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: Joshua Cooper Ramo, Eleanor Heartney, Hugh Aaron, Arne Duncan, Joseph A. Kirsner, Greg Kotis, Mark Hollmann, Ruthie Hansen, and John J. Meier

TRANSFORMATIVE THINKING
“Innovation in an Age of Change” (Minnesota Public Radio, Jun. 3, 2009)
The Age of the Unthinkable author Joshua Cooper Ramo, AB’92, argues that in during this unparalleled change, those who don’t transform their thinking will be left behind.

CULTURE CRITIC
“In Conversation: Eleanor Heartney with Phong Bui” (Brooklyn Rail, June 2009)
Eleanor Heartney, AB’76, AM’80, talks about living in Hyde Park for eight years, her perpetual fascination with Catholicism, and covering the Magiciens de la Terre—the first global art fair, held in 1989.

HYDE PARK DRAMA
“World Premiere of Dr. Banner’s Garden” (South Coast Today, May 28, 2009)
The world premiere of Dr. Banner’s Garden—a play written by Hugh Aaron, AB’51, that takes place at the University of Chicago in 1947—opens June 17 at Your Theatre in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL
“U.S. Secretary of Education Likes Basketball and Schools” (Wenatchee World, Washington Post, Jun. 4, 2009)
“My job is to help make schools better and make sure that we have great teachers and principals in every school,” says Arne Duncan, U-High’82. “I am convinced children will do extraordinarily well if given the chance.”

MEDICINE MAN
“75 Years on Front Lines of Medicine” (Chicago Tribune, Jun. 5, 2009)
Almost 100 years old, Joseph B. Kirsner, PhD’42, is mentally sharp and on top of a medical specialty he helped shape over a 75-year career.

POTTY TRAINING
“Toilet Humor Set for Toyko Theater” (Japan Times, Jun. 5, 2009)
Japanese actors prepare to bring their interpretation of Tony award-winning musical Urinetown—written by Greg Kotis, AB’88, and Mark Hollmann, AB’85—to audiences in Tokyo.

MILESTONES

• “Teacher Wins Klingenstein Fellowship” (Laboratory Schools News, Spring 2009)
  Ruthie Hansen, AB’06, won a fully funded fellowship to the 2009 Summer Institute for Early Career Teachers, offered by Columbia University.


• “Meier Joins Wake Internal Medicine Consultants” (Daily Business News, Jun. 1, 2009)
  Pediatrician John J. Meier, MBA’91, MD’04, joined the practice of Wake Internal Medicine Consultants, Inc. in North Raleigh, North Carolina.

June 5, 2009