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University of Chicago Magazine Proofreading advice from Carol Fisher Saller, the Chicago Manual of Style's subversive copyeditor. http://bit.ly/7Wp9c9
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“I did my job. It’s his byline, not mine. My colleagues will sympathize when I rail about this. This will make a great dinner-party story. Someday I’ll write a book.”
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Congrats to Matthew Crawford, AM'92, PhD'00. His book Shop Class as Soulcraft is making all of the must-read lists for 2009, including the New York Times' 100 Notable Books (http://www.nytimes.com/gift-guide/holida
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Plan your holiday shopping with the 100 Notable Books of 2009 list from The New York Times 2009 Holiday Gift Guide .
University of Chicago Magazine Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow: Winter white snapshot of the main quad, taken earlier today by Argonne CIO Charlie Catlett: http://bit.ly/5iqWn3
University of Chicago Magazine Myth information: Are Fermi's notes radioactive? Do Pierce's rooms violate U.S. prison codes? Does anyone leave campus with a 4.0? Learn the truth about Chicago's most popular legends.
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Are Fermi’s notes radioactive? Do Pierce’s rooms violate U.S. prison codes? Does anyone leave campus with a 4.0? Here’s the truth about Chicago’s most popular legends.
University of Chicago Magazine The Atomic Age began 67 years ago today at the University of Chicago when physicists led by Enrico Fermi demonstrated the first controlled nuclear chain reaction: http://bit.ly/5ZXC6m
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Atomic power: 1942 - The Atomic Age began in a disused squash court in Chicago. Three years later the world woke up to its devastating effect
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Learn how SSA faculty research HIV/AIDS risk factors, prevention, treatment, and more: http://www.ssa.uchicago.edu/aids2009.sht
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The purpose of the School of Social Service Administration (SSA) is to improve the quality of life of vulnerable individuals, families, groups, and communities through education, scholarship, and service. ...
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Med school rocks—#UChicago student John Paro's biology-related songs act as memory tools for learning scientific terms: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-bea
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Enjoy these fun ideas add some UChicago flavor to your holiday weekend:
1.) Get started on gifts for your favorite gargoyles. Knit a "data-bling mitten" (http://uchiblogo.uchicago.edu/archives/2
2.) Check out this vintage p...ic from #UChicago's Bond Photograph Library showing soldiers stationed in Calcutta preparing Thanksgiving dinner (http://dsal.uchicago.edu/images/bond/lar
3.) Feast your mind by solving one of these Thanksgiving-themed cryptic crossword by Kevin Wald, SM’94, PhD’99 (http://bit.ly/1u9bQb http://bit.ly/33dQ9T).
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Professor Henry Frisch on the physics of sledding: http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/c
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Winter will fly by if you take on the season in the fast lane..Why is ice slippery? Physicists can't agree, but this much is certain: This peculiar physical phenomenon provides some fast entertainment. ...
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UChiBLOGo serves up a few architectural details about the unveiling the design for the Reva and David Logan Center for Creative and Performing Arts: http://uchiblogo.uchicago.edu/archives/2
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Unveiling their design for the Reva and David Logan Center for Creative and Performing Arts before an SRO crowd last Tuesday night, architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien showed off a building that will act as both University anchor and portal. ...
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Read what happens when UChiBLOGo contributor Katherine E. Muhlenkamp joins the gymnastics club for practice: http://uchiblogo.uchicago.edu/archives/2
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On Monday morning I bustled about my apartment, throwing gym clothes into a bag. “What’s going on?” asked my husband. “I’m going to gymnastics practice at the U of C.” Long pause: “OK…Be careful, Katie. ...
University of Chicago Magazine Comic strip xkcd on what might happen if you were bitten by a radioactive Carl Sagan, AB'54, SB'55, SM'56, PhD'60: http://xkcd.com/663/
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Defending the arsenal—In an unstable Pakistan, can nuclear warheads be kept safe? Seymour Hersh, AB'58, investigates: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/
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ANNALS OF NATIONAL SECURITY about U.S.-Pakistani relations and fears that militants might gain access to Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal…
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What's your birthstone? Pick it out in @UChicagoPress's beautiful gallery for their book Gems and Gemstones: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/gran
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