Online Archive: 2003

Jan. 9, 2003
Vol. 22, No. 7
- University, ANL seek funding for regional center for biodefense
- New lecture series set to begin in Biological Sciences Division
- January Highlights
- Early economic advantages influence college attendance
- New director to lead student counseling center
- CIO Jackson explains need for some e-mail standardization
- Robert Gaumond, first-year
- New Hutchinson book opens window on FDR’s New Deal, opposition it faced in Court
- IN THE NEWS
- Linguist Kazazis, master of European languages, dies at 68
- Lab Schools alumni receive scholarships
- MLK Day Commemoration: Civil rights activist Lawson to present keynote address
- University, Argonne Lab to launch a flagship nanoscience program
- Reorganized office will direct a full spectrum of diversity initiatives
- Quad aglow
- Alumnus is University’s 37th Rhodes scholarship recipient
- Examination of things wins kudos for University journal
- Honored book questions concept of tolerance
Jan. 23, 2003
Vol. 22, No. 8
- Rajan wins first Fischer Black Prize
- Robert, Linda Braidwood, pioneers in prehistoric archaeology
- January-February Highlights
- Ryan’s commutation not the first issued in history to correct injustice, say scholars
- Accolades
- Chicago Initiative makes gains at close of 2002
- In the news
- Lincoln’s new book ‘Holy Terrors’ offers broader view of 9/11 events
- Sally says students need more than math ‘appreciation’
- Harris, SSA using McCormick Tribune grant to educate future urban leaders
- Alumni share career experiences with third-year students at annual College event, ‘Taking the Next Step’
- Doc Films presents: Poitier series that addresses racial integration, conflict
- Revelry returns to Quad Club this weekend–in cabaret style
- Wirszup Lectures resume on campus Jan. 30 with mathematics discussion
Feb. 6, 2003
Vol. 22, No. 9
- Satellite images lead to ancient ‘highways’
- Professors receive new named and distinguished appointments
- Baird, other business law experts to speak on panel tonight
- February Highlights
- Physicians groups not implementing care management processes proven to increase quality of patient care
- Chicago Weekly News returns with NewCity coverage
- Cosmic exhibition: DASI research travels from South Pole to New York City museum
- Despite 2001 slowdown, long-term trend heads toward expansion in number of earned research doctorates
- International House celebrates Year of Ram, plans upcoming events
- Argonne, University scientists reveal insect respiratory function with X-rays
- In the News
- Kalil examines middle-class unemployment
- Lawlor aids in new governor’s transition
- Madrian receives Samuelson Award for finance writing
- Niyogi uses computers to analyze language evolution
- Randel appoints new assistant ombudsperson
- Pacifica set to perform all five Carter string quartets
- Making headway at Ratner Center
- Revels transform Quadrangle Club into cabaret (61895 bytes)
- Pardee’s careful scrutiny of ancient texts reveals colorful world of Ugaritians
- University establishes new Center for Urban Schools, names Knowles director
Feb. 20, 2003
Vol. 22, No. 10
- ACCOLADES
- Ball, Professor of Accounting, is honored as outstanding educator
- February-March Highlights
- It’s been asked, ‘does art imitate life?’–political science professor asks, ‘does art spark urban renewal?’
- Digestive disorder caused by gluten is common
- IN THE NEWS
- Landahl, 1951-2003, first linguist to show children’s language acquisition differences
- Law School celebrating ‘century of ideas, action’
- 15th anniversary of MUNUC: Young ‘diplomats’ resolve crises and debate policies at Model United Nations
- Dean of Physical Sciences Oxtoby to serve as Pomona College’s ninth president
- Probe captures early image of universe– as it looked 380,000 years after big bang
- Stigler to weave historical figures into Ryerson lecture on risk, gambling
- Increased truck traffic expected near IRB construction entrance
- Vernacularization in cultures originates from informed choices about language, literature
March 6, 2003
Vol. 22, No. 11
- ACCOLADES
- Study shows aspirin can help prevent polyps in colorectal cancer patients
- Auger may clear up contradictory data on high-energy cosmic rays
- March Highlights
- Stone warns of threat to civil liberties, should history repeat
- College Bowl club gears up for its own month of ‘madness’ with tournaments
- University partners with CPS to offer top students academic opportunities
- Chicago physicists believe extra dimensions exist as they search for more clues
- Friedman, like so many other faculty members, understands the pleasure and adventure of living ‘the life of the mind’
- Center for Gender Studies provides an informal place for discussion, scholarship
- Hajdu describes process of developing artful nonfiction, without creating ‘Moreau monster’
- IN THE NEWS
- IN MEMORIAM
- The University and political action
March 20, 2003
Vol. 22, No. 12
- Between the Boards: Curious collection from Crerar on display
- Bryk wins inaugural Fordham Prize for advancing school reform
- March-April Highlights
- Conference to address Colombian crisis
- Fourth-year wins Gates scholarship, will study physics at Cambridge
- Law professor Harcourt challenges popular policing method, gun violence interventions
- IN THE NEWS
- Kate Levi, Lab Schools graduate, widow of Edward Levi
- Researchers identify new neural behavior pattern
- Optical fractionation technique takes HOT technology to new level of sorting particles
- Historical richness, aesthetic power of Billy Strayhorn’s jazz coming to life at University
- Consortium report shows summer program helps narrow learning gap, providing academic boost
- Trustees energizing Chicago Initiative
April 3, 2003
Vol. 22, No. 13
- ACCOLADES
- Harris student, human rights worker, Bosman dies at 25
- April Highlights
- Chicago faculty joining the debate
- ‘Cosmic Fireworks’ begin Saturday at lectures
- Journal’s editorial board will debate future of criticism
- Pilot program allows second-years to shadow alumni in the workplace
- IN THE NEWS
- Mathematics will aid Carnegie in defining needed Ph.D. qualities
- Leonard Olsen, Professor Emeritus in the Humanities, Ideas and Methods, the College, dies at age 88
- Performance on, off court earns Reich NCAA honor
- University scholars of South Asia inspire April conference
- New salamander species provide new answers to old questions in evolution
- Scholars at Risk Network schedules conference, visit by Egyptian scholar
- SSA plans ‘Bridging Gap Between Research, Practice’ to honor Pinkston
- Tuition, financial aid both increase for the 2003-2004 academic year
April 17, 2003
Vol. 22, No. 14
- Scholars to examine scientific take on art
- April-May Highlights
- Maintenance, construction projects now underway on Main Quad
- After a successful kick-off year, ‘Chicago Convenes’ to celebrate
- Cooper, Director of Radiology, PET scan pioneer, dies at 66
- Cultural Policy conference will dig deeper into historic preservation cases
- Mellon Foundation honors Gray with grant for graduate researchers
- IN THE NEWS
- I-House lecture series looks into past for new perspective on Iraq
- Leading economist, 50-year faculty member Johnson dies at 86
- Koehn, second-year in College
- Latin American scholars will review democracy’s breakdown
- Scholar seeks ways to balance legislative, bureaucratic power
- Martino, first-year Ph.D. student, dies at age 31
- Year-old math center aids teachers’ transition to Everyday Mathematics
- Student medical aid mission resumes in June, when group travels to Cuba with pharmaceuticals, supplies
- Paleoclimatic record holds clues to explaining abrupt climate changes
- Creator of V.I. Warshawski mysteries describes her genre, her teaching experience at Chicago
- University’s traditions replicated in Paris
- Striving toward peace
- Quad Club fund-raiser benefiting restoration project will feature jazz
- Academy of Arts and Letters elects Ran, alumnus Glass to membership
- New computer-based resume system replaces manual steps
- Davison Rowley receives honors for cancer research
- Musicians will interpret lyric rhymes of Dr. Seuss’ famous stories May 3
- Space flight instruments headed to Mars, Saturn to detect rock, soil composition
May 1, 2003
Vol. 22, No. 15
- Five scholars on faculty selected as Sloan fellows
- Levitt wins John Bates Clark Medal
- Students take initiative, get involved in campaign
- I-House renovation gets Board approval for $21 million in funding
- University is preparing for any possible SARS outbreak
- Festival of the Arts will introduce new creative writing celebration
- Sounds, Sights of Science sought for project exploring where science and art meet
- Conference will explore history of the notion of creative genius with a look into 15th century
- Is what you see really me? Bey collaborates with high school students to bring form to their identities and images
- Honoree Franklin to attend symposium on race in new century
- May Highlights
- ACCOLADES
- IN THE NEWS
- Obituary: Mark Krupnick
May 15, 2003
Vol. 22, No. 16
- Researchers implicate gene complex, tie it to disorder that affects 2 million Americans
- Chicago astrophysicist analyzing data from rare gamma-ray burst
- Quiz teams win big in academic ‘Triple Crown’
- Five University scholars named Guggenheim fellows for 2003
- When do we feel grown up? NORC found consensus for seven transitions in ‘Coming of Age in 21st-Century America’
- University program to help employees live in community where they work
- University’s South Asia language center will serve as home base for collaborative pedagogical efforts
- Fefferman appointed to five-year PSD deanship
- Grant to help formulate more BIG PROBLEMS
- Chemistry professor receives three-year Beckman grant
- Annual Antics
- May Highlights
- IN THE NEWS
- Obituary: Donald W. Fiske
May 29, 2003
Vol. 22, No. 17
- Long receives nearly $2 million in grant funding from NSF, NIH
- Harris School honors its founding donor with conference on investing in families
- National academies elect 10 on faculty
- MacLane, Sinaiko awarded for outstanding contributions to students' lives on campus
- Alumni Association honors membership
- The Wayne C. Booth Graduate Student Prize for Excellence in Teaching
- Physical Sciences Teaching Prizes
- Siegler, Thaler featured faculty speakers for Convocation
- Students awarded for leadership skills, social responsibility
- New president appointed to direct Credit Union
- The Llewellyn John & Harriet Manchester Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
- 2003 Quantrell Award Winner: Edward Cook, Professor in History and the College
- 2003 Quantrell Award Winner: Susan Goldin-Meadow, the Irving B. Harris Professor in Psychology, Human Development, the College
- 2003 Quantrell Award Winner: Bernard Roizman, the Joseph Regenstein Distinguished Service Professor of Virology and Chairman of the Viral Oncology Laboratory
- 2003 Quantrell Award Winner: Christina von Nolcken, Associate Professor in English Language & Literature, Committee on Medieval Studies, the College
- Memorial service planned for Johnson on Saturday, June 7
- Radiologist Malcolm Cooper to be remembered at memorial service today in Bond Chapel
- May Highlights
- IN THE NEWS
- Photo: Alumni Weekend to welcome graduates back to campus
June 12, 2003
Vol. 22, No. 18
- Press honors Lincoln with its Laing Prize
- College admission rate shows increased selectivity
- University will present three scholars with honorary degrees
- University students again lead nation in Fulbright fellowships
- Lawlor will lead SSA into future, serving another term as its Dean
- Haney joins faculty as new Chairman of Obstetrics
- New cMore site to reorganize Web space to make self-service easier
- Trustees name new Board Chairman
- Scores of graduate students awarded grants for studies
- 2003 Faculty Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching:
  - Robert Pippin, the Raymond W. & Martha Hilpert Gruner Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought
  - Benjamin Glick, Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
  - Bruce Cumings, the Norman and Edna Freehling Professor in History
  - W.J.T. Mitchell, the Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Service Professor in English Language & Literature, Art History
- 2003 Graduate Teaching Awards in the Professional Schools:
  - Don Coursey, the Ameritech Professor of Public Policy in the Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies
  - Robert Michael, the Eliakim Hastings Moore Distinguished Service Professor in the Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies
  - Cass Sunstein, the Karl N. Llewellyn Distinguished Service Professor of Jurisprudence in the Law School
  - Thomas Keller, Assistant Professor in the School of Social Service Administration
  - Haresh Sapra, Assistant Professor of Accounting in the Graduate School of Business
  - Kevin Murphy, the George J. Stigler Professor of Economics in the Graduate School of Business
- University will induct first class of athletes into its Hall of Fame
- Bohlman rescues music of rare Jewish cabarets
- Spring Convocation is right around corner
- Schiller Johnson wins first Richman Award for service to students outside classroom
- University proposes north expansion of police patrols
- Obituary: Fromm, challenged Freud, helped pioneer hypnosis
- Accolades
- June-July Highlights
- IN THE NEWS
July 17, 2003
Vol. 22, No. 19
- Parker awarded prestigious Kyoto Prize for elucidating solar wind, other phenomena
- Board names Crown Chair, Grossman, Trott as new Trustees
- Economist Rajan joins IMF
- Robotic system reduces invasiveness of prostate surgery, speeds recovery
- Tuttle, an expert in paleoanthropology, receives McGraw-Hill teaching honor
- Kron named director of Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Turner will take NSF position
- SmartSignal collaboration an example of 'technology-transfer process at work'
- University of Paris students get first-hand lessons in Chicago School of Economics
- Three faculty members, their families make the residential commitment to foster 'life of the mind'
- University teams with Monster to sponsor Diversity Leadership Program next month
- Obituary: Press editor Abrams attracted some of best science authors
- Obituary: SSA graduate, Law School student die in tragic North Side porch collapse
- July Highlights
- IN THE NEWS
- Photo: Where science meets art
- Photo: A path less traveled
Aug. 14, 2003
Vol. 22, No. 20
- NORC survey finds Americans practice what they are preached
- Infant mortality rates improve as air quality improves, study shows
- Scientists identify defects in protein hydrogen bonds
- Area centers receive grant for three years of funding
- Dedicated to memory of David Schramm, report assesses research opportunities where physics, astronomy intersect
- Professor in Chemistry selected Searle Scholar
- Friedrich sees beyond boundaries of one discipline
- Community development firm shares practical experience with SSA students
- Dam played key role in disrupting terrorist financing
- Proposed project to develop a Children’s Play Garden has been presented to residents
- Fishbane’s new book explores the ongoing mythic creativity of the Hebrew Bible and Jewish tradition
- Photo: A Regal Find
- August-September Highlights
- IN THE NEWS
Sept. 25, 2003
Vol. 23, No. 1
- GSB garden atrium grows 83-feet-tall
- University selected lead institution for RCE for bioscience research
- DSPs, named chairs given to members of the faculty
- University to lead major study on breast cancer in African-American women
- Ratner will open doors to University community on Monday
- University welcomes 10 new faculty members
- Iraq official to lecture on museum looting
- Strauss to chair Lab Schools board
- Li wins Balzan Prize for research on evolutionary molecular genetics
- Crew films Proof on campus
- University joins other institutions in offering prepaid tuition plan
- Chicago&# 8217;s Special Collections, engine room of scholarship, celebrates 50
- No ordinary athletes here: Chicago created the scholar-athlete
- UAA, Chicago receive praise
- Compton lectures return Oct. 4
- Landscaping last touch after major summer construction
- Yerkes Observatory introduces blind students to universe
- Photo: Mayoral welcome for TTI
- Photo: CPS students shine
- September- October Highlights
- IN THE NEWS
Oct. 9, 2003
Vol. 23, No. 2
- Music and transformation
- October Highlights
- University part of CDC funding to study disease
- Coetzee wins Nobel Prize
- In the News
- Alex Kotlowitz on campus for SSA Orientation
- Professor says music industry, courts are suing wrong party
- Origin of civilization’s birth in the spotlight at Oriental Institute: Edgar and Deborah Jannotta Mesopotamian Gallery will open Oct. 18
- Nobel in Physics goes to Argonne scientist
- Lectures to explore postwar paradox in American culture
- Art of architecture expressed in new Ratner Center
- New athletics center named after ‘Red’ Ratner, a 1930s Chicago scholar, Maroon baseball player
- University receives $17 million grant to build Ricketts biosafety laboratory
- Memorial concert for Edward Said is Oct. 12 in Mandel
- SSA begins alternative re-accreditation process for social work education
- Historians to reveal those absent from religion’s story
Oct. 23, 2003
Vol. 23, No. 3
- Researchers find that good night’s sleep enhances language learning
- Franke explores evolution of disciplines in academy with funding from Mellon
- Recent graduate Onyisi receives Apker Award for physics research
- Conference and memorial planned to honor Johnson
- Kass, two alumni receive inaugural Bradley Prizes
- Historic election, race relations focus of symposium
- Western team allowed in Iran for expedition
- Student arrives at legal scholarship via journey through American faith
- Fourth-year students get ahead of career search using survey information Class of 2003 provided
- She loves a 'starry night:' Cosmology student searches universe for neutralinos
- Employees may change benefit plans Nov. 7 to 17
- Obituary: Physicist Inghram, 83, helped to determine age of the Earth
- Photo: Proof on location
- October Highlights
- IN THE NEWS
Nov. 6, 2003
Vol. 23, No. 4
- Alumnus John Grunsfeld is ‘natural selection’ to be NASA chief scientist
- Anthropologists will examine impact of environment on development of Angkor complex
- Lectures analyze America’s gun culture
- Nine on faculty elected 2003 AAAS fellows
- Reform is the goal, training urban teachers the beginning
- Munsters named Deputy Dean of Students for Student Affairs
- GSB schedules forecast lunch
- Future College housing under discussion
- Two additional days off scheduled for 2003-04 only
- Stone writes Fred Korematsu’s amicus brief, as history repeats
- Bartsch looks through eyes of classical thinkers
- Accolades
- Photo: Alumni get new on-campus home
- November Highlights
- IN THE NEWS
Nov. 20, 2003
Vol. 23, No. 5
- Recent graduate wins 2003 Marshall Scholarship
- Rosenbaum leads team measuring quantum effects in real-world objects
- Harris’ Raver gets funding to study school readiness, academic advances
- New faculty cast will argue long-lived debate
- University mathematicians part of NSF math curriculum project
- Study shows sexual orientation is linked to brain metabolism
- Faculty to take sports beyond entertainment value
- Arts organizations focus of UCSC’s Fall Day of Service on Nov. 22
- Warren questions relevance of black arts, culture as political guides
- Rockefeller Memorial Chapel will be home to new Inter-religious center
- November-December Highlights
- University prepared to close offices, cancel classes in severe weather conditions
- Runkle to retire from Library directorship
- Comptroller, Bursar offices reduce operations during holiday season
- In the News
Dec. 11, 2003
Vol. 23, No. 6
- Chicago instrument will advance study of high-energy cosmic rays
- Researchers discover a new delivery system for antimicrobial medications
- Discovery of inheritability of social behavior traits has human implications
- University’s SALRC aims to improve linguistic intelligence
- Phenomenon found in droplets may lead to microscopic uses
- Abydos: A place with many ancient stories to tell
- Environmental activist chosen as a Lincoln student laureate
- Chicago students, alumni garner Romer, other top paleontology prizes
- This team enters ‘debating chambers,’ puts its Chicago critical thinking to test
- Women’s soccer team takes second place in NCAA Division III
- Foundation laid, IRB in the works
- Skating rink again offers cool winter sports
- Bernard Cohn, 75, studied colonialism, India’s caste system
- December-January Highlights
- In the News
- Accolades

Chronicle Archive

2003:

Jan. 9
Vol. 22, No. 7

Jan. 23
Vol. 22, No. 8

Feb. 6
Vol. 22, No. 9

Feb. 20
Vol. 22, No. 10

March 6
Vol. 22, No. 11

March 20
Vol. 22, No. 12

April 3
Vol. 22, No. 13

April 17
Vol. 22, No. 14

May 1
Vol. 22, No. 15

May 15
Vol. 22, No. 16

May 29
Vol. 22, No. 17

June 12
Vol. 22, No. 18

July 17
Vol. 22, No. 19

Aug. 14
Vol. 22, No. 20

Sept. 25
Vol. 23, No. 1

Oct. 9
Vol. 23, No. 2

Oct. 23
Vol. 23, No. 3

Nov. 6
Vol. 23, No. 4

Nov. 20
Vol. 23, No. 5

Dec. 11
Vol. 23, No. 6

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