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| Must-reads, job listings, events, and more for University of Chicago alumni, parents, families, and friends. | | | |
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| December 29, 2015 | | | |
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| 5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW | |
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| 1. Know thy future self | |
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| Chicago Booth researchers study how you can feel more connected to your future self--and therefore be wealthier, healthier, and more generous in the present. | |
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| Hear how your present self affects your future. | |
| Revisit professor @HaroldPollack's financial advice index card. | |
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| 2. Mind readers | |
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| Neuroscientists Ed Awh and Ed Vogel can read thoughts and tell the future. Sort of. | |
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| Learn about John Maunsell's vision for neuroscience research. | |
| Watch neuroscientists crack the mind's toughest riddles. | |
| Find out how Grossman Institute scholars explain the brain's complexities. | |
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| 3. Ask an alum | |
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| UC Berkeley mathematician David Eisenbud, SB'66, SM'67, PhD'70--director of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, musician, and juggler--will answer your questions and select his favorite to win a prize. Submit your queries. | |
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| Learn about Laszlo Babai's "stunning" new math proof. | |
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| 4. A trauma center in Hyde Park | |
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| The University of Chicago Medicine plans to build a level 1 adult trauma center at its medical campus. | |
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| Watch an @UChicagoMed surgeon discuss the trauma center. | |
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| 5. Susanne Rudolph, 1930-2015 | |
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| Professor emeritus Susanne Rudolph, "one of the most extraordinary interpreters of politics and society in modern India," died December 23. | |
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| Read a tribute to Rudolph by her former student Ronojoy Sen, PhD'05. | |
| Revisit Susanne and Lloyd Rudolph's 1956 travel journal. | |
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