In talk, Gates tackles poverty, disease

Bill Gates had a big question on his mind Tuesday night: Are the world's brightest minds working on its most important problems?

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April 22, 2010

U of C graduate student and alum claim police beat them unconscious

The men filed a lawsuit against the city last week, claiming they were “brutally” beaten by police, who left them in the restaurant’s parking lot “without providing medical attention despite their obvious need of it.”

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April 2, 2010

The Zimmer Program

Before he was president, before he was provost at Brown University, before any of his administrative work, Robert Zimmer was a powerful mathematician who carved out a complex discipline that now bears his name: the Zimmer Program.

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March 5, 2010

Liasons' limited role is sufficient, Alper argues

Students will never have voting rights on the Board, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Andrew Alper said, because it would violate the Board's commitment to objective discussions.

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March 5, 2010

Feeling rejected?

U of C first-year pranks Northwestern--and they prank back

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March 2, 2010

Admins to discuss A-level arrest today

Students have reacted strongly to the arrest, sending dozens of e-mails to various administrators and listhosts to spread awareness. According to Kim Goff-Crews, the Library Department and UCPD are conducting internal reviews of the incident, and a …

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March 2, 2010

Crain's: Zimmer dating classics professor, separated from wife

Crain's Chicago Business reports that Zimmer has moved out of the presidential house on 59th Street.

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January 29, 2010

New director to oversee student health services

Medical director to consolidate services, move SCC

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January 29, 2010

Mathematician who wrote fundamental proof to be U of C prof

Ngô Bao Châu’s proof of the famous Langlands lemma earned praise from TIME, which called the achievement one of the top 10 scientific discoveries of 2009.

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January 26, 2010

Huge rise in applications most dramatic in U.S.

Applications more than doubled since 2006, setting the University up for its lowest acceptance rate ever.

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January 14, 2010