CAMPUS EVENTS CALENDAR

Doctors worry reporting pay for performance could harm poor, noncompliant patients
Although three out of four primary care doctors support the use of financial rewards as an incentive for better medical care, most of these physicians oppose public reporting of such quality assessments at the individual or group level, report University researchers in the March/April issue of Health Affairs.

Tuition increases 5.4 percent
The University Board of Trustees approved an overall 5.4 percent increase in the total for tuition, student fees, and room and board.

Stein named to second term as Director of the Oriental Institute
Gil Stein, one of the nation’s leading scholars of ancient Mesopotamia, has been reappointed Director of the Oriental Institute, a position he has held since joining the University in 2002.

New professional concerts director prepares to tap into University’s knowledge to lure new audiences
She has worked with some of the world’s best-known vocalists, including the legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti. She has produced concerts for some of the country’s most prestigious classical music festivals and venues. Now, Shauna Quill is hoping to broaden the musical repertoire on campus and lure new audiences to University of Chicago Presents concerts.

Fermi Institute, Argonne researcher Hays to present 65th Compton lecture series on powerful gamma rays
A series of lectures at the University will explore how black holes, remnants of exploded stars and other exotic celestial objects emit streams of powerful gamma rays.

Opine: David Cohen

In Memoriam: Memorial set for late Robert Wissler

Gutiérrez part of Chávez commemoration line up
Chicano activist and historian José Angel Gutiérrez will be the keynote speaker for the sixth annual César Chávez commemoration sponsored by the University and the student organization El Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán. The commemoration honors the late Mexican-American farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist.

Undergraduate essay contest poses questions about equality
The newly established Jack Miller Undergraduate Essay Contest will give College students the opportunity to reflect on the meaning of equality as well as a chance to win a $2,000 prize this spring.

Since receiving University, Medical Center funding, area facilities have improved infant, toddler childcare
University administrators, City of Chicago officials and community leaders all gathered at the Centers for New Horizons Effie Ellis Center on Thursday, March 8, for a reception to celebrate the success of the childcare initiative of the University and Medical Center upon its one-year anniversary.

Collegiate Scholars spend afternoon with Spike Lee
About 300 Chicago Public Schools students, including 75 enrolled in the University’s Collegiate Scholars Program, spent the afternoon with renowned director-producer Spike Lee Tuesday, March 27.

Jackson warns of music, film industries’ current efforts to police illegal peer-to-peer file sharing
Earlier this month, the University’s Chief Information Officer Greg Jackson alerted faculty, staff and students to increased efforts by the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America to police copyright violations.

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Updated March 29, 2007. Published by the University of Chicago News Office.