| Debut novelist |
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| Assistant professor Ling Ma's (AM'05) postapocalyptic satire is also a story about the immigrant experience. More » |
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