Professor Yoichiro Nambu wins Nobel Prize in physics

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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

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Chris Salata

Business owners must vacate their retail spaces by January 31.

Woman sexually assaulted on Hyde Park Blvd.

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

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Chris Salata

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

Provost announces grad student pay increases

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

U of C improves sustainability efforts for third year

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

Pell Grant recipients on the rise as federal program faces challenges

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

Naomi Klein lambasts Friedman Institute plans

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Catherine Lee

“Klein is a polemicist and not a serious scholar. She replaces discourse with shrieking and unsubstantiated allegations,” said Friedman Institute committee member.

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

Nambu’s research involves theoretical particle physics.

College grads open produce store in Hyde Park

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Open Produce store promotes sustainable growing practices and business transparency.

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

MIT, Caltech, Stanford, and a handful of Ivies: That’s all that stands between the University of Chicago and the pinnacle of the academic world.

Sunstein, Power tie the knot

Cass Sunstein sent waves through the legal world earlier this year when he announced his decision to depart the U of C for a senior professorship at the Harvard Law School (HLS).

Faculty Senate to weigh future of new Friedman Institute

Zimmer proposed the meeting after several faculty members circulated a petition protesting the soon-to-be launched Institute, taking issue with a perceived conservative agenda and disciplinary narrowness.

Former Trib editor named community liasion

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Ann Marie Lipinski, editor of the Chicago Tribune until she left the newspaper in July, will become the University’s vice president for civic engagement, President Robert Zimmer announced September 8.

College third-year found dead in Hyde Park apartment

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David Stein, of Glencoe, Ill., a science and history enthusiast, was discovered late Friday, the victim of an apparent suicide.

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UnCommon Interview: Co-Op bookstore manager Jack Cella

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The University’s recent acquisition of the Chicago Theological Seminary building, whose sprawling basement houses the bookstore, puts the Seminary Co-op’s future place in the building in a precarious position.

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