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Chicago’s history is linked to America’s nuclear dilemma

A few years back, I decided to hike Red Gate Woods out in Chicago’s southwest suburbs...Cut into the trail-facing side of the marker were words stating that the radioactive remains of CP-1 — Chicago Pile-1, the reactor that had been built beneath Stagg Field at the University of Chicago and…

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 31, 2023

Losing Tyshon Johnson and other kids to violence robs us all

Chicago’s sordid history has taken away our boys’ and girls’ abilities to be kids. It has robbed our city of its potential.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 31, 2023

University of Chicago to settle student aid price-fixing lawsuit for $13.5 million

U. of C. is the first of 17 colleges — including Northwestern University, Notre Dame and Ivy League schools — to settle what’s been dubbed the “568 Cartel” class-action lawsuit.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 16, 2023

The Chicago Boys' Deal With the Devil

The Chile Project surveys neoliberalism's most polarizing experiment.

Reason · Jul 30, 2023

Those most at risk of developing Alzheimer’s may lose this sense before cognitive decline sets in, new research suggests

Those who carry the APOE e4 gene variant—which has the strongest known association with developing the disease—began to struggle to detect smells between ages 65-69, a decade before those without the mutation.

Fortune · Jul 26, 2023

Persuading businesses and people to reduce climate emissions is key to slowing climate change – research-based techniques and new approaches from the behavioral sciences can show how to do it

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2022 emphasized that changes to lifestyles and behavior have the potential for large reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions. These changes – from using more mass transit to ensuring homes and offices are made more energy-efficient – have the potential to help reduce…

The Conversation · Jul 26, 2023

Hate speech posted on economics website is traced to leading universities, research finds

Anonymous comments with racist, sexist and abusive messages that were posted for years on an an obscure, anonymous jobs-related website for economists originated from numerous leading U.S. universities, according to research released Thursday

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2023

Man shoots two women, one fatally, before shooting himself after argument inside Grand Crossing home: police

Two women, 32 and 53, were shot multiple times in the abdomen, Chicago police said. Both women were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where the younger woman died.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 19, 2023

University of Chicago partners with Massachusetts firm to incubate startup companies in Hyde Park Labs

CHICAGO — Chicago’s life sciences industry is about to get another much-needed shot in the arm. The University of Chicago signed a partnership agreement with CIC, a Massachusetts-based operator of shared workspaces and labs, to incubate dozens of faculty-led startup companies within the university’s leased space in Hyde Park Labs,…

Chicago Tribune · Jul 7, 2023

Confidence in science fell in 2022 while political divides persisted, poll shows

Confidence in the scientific community declined among U.S. adults in 2022, a major survey shows, driven by a partisan divide after the covid-19 pandemic

The Hindu · Jun 20, 2023