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Professor Yoichiro Nambu wins Nobel Prize in physics

Mimi Yang

Dan Dry

Nobel committee cites professor’s discovery of the “mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics.”

University issues move-out date for remaining Harper Court tenants

Kate Shepherd

Chris Salata

Business owners must vacate their retail spaces by January 31.

Woman sexually assaulted on Hyde Park Blvd.

Michael Lipkin

Woman attacked as she was entering her apartment building around 10 p.m.

Becker and Posner bring their civil disagreement on the web to debate at Kent Hall

Sara Jerome

Chris Salata

Prominent professors bring debate from their blog into lecture hall to discuss broad range of topics.

Provost announces grad student pay increases

Adrian Florido

Lecturers, teaching assistants, interns, and preceptors will all receive pay hikes.

U of C improves sustainability efforts for third year

Al Gaspari

University receives C+ in latest grading, garners award for sustainability outreach.

Pell Grant recipients on the rise as federal program faces challenges

Alison Sider

Pell Grants awarded to record-high number of students in the College.

Mexican journalist explores contemporary narcoculture

Alma Guillermoprieto, a Latin American correspondent, is a visiting professor in the departments of English, Romance languages and literatures, and Latin American studies.

College website highlights Chicago studies

Site is launched in conjunction with College’s Chicago Studies interdisciplinary program.

Econ profs lobby against initial bailout plan

University of Chicago economics professors led in issuing a letter to Congress critiquing the first version of the Bush administration’s bailout plan, a proposal that sought to alleviate the economic crisis by pouring billions of dollars into ailing financial institutions.

Breaking News: University physicist Yoichiro Nambu awarded Nobel Prize

College grads open produce store in Hyde Park

U of C jumps to tie for eighth in latest U.S. News ranking

Calling all crazies

Tim Murphy

Brian Ngyuen

The true value of the town hall is not to field questions from “ordinary Americans,” but rather, to hear from Americans who in their eccentricities are decidedly not ordinary, thereby challenging the candidates to depart from their talking points and confront the situation at hand.

Presidential Debate 2008: Viewpoints columnists react

Matt Barnum, Claire McNear, Tim Murphy, and Marshall Knudson

Matt Barnum, Claire McNear, Tim Murphy, and Marshall Knudson respond to the October 7 presidential debate.

Gordon Center exhibit weds the academic and the aesthetic

Chelsea Vail

Science in Art aims to bridge the gap between scientists and non-scientists, using art to foster dialogue.

The Express draws no fouls, but scores no extra points

Yusuf Siddiquee

A run-of-the-mill inspirational story like this needs some thing extra—stellar acting, a great score, powerful dialogue, or clever cinematography—to set itself apart.

Chicken DVD amuses, but fails to take flight

Hayley Lamberson

For a show as capricious as Robot Chicken, the DVD extras are surprisingly bland.

Ratner’s impact, five years in

Chris Boots

As the Gerald Ratner Athletics Center celebrates its fifth anniversary, its impact on campus sports has been substantial.

Men’s kicks falls to Thunder

Emerald Gao

Men’s soccer is still striving for change: a sign that this season won’t be a repeat of last season, when a young defense struggled to find its rhythm in a transition year.

IIT, inconsistency slow down volleyball’s resurgence

Jake Grubman

The volleyball team hit a speed bump on its road to revive a once-struggling program when the Maroons dropped a five-set marathon to IIT Wednesday night.

University issues move-out date for remaining Harper Court tenants

Professor Yoichiro Nambu wins Nobel Prize in physics

Naomi Klein lambasts Friedman Institute plans

Provost announces grad student pay increases

College grads open produce store in Hyde Park

Scalia faults Law School’s increasingly liberal bent

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who spent five years lecturing at the University of Chicago Law School from 1977 to 1982, criticized what he sees as the Law School’s move toward liberal ideo…

Does your U of C vote count?

Will your vote make a difference this coming November?If you’re a University of Chicago student registered in Illinois, blogger Jon Bruner of Forbes magazine says no.Despite the hordes of Columbia stud…

Chicago vs Carnegie doubleheader — Live blog!

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Go Maroons LIVE with soccer doubleheader vs. Carnegie

It’s our favorite time of year: UAA season is upon us, and the both the men’s and women’s soccer teams are in need of wins against their conference foes. Today, Carnegie Mellon comes …

More Hyde Park Fun: Ayers Force One

UNLV professor David S. Tanenhaus has a piece in Slate today about his friendship with UNREPENTANT TERRORISTS Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, the unrepentant terrorists who once plotted to blow up the …

Ramada Inn immortalized in emotional campaign ad

Tremendous news today, as the Obama campaign released a new ad featuring footage of the Ramada Inn, which in the absence of the Four Seasons Doctors Hospital, is as close as Hyde Park is ever going to …

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