RECENT ENTRIES

• Architectural digest
• Audio/Visuals: Artists’ rendering
• Handsprings eternal
• Air Hubble
• Rabbit is rich in metaphor

BLOG ROLL

• The Becker-Posner blog
• Law School Faculty blog
• Maroon News blog
• Special Collections Research Center
• Uncommon Application
• University Press Chicago
• More UChicago blogs

True Maroons: Milton Friedman, Gary Becker, Sam Peltzman, John A. Finarelli, Tom Campbell, Sonal Shah, Abner Mikva, Diana White, Michele Ruiz, Holly Humphrey, Michael W. McConnell, James G. Potter, Rick Palmore, and William von Hoene

FRIEDMAN’S REMEDY
“WWMFD” (Free Exchange blog, Economist, May 1, 2009)
Recalling the ideas of economist Milton Friedman, AM’33, and his former students and colleagues—including Chicago Booth’s Gary Becker, AM’53, PhD’55, and Sam Peltzman, PhD’65—may shed light on how Friedman would remake America’s financial regulatory system.

DESIGNER GENES
“Analysis Finds Strong Match Between Molecular, Fossil Data in Evolutionary Studies” (BiologyNews.net, Apr. 28, 2009)
University of Chicago paleontologist David Jablonski’s research with John A. Finarelli, PhD’07, finds that genetics more accurately determine evolutionary relationships than a comparison of discrepancies in the physical characteristics preserved in fossils.

MACROECONOMIST FOR GOVERNOR
“Inflation Concern for State Candidate” (Ventury County Star, May 1, 2009)
“It is worth the two years of pain to get what I consider permanent, realistic reform,” says California’s Republican candidate for governor Tom Campbell, AB’73, AM’73, PhD’80. “I recognize it’s a long-term benefit and a short-term pain, but that’s the kind of trade-off I would make.”

MILESTONES

• “Two Commanding Officers of Obama’s New Volunteering Era” (Vita Europe, Apr. 30, 2009)
  Sonal Shah, AB’90, is the head of the new White House Office of Social Innovation.
• “Durbin Announces Bipartisan Screening Committees” (Senator Durbin’s Web site, Apr. 27, 2009)
  Abner Mikva, AM’51, Diana White, PhD’78, JD’81, and Michele Ruiz, JD’94, were appointed to Senator Dick Durbin’s screening committee to assist in selecting federal district court judges, U.S. attorneys, and U.S. marshals for the state of Illinois.
• “Focus: Holly Humphrey” (Crain’s Chicago Business, May 4, 2009)
  Crain’s Chicago Business labeled Pritzker School of Medicine’s dean for medical education Holly Humphrey, MD’83, one of this year’s “Women to Watch.”
• “Circuit Court Judge and Constitutional Law Scholar McConnell Joins Stanford Law School Faculty” (Business Wire, May 5, 2009)
  Former Law School professor and scholar Michael W. McConnell, JD’79, was chosen to direct the Stanford Constitutional Law Center.
• “Profiles in Power” (National Law Journal, Apr. 1. 2009)
  James G. Potter, JD’78; Rick Palmore, JD’77; and William von Hoene, JD’80, were named to the National Law Journal’s “Top 20 Most Influential General Counsel” list.

May 7, 2009