Online Archive: 2001

Jan. 4, 2001
Vol. 20, No. 7
- Pacifica Quartet, eighth blackbird to perform in Mandel
- Graduate research cited for excellence
- Harris School students serving City Hall as project managers
- Hanna Gray will speak at next ‘Idea of University’ session
- In the News
- Governor bestows award on Chicago fourth-year
- Lani Guinier is keynote speaker at annual University celebration honoring the late Martin Luther King Jr.
- Lach, expert on Asian influence in Europe, dies at 83
- Sullivan, University Registrar of 35 years, dies at age 77
- Expert on Polish theater, Terlecki, dies at 95
- More than 500 additional spaces for parking are now available
- Henderson is headed to Oxford
- Adopted in May 1990, sexual harassment policy under review
- Flash Center team receives top prize for massive supercomputing simulation
- Deputy Provost Zimmer appointed Vice President for Research, ANL
Jan. 18, 2001
Vol. 20, No. 8
- Comers give $21 million for new, state-of-the-art Children’s Hospital
- University Press moves to its new home
- Members of the faculty receive named professorships
- January/February Highlights
- Chandler succeeds Hunter as Franke Institute Director
- Committee on International Relations educates students who will consult, teach, lead in a growing global economy
- Computer Science masters program gives professionals an edge
- Correction
- Steele to head Geisinger; Weir, Rowley to serve as Interim Deans; Sussman will be VP at MacArthur
- College Admissions counselors seek top applicants who match Chicago’s mission
- Gaillard appointed to serve as an Associate Dean in the GSB
- Garrett explains direct democracy lawmaking process
- Alumnus Goodenough receives Japan Prize
- Emmuel Hallowitz, 80, dies in accident
- In the News
- Kilts gift helps GSB expand marketing courses
- How to top off a winter day
- Lach memorial service scheduled
- Harris School students explore ‘living wage’ concept
- Manning Nash dies at 76
- News organizations retain NORC to survey election ballots
- On the air: Program with Nagel, Jaeger will air again
- 2001: A Space Oddity
Feb. 01, 2001
Vol. 20, No. 9
- New book offers analysis of sexual behavior
- Administrators keep communication lines open as students continue their undergraduate studies
- Dean Turkington will retire after 38 years of service to University students
- Nash will retire after 10 years as Dean of Students
- Accolades
- AFA elects two GSB professors
- Alumni Association seeks nominations
- $2.5 million will benefit graduate study in biomedical research
- FEBRUARY Highlights
- Fuchs receives Lounsbery
- Weighing the options for National Missile Defense
- Idea of the University
- In the News
- ‘Poem Present’ part of ongoing poetry project
- Six postdocs in Astronomy, Astrophysics accept faculty positions
- Revived revelry
- Roundtable to sponsor a symposium on Feb. 9 on the history of legal ethics
Feb. 15, 2001
Vol. 20, No. 10
- ‘TopHat’ collects data on origin of the universe
- NORC examining Florida ballots
- Consortium reports on keys to better learning
- MUNUC responds to crisis
- University wrestling team takes 2001 UAA championship
- Former UT members raise curtain on new production
- Turkington reports status of Max Palevsky Commons, other major construction projects
- Fischel to step down from Law School deanship
- Higgs boson escapes detection by scientists who will continue the chase with new collider
- FEBRUARY/MARCH Highlights
- In the News
- Baraka will speak at Kent Lecture
- In Memoriam
- Shannon to serve second term as Dean of Graham School of General Studies
- SSA students helping to formulate a new model of practice for school social workers
- University contributors to United Way campaign surpass goal
March 1, 2001
Vol. 20, No. 11
- New ‘21st Century Science’ lectures at Gleacher Center to focus on medicine, astronomy, computing
- Five new members elected to ANL board
- Round Two
- March Highlights
- Crone receives post-secondary teaching award
- Oriental Institute to give guided tour for Women’s History Month
- Epstein to serve as Interim Dean of the Law School during search
- Conference will explore evolution of eros
- Q & A with... Curt Heuring
- Invention is one ‘HOT’ scientific commodity
- In the News
- Two new trustees elected to Board
- Edward Dimock, expert on India’s Bengali language, literature, dies
- Robertson named Associate Provost
- American Astronomical Society awards Warner Prize
- Simon Winchester, first writer-in-residence in the College, speaks about his career, teaching
March 15, 2001
Vol. 20, No. 12
- Law professor reveals another side to Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. in new book on former Supreme Court Justice
- University physician utilizing Argonne software designed to study energy beams
- Maroon Madness: Men’s basketball team wraps up season in Midwest Sectional finals
- BioSci course takes undergraduates into world of human genetics research
- Bus Schedule
- March Highlights
- President Bush nominates Dam as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
- University teams up with others for defibrillator trial in Chicago area
- Faith-based programs, in wake of Bush initiative, to be topic at conference
- Harris appointed as VP, General Counsel
- In the News
- Jewish and Arab students form a new discussion group, plan Middle East visit
- Muller will step down July 1 from his University Hospitals post
- Oriental Institute to sponsor Persian New Year celebration March 28
- Physicist Ugo Fano dies at 88
- John Rust, Professor Emeritus in Radiology, dies at age 91
- University offers second annual Science Career Forum March 30
- International Statistical Institute elects Stigler as fifth American president since its founding in 1885
March 29, 2001
Vol. 20, No. 13
- Sciences will merge in new ARB
- A colossal task
- Bartlett’s transformation
- MARCH/APRIL Highlights
- Fourth-year student receives Churchill
- Brown dwarfs, extrasolar planets to be explored at 53rd Compton lectures beginning March 31
- ‘Confusion: Disorientation and Synthesis’
- Cultural Policy Program supports new research that measures arts, culture
- Researchers find cause of common genetic disorder
- Experiment allows Chicago team to help pursue ‘theory of everything’
- In the News
- APS’ Moncton to now advise Argonne’s lab director
- Sherwin Rosen, Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, dies at 62
- Scholars at Risk Network organizes April 10 panel discussion about academic freedom
- Vermeer returns to Rockefeller for Seven Last Words of Christ
April 12, 2001
Vol. 20, No. 14
- Becker will receive SSD’s Phoenix Prize
- A look toward the future
- Construction site will go up April 18 in Science Quad
- New SSA program designed to meet needs of the elderly, aid social workers
- James Coleman Lecture scheduled for April 23
- Direct-to-consumer advertising of new drugs one topic of Law School conference
- Installation of new fire alarm system in I-House completed
- Fourth-year has once-in-a-lifetime research experience studying iceberg
- In the News
- Malunda appointed to serve as Assistant Vice President of Community Affairs
- Polish music impetus for festival, conference on national identity
- SASA aids earthquake victims while planning cultural show
- New center formed to study space materials for satellites, space stations
- Service scheduled for Ultmann
- Council of Mathematics Teachers honors Usiskin
- April Highlights
April 26, 2001
Vol. 20, No. 15
- Chandler wins 2000 Laing Award
- Clinton, McCain will address convention hosted by University
- Research shows students who begin school in small classes have an edge
- Argonne Lab experiment simulates comet collision
- Memorial service is scheduled to honor Professor Emeritus Fano
- Time is of the essence
- Human Rights Program will sponsor Global Labor Justice Conference
- In the News
- Professor Isenbergh embraces digital revolution to teach law
- In his latest work, Mendes-Flohr analyzes the dual identities of Jews in prewar Germany
- Lloyd to be Moody Lecturer
- Two members of the faculty receive named professorships
- University Board of Trustees elects four new members
- NIH awards $13 million to Clinical Research Center
- NORC creating nation’s best archive of votes made during presidential election in Florida
- Leader in creativity research, Getzels, dies
- Theodore Pullman, expert on kidney function, dies at age 82
- ‘From the Script to the Screen’ Conference focuses on Rohmer
- Martha McClintock will speak on her research at Ryerson Lecture
- Shoreland repair
- Patrons encourage concert attendance
- More than one in five Illinois children are living in poverty, according to 2000 State of the Child Report
- Mathematicians view unstable activity in brain to better understand circuitry of visual cortex
- APRIL/MAY Highlights
- Accounting professor in GSB receives Wish award
May 10, 2001
Vol. 20, No. 16
- DASI data support inflation theory
- Snyder chosen as new GSB Dean
- Henderson receives Byers scholarship
- National academies elect seven faculty members
- Playwright, alumnus Auburn wins Pulitzer Prize
- Dignitaries dedicate Charter School today
- Scholars, musicians will ‘trade fours’ at one-day, jazz conference on Friday
- New lecture series to honor D. Gale Johnson, distinguished economist
- Nicholas to serve in institute’s top post
- Rosen’s contributions to be honored with memorial, conference
- Three scientists named Sloan fellows
- Conference marks anniversary of Strauss’ Natural Right and History
- MAY Highlights
- In the News
- Ph.D.s return to speak at teaching conference
May 24, 2001
Vol. 20, No. 17
- Physics of fluids shows promise for coating of transplanted cells
- Levmore, as law dean, to stress ‘tradition,’ ‘ambition’
- Third-year wins Truman Scholarship
- Booth Prize Winners: Jeremy Bendik-Keymer, Gina DeGiovanni, Jennifer Golbeck and Juan Santalo-Mediavilla
- College courses in France enhanced with new Center in Paris
- Three members of the University receive Guggenheim fellowships
- Pulitzer Prize-winning play that cites writings of Professor Strier comes to the Goodman Theatre
- Alumni Association will honor members at annual reunion
- Alumni Association gives annual Maclean faculty award
- The 2001 Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
- 2001 Quantrell Award Winner: Danielle Allen, Associate Professor in Classical Languages & Literatures
- 2001 Quantrell Award Winner: Mark Oreglia, Associate Professor in Physics
- MAY-JUNE Highlights
- 2001 Quantrell Award Winner: Marsha Rosner, the Charles B. Huggins Professor and Director of the Ben May Institute for Cancer Research
- 2001 Quantrell Award Winner: Bernard Silberman, Professor in Political Science
- Winning collectors
- Shahn show serves as one session in ‘Points of Contact’ series
- Joint medical societies award professor in Medicine
- In the News
- Accolades
- Tuition for 2001-02 approved
June 7, 2001
Vol. 20, No. 18
- APS elects Sonnenschein and alumnus
- Susan Art to succeed Nash as Dean of Students in the College
- Astronomical Union names asteroids after University scientists
- Bus service schedule changes for summer
- JUNE Highlights
- University to celebrate its 465th Convocation
- David Currie, the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor in the Law School
- Harry Davis, the Roger L. and Rachel M. Goetz Distinguished Service Professor of Creative Management in the Graduate School of Business
- Seventeen students receive Fulbright-Hayes
- Two College students win new Gates scholarships
- The 2001 Faculty Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and the Graduate Teaching Awards in the Professional Schools
- Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies Professors of the Year: Don Coursey, Ameritech Professor in the Harris School, Helen Levy, Assistant Professor in the Harris School, and Raaj Sah, Professor in the Harris School
- Julia Henly, Assistant Professor in the School of Social Service Administration
- Honorary degrees to be given to three scholars
- I-House renovated kitchen will ‘foster community’
- In the News
- Couple founded school in Banaras, India, which now offers students teaching opportunities through CAPS internships
- Robert Kottwitz, Professor in Mathematics
- Main Quad entryway design draws on work of 1920s landscaper Farrand
- M.F.A. graduates to exhibit art in ‘Butterflies & Other Monsters’ at Gallery 312 in Chicago
- Martha Nussbaum, the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law & Ethics
- Khan chosen as new Ombudsperson
- Sheldon Pollock, George V. Bobrinskoy Professor in South Asian Languages & Civilizations
- Regenstein recarpeting project to improve user and staff areas
- James Schrager, Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management in the Graduate School of Business
- Special Olympiads
- Graduate, undergraduate students awarded with numerous scholarships, grants, fellowships
- Students in the College receive annual leadership awards for service to campus community
- Blessings in disguise
- Aaron Turkewitz, Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
- UMPH!
July 12, 2001
Vol. 20, No. 19
- Accolades
- Argonne Laboratory free-electron laser achieves saturation
- Two Astronomy & Astrophysics graduate students honored
- Professor finds that nonhuman primates have evolutionary reason to bond with their offspring
- Summer Highlights
- Chapin Hall Center Board appoints Courtney director
- City Year comes to Chicago
- One chapter ends, another begins
- Researchers discover mutations that increase risk of Crohn�s
- Currie surveys the Constitution throughout the Jeffersonian period
- Researchers find cause for neonatal diabetes
- City, University officials discuss possibility of expanding police patrols into Woodlawn
- Faxon leads American Heart Association
- University will remember Enrico Fermi’s legacy with anniversary celebration
- Lynn’s book proposes �a logic of governance� for public policy practitioners
- Snyder appoints two GSB Deputy Deans
- Susan Gzesh is the new director of the Human Rights Program.
- Most terminally ill patients receive inaccurate survival estimates
- Khalidi sees growth in International Studies
- Astronomers find clues to heavy elements in universe
- In the News
- Meltzer combines public policy, economics and health care expertise in classroom and in organ transplantation regulation
- Riordan now heading the Hospitals as CEO
- Professor, colleagues discover 10 examples of 2000-year-old Celtic art
- New shuttle bus system connects University and Argonne
- Summer Links provides a variety of community service opportunities
Aug. 16, 2001
Vol. 20, No. 20
- Mellon grant will boost Abzu archival resource of the University's Oriental Institute
- Accolades
- Awaiting restoration
- Summer Highlights
- Brain activity is influenced by chemosignals, University researchers find
- Prenatal exposure to methamphetamine increases risk to males who use the drug in teen or adult years
- University's football programs honored with CoSIDA award
- Randels welcome Mexico's President Fox
- Alumna, Life Trustee Katharine Graham dies at age 84
- Third-year draws from College coursework to write novel, Hope’s End
- University Hospitals rank among top facilities in United States
- In the News
- Time capsule unearthed
- President Bush appoints Kass to bioethics council
- Kates succeeds Riordan as Hospitals Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
- Marshak appointed as new Vice President and Dean of Students in the University
- Economic Research Center sets inaugural conference on microeconometrics
- Rosenwald roof project
- Herbal supplements may cause risks for patients anticipating surgeries
- University astronomers learn more about possible dangers of solar flares during solar maximum
- University, Argonne partnership to showcase promising high-tech research
- UT provides dramatic summer
Sept. 20, 2001
Vol. 21, No. 1
- Accolades
- University Hospitals encourage blood donations
- Books are only part of fun for kids at book fair on 57th
- Library sponsoring annual book sale
- SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER Highlights
- Center for Cosmological Physics created with $15 million grant
- Jarl Dyrud, Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry, dies at 79
- Post office will issue Enrico Fermi postage stamp during day of celebration Sept. 29
- Josef Fried, Professor Emeritus in Chemisty, dies at 87
- In the News
- Kass appointed to lead President’s Council on Bioethics
- Nineteen on faculty receive distinguished, named chairs
- Professor Emeritus Neugarten dies at 85
- University welcomes six scholars to faculty
- University welcomes students to campus
- Native Americans to celebrate heritage
- University community responds to an American tragedy
- New resident masters will oversee new Palevsky student residence
- ‘Theatrical Baroque’ is first collaboration with Fathom
Oct. 4, 2001
Vol. 21, No. 2
- Data in new book edited by Harris Dean provide insights into teens
- Foster to lead University's efforts in NSF Middleware Initiative
- Students begin to settle into Max Palevsky East
- OCTOBER Highlights
- University events provide forums to discuss September 11 tragedy
- Scholars to explain what influenced abstract art
- Olin Center Series to view how New World replaced European aristocracy
- Q&A with Lauren Berlant: Our Monica Ourselves delves into one scrutinized scandal
- In the News
- Mary Stuart, Elizabeth I meet in Court production
- Tokyo String Quartet to open Chamber Music Series
- After 40 years, Seminary Co-op's inventory continues to lure
Oct. 18, 2001
Vol. 21, No. 3
- SSA students learn how clients can benefit from design
- Argonne National Laboratory creates Materials Theory Institute
- Molecular mechanism is key in brain development
- OCTOBER Highlights
- Rockefeller challenged others to give to University
- Graduate students plan second conference on evolutionary and developmental biology
- Human Development now offered as concentration
- Bells of Notre Dame will ring through Rockefeller during Hunchback screening
- In the News
- Language a main theme of 22nd annual Humanities Open House
- Parents will sample academic life at University Oct. 26 through 28
- University, Woodlawn residents kick off expansion of policing
- Professor Emeritus Silverstein dies at 96
- Symphony of Words
- Farewell to Turkington
- Video games’ value, violence will be debated
Nov. 1, 2001
Vol. 21, No. 4
- MacArthur Foundation awards 2001 ‘genius grant’ to Allen
- Report calls for new recognition of arts as integral to campus life
- Open Enrollment online begins Friday, Nov. 9
- NOVEMBER Highlights
- Center for Early Childhood Research symposium will explore language acquisition
- Coleman brings change to largest student organization on campus, UT
- Donations given to Computer Science
- Chemistry professor receives Dreyfus
- Oriental Institute exhibits work by four American photographers in Egypt
- Center for Gender Studies to present “Art and Social Change”
- A ‘victory lap’ for Maroons
- In the News
- MSA planning activities for upcoming Islamic Awareness Week
- NORC reports Americans’ response to a national tragedy
- Stone to leave Provost post, return to the classroom
- Sereno, team discover prehistoric giant Sarcosuchus imperator in African desert
- Mathematical Society awards prize to Webster
Nov. 15, 2001
Vol. 21, No. 5
- Accolades
- Four Argonne National Laboratory physicists are most cited
- NORC completes examination of Florida ballots
- Taking the scenic route
- Thanksgiving Bus Schedule
- NOVEMBER Highlights
- CAPS equips its online reference letter file service with improved features
- Web site documents oral history of China’s Cultural Revolution
- Climate simulation capabilities advanced with $3.6 million grant
- New analysis of fossil record answers scientists’ concerns over its quality
- Construction begins
- In the News
- NIA will fund study about loneliness, its physical risks
- University commuters to see Metra, Lake Shore Drive changes
- Social Thought Chairman Pippin receives new award for scholarship
- International students sit down to a ‘Norman Rockwell’ Thanksgiving
Nov. 29, 2001
Vol. 21, No. 6
- Flaming Phoenixes place second in ACM contest
- ASL classroom to add Web camera to its instructional base
- Saturday Seminars in Biology continue to inspire high school teachers, students
- Winter Break Bus Schedule
- NOVEMBER Highlights
- Artists explore geography, national identity
- Fogel, team get five-year NIA grant
- Fumaroli wins Balzan literary prize
- Gesturing aids thinking, memory
- ‘Giving to Help’ make a difference
- In the News
- Jackson now serving as Vice President and CIO
- Law School Clinics directly involve students in pro bono work, litigation
- Nussbaum recognized for her book Cultivating Humanity
- Mathematics Department will sponsor Siemens fellowships
- University develops an emergency weather plan for campus closures

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