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True Maroons: Kenneth Haygood, Evalyn Gates, Karen Rosenberg, and Mike Quigley

"DON'T LET NATURE TAKE ITS COURSE."
"10 Questions" (La Jolla Light, Feb. 25, 2009)
Kenneth Haygood, AM'54, PhD'67, shares stories about being a "pioneer surfer," growing up in the Depression, and chronicling his life through photographs in a new Q&A.

DEEP SPACE DISCOVERIES
"Seeing Clearly into Space" (Eight Forty-Eight, Chicago Public Radio, Feb. 26, 2009 )
Chicago astrophysicist Evalyn Gates uses gravitational lensing to search for dark matter.

• "Eyeing the Universe through Einstein's Telescope" (University of Chicago News Office, Feb. 2009)


• Gates's new book, Einstein's Telescope


• "Observing Yerkes" (UChiBLOGo, May 2, 2005)

NATURAL SHE-LECTION
"Studies of Childbirth Bring New Focus on Women in Evolution" (e! Science News, Feb. 17, 2009)
"With childbirth, as well as many of the other things that happen to women—pregnancy, nursing, menopause—it's really easy to see how natural selection works," says Karen Rosenberg, AB'76.

REPLACING RAHM?
"Mike Quigley Running on a Reform Platform" (Chicago Tribune, Feb. 25, 2009)
Chicago politician and Cook County Commissioner Michael Quigley, AM'85, is looking to succeed Rahm Emanuel in Illinois's 5th congressional district special election.

• "Commissioner Mike Quigley, AM'85, on Causes Worth Fighting For" (Alumni Profiles, Harris School)


• "Public Affairs with Jeff Berkowitz" (Guest: Mike Quigley, Nov. 28, 2008)

February 26, 2009