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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...
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.
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RETRACE OBAMA'S JOURNEY
The Associated PressPlaces that presidents call home often become tourist attractions, from estates at Mount Vernon and Monticello, Va., to Hodgenville, Ky., where Abe Lincoln's log cabin once stood, to Bill Clinton's boyhood home in Hope, Ark. So what's the equivalent of...Tags: Government, Jeremiah Wright, Columbia University, Colleges and Universities, Music Theater
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Bankruptcy to save GM
and Luigi Zingales Not long ago, Alitalia was one of the largest airlines in the world. Today it is a shadow of its former self, having burned massive amounts of money. The culprit was the Italian government, which continued providing subsidized...Tags: Interior Policy, Behavioral Conditions, General Motors Corp., Medicine, Wages and Pensions
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Garden books offer growing inspiration in winter
Tribune reporterDarkness falls early and cold winds whip through a garden where only a few dried seed heads recall the colors of summer. But spring will come again. Meanwhile, let's make merry with our loved ones. And if you need a good companion—or a suggestion...Tags: Leonardo da Vinci, Tucson, Plant Openings
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GM, Chrysler on death's stoop
Of The Associated PressWhen Chrysler was near death and awaiting a government bailout in 1979, then-CEO Lee Iacocca ordered drastic spending cuts and required all checks of more than $1,000 to be approved by a senior vice president. Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corp. need...Tags: Government, Wages and Pensions, General Motors Corp., Vehicles, Real Estate Sales
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Obamas pick school for daughters
Chicago TribuneMalia and Sasha Obama are headed for the same Washington-area private Quaker school that Chelsea Clinton attended, aides to the future first family confirmed Friday. The Obamas picked Sidwell Friends School, where Vice President-elect Joe Biden's...Tags: Al Gore, Chelsea Clinton, Joe Biden, Sasha Obama, Richard Nixon
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Experts say GM, Chrysler must slash expenses to buy time for federal loans to be approved
AP Auto WriterDETROIT (AP) _ When Chrysler was near death and awaiting a government bailout in 1979, then-CEO Lee Iacocca ordered drastic spending cuts and required all checks above $1,000 to be approved by a senior vice president. Chrysler LLC and General Motors...Tags: Government, Wages and Pensions, General Motors Corp., Real Estate Sales, Vehicles
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Sidwell Friends School gets new students: Malia and Sasha Obama
Malia and Sasha Obama are headed for the Washington-area private Quaker school that Chelsea Clinton attended, aides to the future first family confirmed Friday.
The Obamas picked Sidwell Friends School, where Vice President-elect Joe Biden's...Tags: Government, Al Gore, Joe Biden, Chelsea Clinton, National Government
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Obamas choose private Sidwell Friends School for daughters Malia and Sasha
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ President-elect Barack Obama and his wife have chosen Sidwell Friends School for their two daughters, opting for a private institution that another White House child, Chelsea Clinton, attended a decade ago. "A number of great schools...Tags: Government, Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, National Government, The White House
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Illuminated poetry's possibilities
New York Times News ServiceNew York Times News Service Donald Finkel, an American poet whose work teemed with curious juxtapositions that helped illuminate the function of poetry itself, died on Nov. 15 at his home in St. Louis. He was 79. The cause was complications of...Tags: Columbia University, Colleges and Universities, Diseases, Franz Kafka, Alzheimer's Disease
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NOW PLAYING: A guide to art house and 2nd run theaters for the week beginning Nov. 21
NOW PLAYING •indicates a capsule review from Chicago Tribune archives. ♦indicates a film that is not reviewed, but of interest. After Hours Film Society Tivoli Theatre 5021 Highland Ave., Downers Grove 630-534-4528...Tags: World War II, Ingmar Bergman, Rita Hayworth, Music Theater, Jennifer Connelly
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Study seems to bolster 'broken windows' policing theory
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn a series of real-world experiments, people exposed to graffiti, litter and other cues of lawlessness were more likely to commit small crimes, according to a study published Friday that bolsters the controversial "broken windows" theory of policing....Tags: Sociology, Colleges and Universities, Social Sciences, Society, Ronald Reagan
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Classical Corner
John von Rhein's Picks Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra: The brilliant Chicago virtuoso Rachel Barton Pine sails through violin showpieces by Saint-Saens and Sarasate on the same program as Brahms' autumnal Symphony No. 4. Alan Heatherington conducts....Tags: Opera, Chicago Symphony, Colleges and Universities, Music Theater, Millennium Park
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