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BLOG ROLL
Stuff We Like: Academic interception, out of equilibrium, all in the family, and giving back
ACADEMIC INTERCEPTION
“Bryce Fisher’s Journey Takes Him Far Beyond Football” (Seattle Times, May 3, 2009)
“If I live to 80 and all I did was play football a few years,” says former Seattle Seahawks player Bryce Fisher, who begins at Chicago Booth this fall, “then I wasted the other 50 years of my life.”
OUT OF EQUILIBRIUM
“Climate Scientist Warns of Underestimated Global Warming Forecasts” (Medill Reports, Apr. 28, 2009)
Climate scientist Raymond Pierrehumbert explains that we have seen only “a tiny part of the warming that we are eventually going to get. We haven’t even seen the warming that goes along with the carbon dioxide we’ve already put into the atmosphere.”
ALL IN THE FAMILY
“Main Street Money” (Newsweek, Apr. 18, 2009)
“We used to struggle to explain to people the value of a community bank,” says Law School student Katy Welter, who with her father recently qualified for a national banking charter. “I don’t think we’ll have to now.”
GIVING BACK
“Program Gives Some City Colleges Students a Leg Up” (Chi-Town Daily News, May 4, 2009)
University of Chicago alumni who tutor through the Illinois Education Foundation help students like Shawn Mayberry from Truman College get back on track academically.
May 5, 2009
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