Discussion: November 2009 Archives

Read all about it (somewhere)

As newspaper publishers hemorrhage cash, Gordon Crovitz, AB’80, launches a new business plan for the industry. But will readers pay for online news? By Tom Mullaney, AM’68

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Legacy: J Harlen Bretz (1882–1981)

A scablands geologist whose theory finally won out. By John Soennichsen

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The big 5-0-0

The University celebrates a milestone convocation—and plans for pomp and circumstance on a grander scale. By Amy Braverman Puma

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Teaching hospitals

Elizabeth Bradley, MBA’86, pursues a truly universal health care. By Melissa F. Pheterson

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Honor bound

It took years for Janet Rowley’s 1970s research to win acceptance, but now she’s collecting accolades—including the Presidential Medal of Freedom—for finding leukemia’s genetic link. By Jason Kelly

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That’s sΘ Maroon

Benjamin Recchie, AB’03, looks at how well University of Chicago TV and movie characters mimic the real deal. Check the polar-coordinate chart, and let us know which Maroons are missing and where they would land.

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