Online Archive: 1999

Jan. 7, 1999
Vol. 18, No. 7
- Accolades
- University plans its King commemoration
- Chandrasekhar's legacy continues with naming of new NASA telescope
- Coming to Campus
- Marshall gives human rights scholar chance to study abroad
- Film Studies Center to present Man with a Movie Camera Jan. 18 in an authentic exhibition
- Dean Fischel to build on Baird's accomplishments in Chicago Law School
- Humanities Division, Harris School planning arts policy conference
- University helps Chicago public schools get connected to Internet
- In the News
- Mellon grant to fund yearlong seminar on computer technology's impact
- Roizman receives award for herpes simplex research
- Who says winter can't be fun?
- Woodward discovers babies develop reasoning skills as early as 5 months
Jan. 21, 1999
Vol. 18, No. 8
- Accolades
- Alumna returns
- Sacred and secular
- GSB professor Judith Chevalier receives first Bennett Research Prize
- Math department welcomes latest addition to its stellar team of recruits
- GSB's $1 million grant is supporting entrepreneurship programs
- Philip Hovda, former Dean of Students at the SSA
- In the News
- Cousins' lives harmonize through talents
- Student elected to College Board
- Alumni, Office of the Dean of the College prepare third-years for their futures
- Obituaries
- On the Air
- Inscriptions of Persian kings have moved from Persepolis to new Web home page
- Preuss wins Junior Award for her contributions to cell biology field
- Pritzker symposium to look more closely at inflationary theory
- University team works to reform Romanian health care system
- Smart Museum, Cafe temporarily closed for exhibition preparations
- Walter Wild, 44, Senior Research Associate
Feb. 4, 1999
Vol. 18, No. 9
- Alumni Board nominations sought
- Number of applicants jumps while SAT test scores rise
- Caption: Spirit of winter
- Carlstrom’s research gets $1 million boost
- Crime decreases, suspect arrested
- From Mars to asteroids
- In the News
- Chicago humanities alumni top Lingua Franca survey list
- Student program uses ever-growing conflict-resolution tool--mediation
- Committed to service
- Gov. Pataki to speak at Law School
- Skoulas, Heiser receive promotions
- Graduate School of Business to offer executive M.B.A. Singapore program
- Speakers at law symposium to ‘revisit formalism’
- Transience
- Truman Foundation honors the College
- Caption: Walsh remembered
Feb. 18, 1999
Vol. 18, No. 10
- University retains world-renowned architects to design new structures
- ‘. . . I got 60, I need 70, who’ll give 70?’
- Chemist Berry elected as National Science Academy home secretary
- Preservation projects are near the end
- Researchers publish new study on sexual dysfunction
- Ensemble members give and receive musical pleasure
- In Memoriam
- In the News
- Professors train high school teachers to express mathematical concepts
- MUNUC participants avert disaster, prevent crisis between Syria, Israel
- Conference connects music to mind
- Radiologist James Ryan, M.D.
- On the air
- Chicago has second highest number of Peace Corps volunteers actively working overseas
- Roundtable plans symposium on winner-take-all phenomenon
- University students encourage young scientists in local public schools
- Scholars will discuss human rights abuses at conference on torture
- Welcoming questions
Mar. 4, 1999
Vol. 18, No. 11
- Accolades
- Physicists announce antimatter discovery
- University hires architect Heuring to manage Campus Master Plan
- Professor Brekus researches women who evangelized before 1830s
- Deans submit statement to University Senate
- Committee reviewing student health insurance plan
- Journal wins Best Single Issue from American Association of Publishers
- In the News
- College hires international studies dean
- Li introduced the field of molecular phylogeny
- Fossil research may end feud
- Medical data show RealAge
- Sociology Professor Sassen shares her global perspective
- Chicago scientists design SPADUS
- President Sonnenschein to meet with staff
- Doctoral student escapes Rwandan attack
Mar. 18, 1999
Vol. 18, No. 12
- Spring Break Bus Schedule
- Grant supports Argonne, University collaboration on research projects
- Coming to Campus
- Students work hard for humanity while taking their annual spring break
- Biblical scholars ready to discuss influences of Hellenism on Judaism
- Holy Week event brings readings, music together in collaborative concert
- GSB, SSA student, who also protects Chicago citizens, receives honor
- In the News
- What is ... ?
- Biology students master the pen and microscope
- Culture club
- McClintock receives DSP appointment
- Mentorship programs guide students in professional schools
- The visual arts and all that jazz
- PATH audit investigates billing practices
- United Way announces Giving to Help campaign raffle winners
- Programs help guide students to improve academic expression
- NASA launches Chicago scientists' data-collecting instrument on Stardust
- NCAA names fourth-year economics student UAA Co-player of the Year
Apr. 1, 1999
Vol. 18, No. 13
- Big bang breakthroughs topic of spring session of Compton Lectures
- Brown succeeds Desan as master
- Chemistry student receives Churchill
- Cronin leads international project to track cosmic rays at Auger Observatory
- Dedicated to the humanities
- Director of Student Health, Herbolsheimer, dies at 86
- In The News
- Faculty essays featured on new Web site commemorating end of the millennium
- Janel Mueller will succeed Dean Gossett
- Another Chicago student becomes Truman scholar
- Ryerson Lecture reaches 25th year as celebration of shared intellect, research
- Saller to serve second term
- Summer research intern wins first place in science fair
- Q & A...with Cass Sunstein
- Antitrust law focus of Federalist symposium
- Saller to serve second term
- Tuition, financial aid packages increase
- Conference will explore gender, social change and the built environment
- Staff vacancies
Apr. 15, 1999
Vol. 18, No. 14
- Sonnenschein delivers State of the University Address
- AdmiNET Web site offers administrative assistance
- O.I. archaeologist continues to dig at Turkish site rich in antiquity in Amuq Valley
- Burkhardt receives NIH grant
- Rosen, Professor Emeritus in Music, wins 1999 Capote Award
- Clark's latest book on new political culture applies to city's politics
- Coral reefs endangered says study author Archer
- Rockefeller event will celebrate Earth Day
- Newest course in chemistry will expand environmental education
- Goldwater scholars are named
- In the News
- Luis Castro Leiva, 56
- Distinguished linguist James McCawley dies at 61
- Model U.N. teaches diplomatic policy
- On the air
- Materials research science graduate students become high-tech SWAT team
- Philosophical Gourmet Report ranks Chicago tops in continental philosophy
- Bread and Puppet
- With a competitive edge, Chicago team prepares for next weekend’s quiz bowl
- Retention study looks at public school test scores
- American Astronomical Society names new writing prize after the late scientist David Schramm
- Public servant honored
- John Simpson talks about our nuclear past and future
- Mathematicians, economist receive Sloan Fellowships to continue their research
- Staff Vacancies
- Strand wins Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
- Researchers answer immunology question to help solve basic problem facing vaccines to treat AIDS and cancer
- Poland’s Archbishop Zycinski to participate in April 22 symposium on the Pope’s encyclical
Apr. 29, 1999
Vol. 18, No. 15
- University Hospitals open new comprehensive Breast Center
- Clinton will join Fuchs as convocation speaker
- James Coleman will be honored with a memorial lecture
- Students in the College receive grants for foreign language studies abroad
- Seven faculty members receive Guggenheims
- In the News
- Franke humanities institute matches scholars with journalists to take new look at visual literacy, other topics
- Kirsner wins milestone award in his lifelong career
- Award will allow staff at Regenstein to design a virtual library of history
- Martin Marty accepts Laing Award from University Press
- Divinity School conference to explore mysticism
- College quiz bowl team wins a triple crown
- Robert Sachs, Professor Emeritus in Physics, dies at age 82
- Shakespeare Faces Retirement
- Sloan Center researchers to gather for conference at University
- Sports arbitration symposium planned for May 7 at Law School
- Trustees nominating new Chair
May 13, 1999
Vol. 18, No. 16
- University, ANL establish institute to bring together computer science and other fields
- Regenstein Library acquires rare facsimile of ninth-century Bible
- Childcare policy will be topic of conference at Palmer House
- Cracraft anticipates a win as final rounds of college Jeopardy! approach
- Financial experts to explore global economies
- Third-year will pursue writing with scholarship
- In the News
- Eager supporters
- Four Chicago students to receive Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies
- Obuchi first Japanese prime minister to visit University’s campus
- Olin Center conference to begin Friday
- Science Olympians to compete on Saturday
- The usual unusual hunt
- Schneider’s research finds teens ambitious, but lacking direction
- J. John Sepkoski, 50, dies at home in Hyde Park
- Doniger says Star Wars explores myth of humanness, among others
May 27, 1999
Vol. 18, No. 17
- Chicago will welcome an impressive Class of 2003
- Academies elect six professors from Chicago faculty
- Accolades
- Alumni recognized for their local, national service, University support
- Booth Prizes
- Bertram Cohler, William Rainey Harper Professor in the Social Sciences Collegiate Division
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- Clinton visit requires logistical plan for June 12 convocation
- Oriental Institute to open gallery fit for its king
- Milton Ehre, Professor in Slavic Languages & Literatures
- Germanic Studies to celebrate reunification
- In the News
- Susan Kidwell, Professor in Geophysical Sciences
- Michael LaBarbera, Professor in Organismal Biology & Anatomy and Geophysical Sciences
- Hildebrand will receive Maclean
- Memorial services for two professors scheduled
- Physical Sciences Teaching Prizes
- Moishe Postone, Associate Professor in History
- Powwow coming June 1 to Midway Plaisance
- The Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
- Reunion classes support ChicaGO READ! literacy project now in third year
June 10, 1999
Vol. 18, No. 18
- 456th Convocation
- Education conference to focus on English curriculum reforms
- 1999 Faculty Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
- 1999 Faculty Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
- Graduate students receive the most Fulbrights
- A humorous tribute
- Graduate Teaching Awards, The University of Chicago
- Philosopher, historian, scientist will receive honorary degrees at Friday convocation
- Sonnenschein will serve seventh and final year
- In the News
- Students in the College receive Leadership Awards
- Michel will assume his new post as Deputy Dean
- Phi Beta Kappa Society celebrates 100 years
- University Press to get new building to accommodate growth
- Faculty integrate religious, non-religious lives through project
- Schilsky named Associate Dean
- University Board elects new Chairman, Trustees
- Staff Vacancies
July 15, 1999
Vol. 18, No. 19
- Enduring Service
- Young poets honored
- SSA professor who co-edited forthcoming book on Hispanics in United States discusses content
- NASA names third Great Observatory Chandra
- The University of Chicago 456th Convocation
- Alumnus, astronaut will service Hubble Space Telescope on mission
- In the News
- New fellowship to study, work in Israel honors Rabbi Leifer
- Lucy appointed to Social Sciences post
- The Bard coming to Hutch Court
- Packard Foundation gives nearly $1 million to four Chicago faculty members
- Philipson leaves publishing legacy after 32-year career
- Poetry magazine a treasure worthy of preservation
- Faculty committee to advise Board of Trustees during presidential search
- University one of four elite institutions to join UNext.com
- Staff Vacancies
- Vogelzang named first Fred C. Buffett Professor, begins cancer center directorship
Aug. 12, 1999
Vol. 18, No. 20
- Chicago economist links abortion to falling crime rates
- NASA successfully launches Chandra X-ray Observatory, prepares operations
- NATO commander visits
- Music Department will hold auditions for ensembles
- Space Explorers map the invisible universe in radio astronomy class
- Fertilization competition discovered in mating fruit flies
- Hospitals rank 13th best in nation reports U.S. News & World Report
- MacBeth in the Courtyard
- LSA creates McCawley memorial fellowship
- Associate Professor Emeritus, graduate student win MESA awards
- University will play major role in Adaptive Optics Center
- Partial-day absences policy changes
- American Clarinet includes piece by Chicago composer
- Stagg parking lot temporarily expands
- Expert on modern China Tang Tsou dies at 80
- UHRM, Community Affairs meetings explain neighborhood renewal
Sept. 23, 1999
Vol. 19, No. 1
- Accolades
- Bloom, influential education researcher
- New center to offer formal structure for faculty to share across disciplines
- Compton series will focus on black holes
- Cucci appointed as new head of Weiss Memorial
- DASI’s destination
- Facilities staff see much day-to-day progress
- Firms compete to design the new GSB complex
- In the News
- Kleitman, father of sleep research
- Building boom marks University’s move into 21st century
- University math program boosts teaching skills
- Meeting about projects scheduled
- Midway begins rebirth with rink, warming house
- Faculty honored with named professorships
- Faculty appointments bring distinguished scholars to University
- New Students Office eases first-years’ transition
- Main Quadrangle to get formal facelift
- Regenstein renovations nearly done
- New residence halls to provide a community feeling
- Society of Fellows builds on current strengths of Harper-Schmidt Program
Oct. 7, 1999
Vol. 19, No. 2
- Argonne open house
- Bluestone to head two new research projects
- October Calendar Highlights
- Cars parked illegally on Main Quad will be ticketed, towed
- Center for Gender Studies to examine justice for minorities
- Homecoming ’99 festivities to revisit the past
- Humanities Open House
- In the News
- Wei Jingsheng to visit campus Oct. 14-15 as Kovler Fellow
- Professor Lee named Packard fellow, Searle scholar
- James D. McCawley Memorial Service
- Program receives training grant from the NIMH
- Obituaries
- Temporary parking restrictions scheduled in Chicago Theological Seminary vicinity
- Breaking new ground
- American poetry series: Where the languages of artists, scholars meet
- Protein in male salamanders directly influences female receptivity
- Smart Museum receives $5 million
- Peace Corps volunteers honored
- University will offer new tuition benefit for full-time employees starting in January
- Visiting poets will go beyond usual readings by lecturing on their craft
Oct. 21, 1999
Vol. 19, No. 3
- October-November Calendar Highlights
- CORE panel discussion will bring to light importance of World War II era to civil rights movement
- DASI’s data to help explain origin of universe
- Faculty share their own queries, research in College Lecture Series
- Gifts of honor
- Hanauer honored with named professorship
- Rekindling the past
- President Sonnenschein encourages University community to contribute to ‘Giving to Help’ Campaign for United Way agencies.
- In Memoriam
- In the News
- Lab School Distinguished Alumni Dinner planned
- Medieval Studies conference to focus on role of bishops in medieval Europe
- Former economics professor wins Nobel
- Obituaries
- Faculty using an interdisciplinary approach to look at ‘big problems’
- QUADCOLLOQUY.EDU
- Run for the bones
- University team 8th in gathering SETI data
- Human Rights Program will hold panel discussion on torture
- New Venture Challenge begins
- Call for democracy
November 4, 1999
Vol. 19, No. 4
- November Calendar Highlights
- Internet chat
- J.M. Coetzee honored with Booker Prize, top British fiction award
- Collection addition
- Report of Crime and Security Information––1998 Calendar Year
- American documentary filmmaker will receive Rosenberger
- First-years share common choice at alumni breakfast
- Gamma-ray bursts surpass quasars as most distant probes
- An American treasure
- In the News
- Who’s watching the children?
- A scholarly quest
- Conference to revisit Orwell’s message from 1984
- Regenstein celebrates renovations
- Richter receives society's Wollard Award
- Symposium will showcase undergraduate science research
- Community tours encourage students to explore beyond home
- University celebrates von Hayek
- Campus Plan and Construction Web site provides project updates
November 18, 1999
Vol. 19, No. 5
- Architects selected for Bartlett, landscaping
- November & December Calendar Highlights
- Research looks at what drove sex chromosomes apart
- Law School graduates clerk for Supreme Court justices
- University's quiz team wins 'Battle of the Brains' tournament
- Ongoing controversy to be debated again
- Friday last day to park in Ellis Avenue lot
- Gamma-ray bursts surpass quasars as most distant probes
- Dean strives to foster community, coherence in Humanities Division
- In the News
- Team discovers Jobaria tiguidensis of Cretaceous Period
- Obituaries
- Payroll Y2K compliant since May
- Police make arrest for flag burning
- U.S. Postal Service will upgrade facilities
- Survey ranks Chicago’s Law School at No. 1
- After renovations, Smart Museum reopens with two exhibits in new galleries
- Solar energy researcher Winston recognized
- Study shows early sex differences in spatial-learning skills
- Last public workshop about Midway is scheduled
- University ready for Y2K
December 2, 1999
Vol. 19, No. 6
- Accolades
- More outreach draws more of brightest students worldwide
- December Highlights
- Committee strengthens its film studies program
- Researchers focus on origin of full-color vision
- Comptroller to reduce operations during holidays
- Marriages decline, divorces climb as families evolve into 21st century
- University alumnus will travel to Hubble for repair mission
- In the News
- Latke or Hamentasch?
- Fourth-year scholar-athlete receives Lincoln Academy Medallion
- Pocket Opera returns to stage this month
- Pilat is new Director of Benefits
- Simpson receives first O'Ceallaigh Medal for cosmic-ray research
- Lack of sleep alters hormones, metabolism
- Four University students excel in women’s soccer
- Secretary of Education designates UCSMP program as 'Promising'
- Giving to Help Campaign donors will learn about United Way agencies on Dec. 7 at annual Pizza Party

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