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CATEGORIES
RECENT ENTRIES
- Architectural digest
- Audio/Visuals: Artists’ rendering
- Handsprings eternal
- Air Hubble
- Rabbit is rich in metaphor
BLOG ROLL
True Maroons: Nichole Pinkard, Olufunmilayo Olopade, Richard Thaler, Ed Asner, Robert Anderson, Peter Chapman, Daniel Ibarra-Fitzgerald, and Allison Murdach
LEADING CHICAGO INTO THE NEXT CENTURY
"Chicago Matters: Beyond Burnham Visionaries" (Chicago Public Radio, Mar. 2, 2009)
The University of Chicago's Nichole Pinkard, Olufunmilayo (Funmi) Olopade, and Richard Thaler make up one-fifth of Chicago Public Radio's distinguished list of global visionaries.
- "Nichole Pinkard on Digital Media and Learning" video (MacArthur Foundation, Dec. 13, 2006)
- "Olopade Joins Other Cancer Specialists in Institute of Medicine" (Chicago Chronicle, Nov. 10, 2008)
- "Can Behavioral Economics Save Us from Ourselves?" (University of Chicago Magazine, Feb. 2005)
MR. MOVIES
"Asner, In and Out of Character" (Washington Post, Feb. 20, 2009)
Actor Ed Asner, X'48, may have two films hitting the big screen this spring, but he's currently getting his kicks performing live theater across the country. Asner paraphrases playwright Bertolt Brecht: "Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it."
- Gigantic (First Independent Pictures: in theaters Apr. 3, 2009)
- Up (Disney/Pixar: in theaters May 29, 2009)
SNEAK PREVIEW: HELPING VETS
"Back from the War" (SSA Magazine, Spring 2009)
SSA alumni Robert Anderson, AM'71, Peter Chapman, AB'82, AM'86, Daniel Ibarra-Fitzgerald, AM'94, and Allison Murdach, AM'66, contribute to a special feature that looks at returning vets who have been affected by their military experiences.
March 3, 2009
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