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| September 13, 2016 | |
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| News, job listings, 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. Old money | |
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| Artifacts from the Oriental Institute provide insight into ancient economies, including early brand-based marketing and state-condoned counterfeiting. More » | |
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| Read how an OI Egyptologist reunited statue fragments an ocean away. | |
| Visit the Oriental Institute this fall. | |
| See objects from Chicago Booth's exhibit Doing Business in the Ancient World. | |
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| 2. Adulting 101 | |
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| From landing a new job to finding a partner to staying healthy, Chicago Harris's Robert T. Michael shows how economic principles can help you navigate life choices. More » | |
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| Read an excerpt from Michael's The Five Life Decisions. | |
| Learn why Jean Twenge, AB'93, AM'93, thinks some millennials are having less sex. | |
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| 3. Taking Chicago's vitals | |
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| The first sensors in the Array of Things project, a "municipal Fitbit" that will monitor traffic, pollution, and more to spur data-driven solutions to urban challenges, have been installed in Chicago. More » | |
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| Learn more about UChicago's role in the Array of Things project. | |
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| 4. Moving pictures | |
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| Cinema and media studies professor Jacqueline Stewart, AM'93, PhD'99, is collecting and celebrating a century of black life on camera. More » | |
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| Learn more about Stewart's South Side Home Movie Project. | |
| Watch a clip and read Stewart's analysis of The Blood of Jesus (1941). | |
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| 5. Parting ways | |
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| When his teen daughter made it clear that Wayne Scott, AB'86, AM'89, was not allowed to accompany her on a UChicago campus tour, he took a stroll down memory lane. More » | |
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| Read why one parent remembers Hull Gate as the "gate of tears." | |
| Revisit your fave campus spots during Homecoming, October 10-16. | |
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Darrian Robinson, AB'16, one of the nation's top-rated African American female chess players, is always looking ahead to her next game. More » |
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Read about chess prodigy Samuel Reshevsky, PhB'33. |
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| Harper Lectures 2016 | |
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| World-changing ideas that mix and mingle. | |
| Find a Harper Lecture near you » | |
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| Harper Lectures bring faculty to selected cities around the globe to discuss recent breakthroughs and discoveries, offering alumni and friends a chance to share ideas and conversation. | |
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| Lite of the mind | |
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| Feathering heights | |
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| In a series of Facebook posts, Sid Colton, AB'89, chronicles the lives and times of Botany Pond's ducklings. More » | |
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| Learn about the 2008 restoration of Botany Pond. | |
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