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How an ‘accidental chemist’ honed his approach at UChicago on the way to a Nobel Prize
Jumper, who was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, was an unusual student in other ways, too. His first love was ...
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Join UChicago’s annual ‘Physics with a Bang!’ for science, surprises and fun Dec. 7
“Physics with a Bang!” will be held Dec. 7 at the University of Chicago Kersten Physics Teaching Center, 5720 S. Ellis Ave., ...
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‘Scientific polymath’ Stephanie Palmer paves her own path to intellectual freedom
Palmer is an associate professor at the University of Chicago whose work sits at the intersection of biology, physics, ...
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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures marks 100 years of documenting Egypt’s ancient inscriptions
The modern city of Luxor, known in the ancient world as Thebes, has one of the largest concentrations of ancient monuments in ...
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Chicago Booth’s 2024 Economic Outlook events set for Dec. 3-4
Established in 1954, the Economic Outlook series is a renowned tradition at Chicago Booth, in which some of the nation’s ...
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University of Chicago endowment ended FY24 at $10.4 billion
The University of Chicago’s endowment ended FY24 at $10.4 billion as of June 30, 2024 with a 8.4% return on investments.
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Scholar unearths ‘extraordinary’ lost writing by formerly enslaved man
In 2016, a University of Chicago scholar stumbled across an extraordinary piece of writing that had been lost for nearly two centuries—one of the few firsthand book-length accounts of slavery, and ...
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Researchers use AI and behavior to pinpoint when children begin productive language
Both datasets estimated that children begin producing determiner-noun combinations they've never heard at around 30 months. According to Goldin-Meadow, this novel approach, combining computational ...