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December 11, 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. Historian with a camera |
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In the College, Henry Horenstein, EX'69, studied "history from the bottom up." As a documentary photographer, he made his name with shots of country music stars and their fans. More » |
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Meet Nina Berman, AB'82, a photojournalist looking for justice. |
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Check out Lou Fourcher's (PhD'71) photos of lost West Side Chicago. |
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2. UChicago in Hong Kong |
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The University has opened a new campus in Hong Kong, a hub for research, education, and collaboration. More » |
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Learn more about the campus’s location, a historic site on Mount Davis. |
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3. Advance against food allergies |
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How building tolerance for substances like peanut protein could help millions of people with food allergies. More » |
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Read more about efforts to stem food allergies. |
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Learn how celiac disease can start with a virus. |
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4. Standards of living |
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Have we won the War on Poverty? Hear why Harris Public Policy's Bruce Meyer thinks we should stop using income levels to judge. More » |
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Subscribe to Harris Public Policy's newsletter, pointed. |
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5. Difficult climate |
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Energy Policy Institute director Michael Greenstone breaks down the monetary and health costs of climate change and energy policy on the Big Brains podcast. More » |
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Learn the toll of air pollution on life expectancy worldwide. |
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| UChicagoan |
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| Creative spark |
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| The book that changed her life and other reflections from novelist and short story writer Bonnie Jo Campbell, AB'84. More » |
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Lite of the mind |
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No small potatoes |
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The University's holiday season began unofficially with the Latke–Hamantash Debate. Dig into its campus origins. More » |
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Read some past latke-hamantash highlights. |
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