Online Archive: 2000

Jan. 6, 2000
Vol. 19, No. 7
- January Highlights
- American Meteorological Society will honor ‘Mr. Tornado’
- Hughes gift of $17.6 million to help fund IRB complex
- In the News
- President Sonnenschein appoints Greg Jackson University CIO
- Historian Marable, author Sinclair to speak at MLK Day observances
- Study conducted in Chicago neighborhoods calls Îbroken-windows’ theory into question
- Don Michael Randel . . . In the News
- Don Michael Randel to be 12th President, will take office July 1
- Franke Institute creating dialogues across disciplines through its Sawyer Seminars
- Four College students receive top scholarships
- Chemist Stout dies at age 87
- Zak memorial service set for Monday
Jan. 20, 2000
Vol. 19, No. 8
- Accolades
- Two great space books of 20th century edited by professor, written by alumnus
- January & February Calendar Highlights
- Researchers exploring new methods to increase computer-chip performance
- Committee on Human Development again becomes autonomous within Social Sciences
- Year of the Dragon
- Hall receives prestigious Goodwin book award
- HHMI awards University $2.4 million
- Experience gained
- In the News
- On the Air
- Parking structure meeting tonight
- Six faculty members receive professorships of distinction
- Rosen to serve AEA as its president, starting in 2001
- Science you can see
- Straus succeeds Ashenhurst, longest serving University Marshal
- Tsien honored for saving rare books
- Contributions still being accepted for United Way
- Winter festival participants will salute the sun at dawn
- Study shows when infants begin to infer intentions
Feb. 3, 2000
Vol. 19, No. 9
- Accolades
- Policy conference set in wake of arts controversy
- February Calendar Highlights
- University physicists work toward rebirth of Collider Detector
- Student Counseling & Resource Service offers faculty, staff referral guide online
- ‘Dinosaur Giants’
- New faculty bring expertise to University
- University fencers thrust ahead to defend rankings
- Third-year named to two All-America football teams
- Keller’s $25 million, Alpers’ $5 million will add to GSB’s $175 million capital campaign
- In the News
- Symposium will focus on questions raised in Kaddish
- Though courtship may be gone forever, Kasses propose re-inventing its rituals as a means to lasting love, marriage
- Architect Legorreta receives AIA Gold Medal
- Distinguished faculty lead University’s five recipients of National Medal of Science
- Alumni Association seeks nominations
Feb. 17, 2000
Vol. 19, No. 10
- February & March Calendar Highlights
- Chandra X-ray Observatory astonishes astronomers with its images
- Children’s rights are program topic
- Organization of Black Students invites journalist George Curry as guest speaker for Kent Lecture
- New drug promises pain relief for many terminal cancer patients
- Echols goes the distance, beats Division I runners
- Regenstein lot to get new entrance
- AAAS will honor four fellows from University
- Chicago Humanities Forum brings scholars to alumni, friends in city
- Students give feedback on interior of new residence halls
- In the News
- Medieval Studies Workshop plans international conference for Friday
- Morrissette, Professor Emeritus in Romance Languages, dies
- University scientists anticipate samples from space
March 2, 2000
Vol. 19, No. 11
- Renovations at Bartlett will include architectural preservation, addition of dining amenities
- Maroons’ perfect record earns them NCAA spot
- Boden will serve again as Dean of Rockefeller Chapel
- March Chronicle Calendar Highlights
- Research looks at cohabitation’s negative effects
- ‘Moove’ over Cows on Parade
- Computer Science Lecturer Don Crabb dies at 44
- Crerar Library will soon house high-tech computer laboratory
- An infamous drug proves to be important therapy for Crohn’s
- Eldercare referral service is one phone call away
- Gestures add valuable information to teachers’ math lessons
- Architect selected for GSB complex
- Doctors overestimate survival times for the terminally ill
- Law School’s panel discussion on Thursday will focus on conviction of the innocent in criminal cases
- In the News
- Gothic illumination
- Summer Fine Arts Festival coordinators sponsoring a logo contest
- Education comes first for M.B.A. student who won $1.7 million
- Eaton’s creation of octanitrocubane called ‘a triumph of synthetic chemistry’
- David Oxtoby to serve another term as Dean
- Trustees approve Pelli’s design for University’s first new athletics center in 68 years
- Campus post office will close for renovations beginning Saturday
- Mathematics program continues its training of public school teachers
- Before winter departs
- Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation supports new postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities
- Students’ academic and residential life linked through programming underway at Woodward
March 16, 2000
Vol. 19, No. 12
- March Chronicle Calendar Highlights
- Employment opportunities for Ph.D. candidates offered at Science Career Forum
- $2.28 million grant boosts research on childhood development
- Researcher to explain complex physical systems at Compton Lectures
- $1 million grant furthers work in child, family policy
- Black theology of liberation: Hopkins educates church leaders, expands scope of scholarship
- Vacancies, building problems will force I-House relocation
- The Ice Prowler
- In the News
- In Memoriam: Edward Hirsch Levi, President Emeritus
- American Psychological Association awards professor’s behavioral research
- quadcolloquy.edu ... on International House
- University students make a dramatic difference in lives of schoolchildren
March 30, 2000
Vol. 19, No. 13
- March & April Chronicle Calendar Highlights
- Getting into his art
- Chuang, Lankford earn All-UAA honors
- Aurelius, Cicero, Seneca topics of conference
- Goldsmith creates computer program Linguistica to map morphology of European languages
- Grants will help clarify, coordinate research on mental health
- In the News
- City reverses denial of ‘Jimmy’s’ license
- McClintock discovers two odorless chemical signals influence mood
- WHPK, Doc Films collaboration will bring live music to Max Palevsky for screenings of several films
- From martial arts to film, immigration to revolution––PanAsia will begin Friday, April 7
- New parking structure to add 500 spaces
- ‘Giving to Help’ raffle winners announced
- Glenn Steele will serve second term as BSD Dean
- Student organizations join artistic forces to create Doc Films trailers
- Board of Trustees approves new 2000-01 tuition costs
April 13, 2000
Vol. 19, No. 14
- Accolades
- Chronicle Calendar Highlights
- Center in Paris planned for fall 2001
- College Curriculum Committee discusses concentrations
- ECOncert April 21 to celebrate Earth Day
- French government gives $1 million to establish new center
- Committee on the Future of International House formed to hear, respond to concerns
- In the News
- National Medal of Science winner Kadanoff to deliver this year’s Ryerson Lecture
- Distinguished group to lead meditations at Holy Week performance in Rockefeller
- Edward H. Levi remembered
- University, Chicago Park District announce a master plan for Midway Plaisance
- Hans Gustav Gźterbock, scholar on ancient Near East
- OBS will bring ‘The Black Man’ to stage
- Scientific outreach
- Transforming Images: ‘The Art of Silver Horn and His Successors’
April 27, 2000
Vol. 19, No. 15
- Woody Allen to chat with students at Max Palevsky
- Art History faculty members capture large percentage of Guggenheims
- April & May Chronicle Calendar Highlights
- Duffy is named Director of the University Press
- Eco concert
- Four University professors receive 2000 Guggenheim fellowships
- Professor predicts recent, future iceberg calvings
- Committee on the Future of International House to make recommendations to President at end of May
- In the News
- McGrath is appointed Instructor, Head Coach of men’s basketball
- Edward H. Levi remembered
- Michel de Montaigne:
  Scholars will discuss writings of this French philosopher
- More women, minorities seek, earn Ph.D.s, according to NORC report
- University Press honors the Divinity School’s Ricoeur with Laing Prize
- Special Collections will exhibit historical documents that include scholarly works by Einstein, Curie and Newton
- Five researchers from University chosen as Alfred P. Sloan fellows
- University backs venture to commercialize academic software
May 11, 2000
Vol. 19, No. 16
- Accolades
- Filmic fascination
- Dietary bioflavonoids cause DNA damage and may contribute to infant leukemia
- Love of books wins Brooker Prize for three second-years
- May Chronicle Calendar Highlights
- Contemporary Chamber Players will perform the compositions of four graduate students on May 19
- Grant to support study of genes’ effects on chemotherapy
- Clarification
- Law School to co-sponsor forum on state’s death penalty May 15
- An exchange of knowledge
- New technique may aid Human Genome Project
- Gruber questions transfer of power in ‘Ruling the World . . .’
- I-House Web site established
- Olin Center conference to focus on military intervention
- In the News
- Math team places fifth against 431 Putnam competitors
- Ph.D. recipient receives top award in the field of computer science
- GSB building models on display at Chicago Architecture Foundation
- Facilities Services makes more parking available
- Land preservation in communities raises home values, say researchers
- Pressing on
- Moving volumes
- Course registration going online
- Oriental Institute’s deflecting roof will be replaced
- Edward Said to visit University for public, private events
- Sinise to visit as Kovler Fellow
- Sloan Survey astronomers identify most distant object
- Humanities Division honors music student with Walsh Award
- Town hall meetings open discussion about Main Quad changes
- Von Ellefson, choir members travel to New York to perform at Carnegie
- Regional Worlds conference scheduled
May 25, 2000
Vol. 19, No. 17
- Class of 2004 is diverse, has top academic credentials
- AAAS elects seven faculty members from Chicago
- Alumni honored for their commitments to society, University
- Shadi Bartsch Professor in Classical Languages & Literatures
- Wayne C. Booth Prizes for Excellence in Teaching
- May & June Chronicle Calendar Highlights
- Expedition reveals beginnings of urban civilization
- Conceptual designs for Main Quad entrance reviewed at meeting
- David Grier Associate Professor in Physics
- Human Rights Program conference in June to launch national Scholars at Risk Network
- I-House report due this week
- Untitled Document
- In the News
- D. Gale Johnson Eliakim Hastings Moore Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Economics
- Laurens Mets Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
- M.F.A. graduates to exhibit their work at Gallery 312
- Physical Sciences Teaching Prizes
- The Llewellyn John & Harriet Manchester Quantrell Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
- The Llewellyn John & Harriet Manchester Quantrell Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
- Rosengarten to start deanship in Divinity School beginning July 1
- Life on the Quads--Scavenger-Hunt style
- Special Olympics Spring Games come to campus
- Stuart Tave is honored with annual prize named for Norman Maclean
June 8, 2000
Vol. 19, No. 18
- Graduate, undergraduate students receive academic awards
- Baccalaureate 2000
- Students in the GSB take grand prize in first Bain Start-Up Challenge
- Summer Chronicle Calendar Highlights
- Area centers get $4.9 million boost
- An artistic reflection
- The 460th Convocation sessions begin June 9
- Dr. Catherine Dobson, 91, healed many in her nearly seven-decade career in OB-Gyn
- 2000 Faculty Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
- 2000 Faculty Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
- Women's Board elects Feitler
- 2000 Graduate Teaching Awards
- Two professors appointed as Howard Hughes investigators
- University responds to committee’s recommendations for I-House
- In the News
- Law students will receive honors at first convocation session
- College students honored with leadership awards
- Merton Miller, 77, leaves legacy of corporate finance research
- Graduate student receives opportunity to meet with Nobel laureates
- Pillet, reformer of foreign language teaching methods, dies at age 82
- A presidential reception
- Rogers elected to Board of Trustees
- Astronomy & Astrophysics honors graduate students with Sagan, MacMinn awards
- The 460th Convocation will feature President Emerita Gray as a speaker
- Special Olympics
July 13, 2000
Vol. 19, No. 19
- Accolades
- Alumni Association elects 2000-01 officers
- University, DOE sign Argonne Lab contract
- Nicholas Barberis honored by the Graduate School of Business
- Summer Chronicle Calendar Highlights
- University appoints three new coaches
- Physicians determine new guidelines are needed to care for patients with dementia
- Sanjay Dhar honored by the Graduate School of Business
- Three artists present a different view of our natural world
- New faculty member Faxon will serve as Chief of Cardiology
- Fogel elected to philosophical society
- News magazine ranks Hospitals No. 13
- In the News
- Pledge of $20 million from Max Palevsky to enhance residential life
- Oriental Institute to reopen its Persian Gallery
- President Randel arrives
- Peter Rossi honored by the Graduate School of Business
Aug. 17, 2000
Vol. 19, No. 20
- Annual book fair for young readers coming to 57th Street
- August/September Highlights
- University joins other institutions in the launch of educational Web site Fathom
- National Humanities Center appoints Elshtain, Wimsatt
- Astronomers exploring dark matter with the FUSE satellite
- Studying granular materials will allow scientists to control flow
- International House to remain open while improvements are being made
- In the News
- High school students got down to business at GSB
- New research reveals how loneliness can undermine health
- Meteoritical Society returns to Chicago for annual meeting
- Coelen to succeed DePoy as President of the NORC
- American Indian powwow coming to Midway Plaisance Sept. 23 to 24
- ‘Future of the Queer Past’ conference will examine history of gay life worldwide
- Symphony of Words
Sept. 21, 2000
Vol. 20, No. 1
- University appoints Hermann Grunder as new Argonne Director
- September/October Highlights
- Distinguished faculty receive endowed chairs
- Annual Compton lectures will begin Sept. 30
- New CTA bus service will make more regular stops
- Geophysical Sciences scholars mentor high school student in meteorite study
- Trustees reviewing the proposed designs for new Main Quadrangle entrance
- New faculty appointments made across University
- Frank family pledges gift of $10 million to the BSD
- Down to earth
- Endowed Chair established to honor President Emerita
- In the News
- Welcome to Chicago
- Educational inequalities among children is focus of professor’s research
- Orientation events welcome Class of 2004
- Temporary lots provide parking spaces until completed parking structure alleviates crunch
- University-wide picnic continues inaugural festivities, celebrates new academic year
- Martin Runkle reappointed as Director of University Libraries
- John Simpson, pioneering physicist, dies at age 83
- University enters new four-year contract with members of Teamsters Union
Oct. 5, 2000
Vol. 20, No. 2
- October Highlights
- Gift from Carlson family supports senior faculty chair
- Alumnus will moderate President’s online chat
- Bell team discovers biochemical pathway to type 2 diabetes
- Doc Films to screen 17 films from festival
- University community warned against misleading e-mail
- In the News
- IRB designs to go before Board of Trustees Nov. 2
- Memorial service is scheduled to honor Merton Miller from the GSB
- Microelectronics, biology meet in lab of chemistry professor Mrksich
- Two opponents of democracy topic of Olin Center lectures
- Food for thought
- Applying game theory to social norms
- ‘The Sacred and the Sovereign’
- Ifill, Broder bring to Mandel Hall Washington Week in Review on Oct. 20
Oct. 19, 2000
Vol. 20, No. 3
- From the inside out
- OCTOBER/NOVEMBER Highlights
- French philosopher Derrida to visit University as guest of Critical Inquiry
- Homecoming to include Ratner groundbreaking ceremony
- HETE-2 looks for gamma-ray bursts
- Humanities Division sponsoring its 21st Open House Oct. 28
- In the News
- University to celebrate Randel’s inauguration as 12th President
- Swordy succeeds Nagel as Master of Physical Sciences Collegiate Division
- Heckman wins Nobel for research on selective samples
- Gibson discusses the tombs of Ur
- ‘Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur’ opens Saturday
- Live taping of Washington Week in Review begins at 2 p.m. Friday
Nov. 2, 2000
Vol. 20, No. 4
- Architect Pelli, donor Ratner join celebration for new athletics center
- November Highlights
- Smart Museum exhibition will be ‘Canceled’
- Residents of Woodlawn seeing improvements, as a 40-year rebuilding effort starts to pay off
- Quadrangle Club Revels making a comeback
- Survey: Generation gap closing
- Ten scholars to receive honorary degrees today at inaugural convocation
- Year-long colloquium will examine state of universities
- In the News
- Celebration will follow inauguration
- Landahl receives new Humanities appointment
- Scaled model of Campus Master Plan on exhibit at Regenstein
- Q&A with... Jeff Milyo
- University announces its prices to park in new structure
- Ashton-Rickardt receives presidential award
- Quadcolloquy.edu: International House revisited
- Dinosaur Expedition 2000 allows us to join team in Niger
- Memorial service, reception set to celebrate life of late John Simpson
- Political review
Nov. 16, 2000
Vol. 20, No. 5
- Becker will be honored with National Medal of Science on Dec. 1
- November Highlights
- Fathom opens Web site
- In the News
- It’s Official
- Plans for new research facility moving ahead
- Debate that many savor coming to Mandel Hall
- Q&A with... Jonathan Lear
- Monte Lloyd, Professor Emeritus in Ecology & Evolution dies at 73
- Latest meteorite find is the new standard
- Lyric Opera’s Davis will discuss with Philip Gossett opera’s future worldwide
- Packard Foundation honors University physics professor
- Professor Emeritus Pashigian dies at 68
- Huttenlocher to continue spatial learning research with funding from NSF
- John Ultmann, cancer researcher, dies
- Program will bring authors to teach their writing craft
Nov. 30, 2000
Vol. 20, No. 6
- Student’s research examines influenza
- BSD, Law School plan health-care conference
- Harris School professor studies factors contributing to success of teen mothers
- Euphony makes its debut on campus
- Hamada to leave GSB deanship after eight years of leadership
- Board unanimously selects Pernet to head I-House
- Physics concentrator studying universe from Antarctica
- Annual ‘Giving to Help’ campaign to be highlighted at lunch event
- Fourth-year searching for dinosaur fossils on Saharan expedition
- Paleontological Society honors Foote with 2000 Charles Schuchert Award
- World engagement
- Accolades
- Students produce annual guide
- December Highlights
- In the News
- Computing team to join 2001 world finals

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