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Number of Employees 12,460
NAICS Code Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools: 611310
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Young blacks feel the sting
- 2007-02-01
Many young black Americans think the government treats most immigrants better than it treats most black people in the USA, according to a national study being released today. It asked 15- to 25-year-olds about issues from politics and government to sex, marriage, health and hip-hop. Researchers...
Herr Research Center for Children and Social Policy
- 2006-10-05
DR. EBONI C. HOWARD has been appointed director of the Herr Research Center for Children and Social Policy at the Erikson Institute (Ill.). She had previously been a researcher at the institute. Howard earned a bachelor's from the University of Chicago and a doctorate from Northwestern University.
Loneliness takes its toll
- 2006-04-24
Loneliness really might break your heart. A recent study found a strong link between feelings of loneliness and high blood pressure in people over 50. The loneliness effect -- which might be linked to stress hormones, disturbed sleep or other underlying physical changes -- was just as strong...
News Briefs.(http://img.jgi.doe.gov/)(survey on-who's doing the most innovative and important research in the fields of human genetics and nanotechnology)(Integrated Microbial Genomes from Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute)(University of Chicago
- 2005-07-01
By Elizabeth Tolchin, News Editor Survey of Top Scientists for Study of Research Innovation Elizabeth Tolchin Who's doing the most innovative and important research in the fields of human genetics and...
Judith Graham Pool
- 2005-01-01
Judith Graham Pool Judith Graham Pool (1919-1975) was a researcher who made an important discovery in the treatment of hemophilia. In 1964, she developed cryoprecipitation, a way to produce concentrated amounts of antihemophilic factor, or AHF, a blood component necessary for clotting. The discovery of cryo revolutionized the treatment of...
Human reliability: we break down just like machines.(BEYOND THE NORM)(Brief Article)
- 2004-11-01
Reliability engineering may be a way to understand our longevity believe University of Chicago biologists Leonid Gavrilov and Natalia Gavrilova. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Developed to describe the failure of complex electrical and electronic equipment, reliability theory is so general that it can...
Don't be shy.(Brief Article)
- 2004-02-01
For the sake of your health, don't be shy. Research has shown that timidity can shorten a lifespan. Rats were the test subjects in the study conducted at the University of Chicago, but researchers Sonia Cavigelli and Martha McLintock believe the findings could offer...
Method for Nano Products.
- 2003-12-01
A research team led by engineers at Purdue University and physicists at the University of Chicago has made a discovery about the formation of drops that could lead to new methods for making threads, wires, and particles only a few nanometers wide. Such nano-threads, wires, and particles could, in turn,...
EFFICIENCY: Discovery Offers New Ways to Create Nano-Fibers, Wires.
- 2003-11-01
A research team led by engineers at Purdue University and physicists at the University of Chicago has made a discovery about the formation of drops that could lead to new methods for making threads, wires and particles only a few nanometers wide. Such nano-threads, wires ...
White, Gilbert
- 2003-01-01
White, Gilbert American Geographer 1911– Gilbert F. White is an internationally renowned geographer who received the National Academy of Science's Public Welfare Medal in 2000 for his lifelong work to improve water supplies worldwide and to protect people from flood hazards .White received his bachelor's, master's, and...
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