No monkey business about it: UChicago scientists may have found a way to give amputees a second chance at touch. Assistant Professor Sliman Bensmaia of the department of organismal biology and anatomy and his co-authors connected electrodes to the brains of monkeys wearing prosthetic limbs, using the electric current to mimic the brain activity associated...
For the first time, this year’s incoming students were assigned a career adviser to provide support and information about career preparation throughout the students’ tenure at the University. The new system complements the “UChicago Careers in …” program, offering students an additional point of contact in the office, independent of their career aspirations. “83 percent...
Representatives from the Office of Civic Engagement and other University officials presented information about the developments at the former Seminary Co-op building and on East 58th Street at a community meeting tonight. Along with presenting construction plans for the building at 5757 South Woodlawn Avenue, Executive Director of Planning and Design for Facilities Services Alicia Murasaki...
Chicago-based indie band Smith Westerns will be playing Summer Breeze on Saturday, as AraabMUZIK’s recovery after being shot precludes him from performing, according to an email to the Maroon from fourth-year Lyndsey McKenna, chair of the Major Activities Board (MAB). Tickets will be refunded for anyone no longer interested in attending Summer Breeze between 11...
Nelly, AraabMUZIK, and Lunice will be performing at this year’s Summer Breeze, according to fourth-year Lyndsey McKenna, chairperson of the Major Activities Board (MAB). The show will be held on Saturday, May 18 at 5 p.m. Though MAB waits until shortly before their annual shows to announce the acts, this year was plagued with leaks....
Though members of the Major Activities Board (MAB) have not yet released the lineup of artists playing Summer Breeze this year, the Facebook page for hip-hop producer AraabMUZIK announced a May 18 performance at the University of Chicago yesterday, as reported by the Daily Sophist. The show is also listed on the official Web site....
The University of Chicago Law School produced the highest percentage of 2012 graduates with full-time, long-term law jobs that require passing the Bar exam, according to a study by the National Law Journal. An analysis by Law School Transparency, a law school reform group, found that 55.1 percent of all 2012 law school graduates are...
Effective July 8, the new dean of students will be Michele Rasmussen, current dean of the undergraduate college at Bryn Mawr, according to the University’s News Office website. She will be the second-ranking administrator in the Office of Campus and Student Life and report to Vice President for Campus Life and Student Services Karen Warren...
University students met with the Associate Vice President for Commercial Real Estate Operations on Tuesday to learn about 53rd street development projects.
Governor Pat Quinn and other state and local legislators spoke at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC)’s new adult hospital yesterday morning, commending the anticipated positive economic impact of the facility. “It is one of the most up-to-date hospitals of the South Side,” said Kenneth Polonsky, executive vice president for...
Shannon Delaney, an administrator in the Career Advancement office, died unexpectedly on Friday due to natural causes. She was 35. Delaney began her tenure at the University in the summer of 2010 and worked in a number of different roles before settling into the position of Associate Director of Administration and Planning. “The thing I...
President Obama knows a good haircut when he sees it. For 25 years, he has frequented the same barbershop on East 53rd Street and South Blackstone Avenue, where his regular chair is now encased in glass. He knew the barbers and their families and sometimes stopped in just to watch sports with them. During the...
Multiple restaurants and music venues are coming to Harper Court and the surrounding area, which has already added a Five Guys and Clarke's, among other stores to come.
Over 200 community members gathered at the School of Social Service Administration (SSA) Saturday morning to discuss crime, education, and other neighborhood issues at the third annual Woodlawn Community Summit. The summit consisted of talks by city officials and community figures with “breakout sessions” where community members split into smaller discussion groups that focused on...
A third-year entrepreneur drew the scrutiny of the Office of the Reynolds Club and Student Activities (ORCSA) last week, after he set up shop in the Reynolds Club selling mugs that read, “Where fun comes to get mugged.”
While many of Goldberg’s sketches and designs may only interest architects or Goldberg fanatics, the exhibit, with its plethora of information, is smartly designed to entice the rest of us, too.
Daisy Delogu, Associate Professor of French Literature, traced the history of the University of Paris and examined the influence of Jean Gerson, its chancellor during the late 14th and early 15th centuries, on the role of universities.
Professor Larry Norman, who oversaw the development of several large-scale arts initiatives in his first three-year term as Deputy Provost of the Arts, was reappointed to that position earlier this month.
The University of Chicago Press will hold a $5 book sale, its first in three years.
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