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Founded by Baptists in 1890, along with oil baron John D. Rockefeller, the University of Chicago occupies 211 acres in the Hyde Park neighborhood south of downtown Chicago. It has 4,400 undergraduates and 9,000 graduate, professional and other students. Its athletic teams are called the Maroons. Although the university was founded by Baptists, it was nondenominational from the start and enrolled women and minorities at a time when many universities did not. The College, for undergraduates, has five divisions: Biological Sciences Collegiate Division; Humanities Collegiate Division; New Collegiate Division; Physical Sciences Collegiate Division; and Social Sciences Collegiate Division. Its six...  Show more »
Founded by Baptists in 1890, along with oil baron John D. Rockefeller, the University of Chicago occupies 211 acres in the Hyde Park neighborhood south of downtown Chicago. It has 4,400 undergraduates and 9,000 graduate, professional and other students. Its athletic teams are called the Maroons. Although the university was founded by Baptists, it was nondenominational from the start and enrolled women and minorities at a time when many universities did not. The College, for undergraduates, has five divisions: Biological Sciences Collegiate Division; Humanities Collegiate Division; New Collegiate Division; Physical Sciences Collegiate Division; and Social Sciences Collegiate Division. Its six professional schools are: Divinity School; Graduate School of Business; Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies; Law School; Pritzker School of Medicine; and School of Social Service Administration. The four graduate divisions are: Division of the Biological Sciences; Division of the Humanities; Division of the Physical Sciences; and Division of the Social Sciences. Also connected with the university are the Adler Planetarium, the Argonne National Laboratory; the Chapin Hall Center for Children; the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the Field Museum; the Toyota Technological Institute; the Yerkes Observatory; and the Oriental Institute. More than 70 Nobel Prize winners have been associated with the university as faculty members, students or researchers.  « Show less

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    May 30, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Justice Stevens: Obama right to criticize court ruling on campaign spending

    WASHINGTON — President Obama ruffled some feathers two years ago when he lambasted the Supreme Court for its Citizens United decision during a State of the Union speech. It was unusual for a president to criticize the justices as they sat before him.
    WASHINGTON — President Obama ruffled some feathers two years ago when he lambasted the Supreme Court for its Citizens United decision during a State of the Union speech. It was unusual for a president to criticize the justices as they sat before...

    Tags: John Paul Stevens, Politics, Companies and Corporations, Elena Kagan, White House

    2. May 30, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  2. We need a stronger Glass-Steagall Act to regulate financial firms

    &quot;Bring back Glass-Steagall!" That's the cry<strong> </strong>you hear most often for restoring regulatory stringency to our misbehaving financial sector.
    "Bring back Glass-Steagall!" That's the cry you hear most often for restoring regulatory stringency to our misbehaving financial sector. The 1933 law, which barred commercial banks from underwriting or investing in stocks — in effect, from owning...

    Tags: Finance, Big 3 Auto Bailout (2008), Investment Service, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Banking

    3. May 30, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Graduation message: Dear Digital Son ...

    Graduation season is upon us, and words of wisdom will be flowing to the class of 2012 in commencement speeches from boldface personalities such as Michelle Obama, Steve Wozniak and Steve Carell.
    Graduation season is upon us, and words of wisdom will be flowing to the class of 2012 in commencement speeches from boldface personalities such as Michelle Obama, Steve Wozniak and Steve Carell. A little closer to home, I would like to offer a few...

    Tags: Movies, Michelle Obama, Transformers (movie), YouTube, Cancer

    4. May 24, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Analysis: Are the new Gallup numbers on abortion meaningful?

    Gallup received considerable attention Wednesday for <a href=&quot;http://www.gallup.com/poll/154838/Pro-Choice-Americans-Record-Low.aspx">new poll numbers</a> showing that the share of Americans who call themselves &ldquo;pro-choice&rdquo; on the abortion issue has hit a record low of 41% while 50% now call themselves &ldquo;pro-life.&rdquo;
    Gallup received considerable attention Wednesday for new poll numbers showing that the share of Americans who call themselves “pro-choice” on the abortion issue has hit a record low of 41% while 50% now call themselves “pro-life.”...

    Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Democratic Party, Social Issues, Medical Procedures and Tests

    5. May 18, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  5. What's worse library behavior: watching porn or stabbing someone?

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    Which do you think is worse library behavior: looking at porn or stabbing someone?...
    6. May 10, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Nicholas Katzenbach dies at 90; attorney general under Johnson

    WASHINGTON &#8212; Nicholas Katzenbach, the Kennedy administration lawyer who faced down Gov. George Wallace to enroll the first black students at the University of Alabama and who helped write the landmark civil rights and voting rights acts of the 1960s, has died. He was 90.
    WASHINGTON — Nicholas Katzenbach, the Kennedy administration lawyer who faced down Gov. George Wallace to enroll the first black students at the University of Alabama and who helped write the landmark civil rights and voting rights acts of the...

    Tags: Lawyers, U.S. Army, Regional Authority, Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Justice

    7. May 1, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Zipcar aims to make car sharing a way of life

    Scott Griffith wants to rent you a car, but just for an hour or two, or maybe the afternoon.
    Scott Griffith wants to rent you a car, but just for an hour or two, or maybe the afternoon. He is the chief executive of Zipcar Inc., the Cambridge, Mass., company that in a few short years has signed up nearly 700,000 members and has become...

    Tags: Education, Automotive Equipment, Companies and Corporations, Apple iPhone, Rental Service

    8. Apr 26, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Thinking can undermine religious faith, study finds

    Scientists have revealed one of the reasons why some folks are less religious than others: They think more analytically, rather than going with their gut. And thinking analytically can cause religious belief to wane &mdash; for skeptics and true believers alike.
    Scientists have revealed one of the reasons why some folks are less religious than others: They think more analytically, rather than going with their gut. And thinking analytically can cause religious belief to wane — for skeptics and true believers...

    Tags: Education, Health and Medical Professionals, Auguste Rodin, Science and Technology, Psychologists

    9. Apr 24, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Guidelines limiting prostate cancer screening are widely ignored

    Guidelines limiting PSA screening for prostate cancer detection in older men are widely ignored, researchers said Tuesday, and physicians seem likely to continue to ignore them. Nearly half of all men age 75 and older receive the PSA test from doctors, despite&nbsp;a growing body of evidence that the tests do more harm than good, according to Dr. Scott E. Eggener of the University of Chicago Medical Center. The issue has been in the news lately with the report last week that 81-year-old Warren Buffett, the well-known entrepreneur, was <a href=&quot;http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-he-buffett-prostate-cancer-20120417,0,2463975.story">diagnosed with stage 1 prostate cancer</a> and would begin receiving radiation treatment for it. Because stage 1 prostate cancer is very slow-growing, an elderly man is more likely to die of some other cause before the tumor gets large enough to do any damage. Critics thus charged that Buffett should never have had a PSA test in the first place, that he definitely should not have had a biopsy for a slightly elevated PSA level, and that he should not have been treated. All three actions, critics said, are a waste of medical resources.
    Guidelines limiting PSA screening for prostate cancer detection in older men are widely ignored, researchers said Tuesday, and physicians seem likely to continue to ignore them. Nearly half of all men age 75 and older receive the PSA test from doctors,...

    Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Prostate Cancer, Medical Procedures and Tests, Prostate, Internal Medicine

    10. May 1, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Popular breast cancer treatment increases risk of mastectomy

    Brachytherapy is an increasingly popular option for women with early-stage breast cancer. After a lumpectomy to remove abnormal tissue, doctors insert either a series of tubes or a catheter attached to a small balloon into the breast. A radioactive source is then delivered to the surgical site, where it can kill off any remaining cancer cells within about 1 centimeter. After five days of treatment, the tubes or catheter can be removed.
    Brachytherapy is an increasingly popular option for women with early-stage breast cancer. After a lumpectomy to remove abnormal tissue, doctors insert either a series of tubes or a catheter attached to a small balloon into the breast. A radioactive source...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Medicare, Mastectomy, Health, Radiation Therapy

    11. Apr 17, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  11. The plot thickens in tax reform theater

    Our one shared national moment of fiscal soul-searching is behind us for another year &#8212; of course I refer to the filing of tax returns &#8212; but tax reform theater in Washington, like the melody in the old Irving Berlin song, lingers on.
    Our one shared national moment of fiscal soul-searching is behind us for another year — of course I refer to the filing of tax returns — but tax reform theater in Washington, like the melody in the old Irving Berlin song, lingers on. So while...

    Tags: Republican Party, Eric Cantor, Politics, Finance, India

    12. Apr 19, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Getty Trust hires a fundraiser

    The J. Paul Getty Trust, the visual art world's ultimate one-percenter with about $8 billion in net assets, has decided that it can't get by on investment income alone and will begin raising money in earnest to pay for special projects.
    The J. Paul Getty Trust, the visual art world's ultimate one-percenter with about $8 billion in net assets, has decided that it can't get by on investment income alone and will begin raising money in earnest to pay for special projects. J. Timothy Child,...

    Tags: Conservation, Politics, Finance, Arts, Charity

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