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• Price busters; U OF C SNACK STANDS SNARED IN CITY'S CONSUMER SERVICES DRAGNET.(Greg Hinz)(University of Chicago; University Food Systems Inc.)

  - 2007-04-30

  From Amos Alonzo Stagg's forward pass to Enrico Fermi's splitting of the atom to Milton Friedman's Nobel Prize, the University of Chicago has long been a breeding ground for fame. Now the home of Supreme Court justices and Nobel laureates has infa From...

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• DOCTOR'S ORDERS; Bidding for national stature, U of C's Madara shakes up hospital, medical school.(University of Chicago)

  - 2006-08-28

  Byline: MIKE COLIAS Three summers ago, James Madara found himself clutching a golf club for the first time in his life at Butler National Golf Club with millionaire industrialist Craig Duchossois. "I'm sure everyone within sight thought thi Byline: MIKE COLIAS...

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• U of C wins 5-year Argonne pact.(Briefs)

  - 2006-08-07

  The U.S. Department of Energy decided the University of Chicago should continue to manage and run Argonne National Lab for at least the next five years. And the new $2.5-billion pact can be extended for up to 20 years without competition if the U of C performs...

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• U of C losses bolster NU's law school; MacArthur Center, two profs heading north.(University of Chicago)

  - 2006-05-08

  Byline: STEVEN R. STRAHLER The University of Chicago's MacArthur Justice Center, which helped gain legal standing for enemy combatants held at Guant namo Bay, will move next month to Northwestern University, where the law school is gaining two oth Byline: STEVEN R. STRAHLER...

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• U of C's $2-billion slog; University extends fund-raiser's deadline as cash trickles in.(University of Chicago)

  - 2005-07-25

  Byline: STEVEN R. STRAHLER With donations lagging, the University of Chicago has been forced to extend an ambitious $2-billion fund-raising campaign-under a new chairman who promises to pick up the pace. With $1.3 billion raised so far, the univ Byline: STEVEN...

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• U of C Hospitals aims at kids niche; Using luxuries to lure well-insured patients.(University of Chicago)(Comer Children's Hospital)

  - 2005-01-31

  Byline: SARAH A. KLEIN The University of Chicago Hospitals this week stakes out new turf in the pediatric market with the opening of Comer Children's Hospital. Offering hotel-like amenities-room service, 42-inch flat-screen TVs in every room and w Byline: SARAH A. KLEIN ...

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• IT'S AN 'M-SCHOOL': U of C program pushes beyond 'B-school' math.(Frontlines)(Brief Article)

  - 2004-09-06

  Byline: Christine Williamson Roger Lee will be the first full-time faculty member for the University of Chicago's master of science in financial mathematics program. The move is the latest milestone in the university's campaign to distinguish itse Byline: Christine Williamson ...

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• BRAIN WAVES; Intellectual home to the likes of Enrico Fermi and Saul Bellow, Milton Friedman and Mortimer Adler, the University of Chicago has for decades been regarded as one of the world's top schools. Yet controversy has found its way onto the U of C's

  - 2003-06-02

  Byline: ANNE MOORE In the 1950s, the decay of the neighborhoods surrounding the University of Chicago's Hyde Park campus had given rise to talk that the university should move to the suburbs. Signs of renewal on the struggling South Side have si...

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• Mercy backer woos a new set of suitors; Hospital shops itself to U of C, NW Memorial.(News: Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, University of Chicago Hospitals and Northwestern Memorial Hospital)

  - 2002-10-07

  Byline: SARAH A. KLEIN A bondholder and adviser of the financially struggling Mercy Hospital and Medical Center is pushing for a sale of the hospital, after one would-be buyer stepped away from the bargaining table. New York-based investment ban Byline: SARAH...

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• People: Collaboration is key for new U of C medical school dean.(University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine)(Brief Article)

  - 2002-01-28

  As dean of the Pritzker School of Medicine and the division of biological sciences at the University of Chicago, James L. Madara must compel some of the most brilliant-and independent-minds in medical and biological research to pool their efforts. As dean of the...

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