Pritzker professor’s cancer research earns her recognition by National...
Olufunmilayo F. Olopade, a professor at the Pritzker School of Medicine, has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine, a nonprofit organization whose goal is...
View ArticleU of C researcher dug through drawers, fossils to discover dinosaur skull
Some people might think dinosaur discoveries involve a lot of digging in the dirt, but U of C researcher Laura Porro’s research involved digging of a different sort. In the 1960s, numerous fossil...
View ArticleRoy Ringo, alumnus and innovative Argonne nuclear physicist, dead at 91
Roy Ringo (Ph.D. ’41), a pioneer nuclear researcher at Argonne National Laboratory, died last Wednesday at his home in Burr Ridge, IL, due to complications from dementia. He was 91. Ringo studied...
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Professor’s molecule-trapping invention could further diabetes research
Photo: Courtesy/The Chicago MaroonRustem Ismagilov Molecular chemistry can be a tough discipline. The chemical signals so important to lab work can combine, disperse, or react with other molecules,...
View ArticleDiscovery of funeral stone reveals Iron Age society’s conception of afterlife
U of C archaeologists working in Southeastern Turkey last summer discovered an Iron Age stele, a funereal stone, at a site in ancient Sam’al, now called Zincirli (pronounced ZIN-jeer-li). A monument to...
View ArticleNew x-ray tech uncovers clues on mummy’s fractures
For Meresamun, a female Egyptian mummy and one of the Oriental Institute’s main attractions, the afterlife proved to be much harsher than her time growing up as a member of her country’s elite. A...
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Moscona, biology professor, dead at 87
Photo: Maroon Staff/The Chicago MaroonAaron Moscana Aron Arthur Moscona, a pioneer in developmental biology and a professor emeritus at the University, died on January 14 of heart failure in Manhattan....
View ArticleDarwin’s birthday celebrated in Rockefeller
Professor Russell H. Tuttle, head of the undergraduate anthropology department, delivered a sermon Sunday in honor of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of his...
View ArticleProfessor traces dinosaur extinction through clam fossil analysis
The mass extinction that ended the reign of the dinosaurs millions of years ago can be traced through the relative ages of modern species, according to the latest research at the University of Chicago...
View ArticlePastor-preacher details science-faith dichotomy
It’s not common to for an ordained Anglican minister to make a radical particle physics discovery. But Revered John Polkinghorne, a professor at Cambridge University who played a significant role in...
View ArticleErwood, energy researcher, dead at 80
An expert in the energy efficiency of particle accelerators, who described himself as an “electrical engineer” to his children, John W. Erwood II made a living at the University of Chicago without so...
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Computer science world finals send University team to compete in Stockholm
Photo: Shahzad S. AhsanUofC team for the "Battle of the Brains" (left to right) - second year Ian Andrews, fifth-year computer science Ph.D. Borja Sotomayor, first-year Louis Wasserman, and third-year...
View ArticleSex as 14th-century spiritual experience discussed
Constance Furey, associate professor of theology at Indiana University, focused on the role of sexual mystical texts in the history of European Christianity during a talk Thursday in Swift Hall. Modern...
View ArticleLes Misérables read in six-day marathon
Students and faculty turned to Victor Hugo’s classic Les Miserables for perspective last week, noting parallels between the current economic downturn and the acute economic problems of France in the...
View ArticleRowley: Work-life balance difficult for women in medicine
Professor Janet Rowley (B.A. ‘44, B.S. ‘46, M.D. ‘48), a pioneer in leukemia research and one of three women in her medical school class of 65 students, spoke on the challenges women face when entering...
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Uncommon Interview with Elena Bodnar
Photo: Maroon Staff/The Chicago MaroonElena Bodnar holds aloft the halves of her bra gas mask at the Ig Noble Prize Ceremony at Harvard University's Sanders Theater on October 2. Strapless bras,...
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