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• Two students come to Moseley Braun's.(News)

  - 2007-04-29

  Byline: Rob Olmstead Daily Herald Staff Writer Students thwart Robbery of former senator An attempted robbery of former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun was stopped by a pair of college students in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood early Sunday. Moseley...

  Tags: attack, Chicago, knife, SECURITY, Sen., senator, U.S., University of Chicago

• Children's Hospital Cites Value Created by Deployment of Mobile Aspects RFID Technology

  - 2006-09-06

  PITTSBURGH -- As published in the September issue of Congenital Cardiology Today, physicians at the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital have seen an improvement in charge capture accuracy for medical devices and supplies due to the implementation of a clinical resource management system that leverages radio frequency identification RFID...

  Tags: Biometrics, mobile, Pittsburgh, RFID, SECURITY, University of Chicago, WIRELESS

• Portland-based Tonkon Torp elects board members

  - 2006-08-01

  The partners of Tonkon Torp LLP have elected Michael M. Morgan to head the firm's managing board. Also elected to the board were Kenneth D. Stephens, Ronald L. Greenman and Kurt W. Ruttum. They join Darcy M. Norville, who was elected in 2005. Morgan...

  Tags: board, graduate, Morgan, security, University of Chicago, University of Oregon

• Frank (Hein) Schaper.(University)(Brief article)

  - 2006-05-01

  L'Universite de Montreal est fiere d'annoncer la venue, il y a quelques mois, au departement de chimie, en qualite de professeur adjoint, de Frank Hein Schaper, MCIC. Schaper a recu son Ph.D. en chimie inorganique de la Universitat Konstanz en Allemagne sous la direction de Hans-H....

  Tags: DES, NETWORKING, SECURITY, University of Chicago

• Brenton brings a wealth of experience to his work

  - 2004-06-21

  Name: Woodward "Woody" G. Brenton Position/Organization: Director of investment planning, The Rawls Croup Age: 53 Hometown: Des Moines Education: B.A., Johns Hopkins University; M.B.A--finance, University of Chicago; Candidate for M.A.--Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. ...

  Tags: CAREER, DES, FINANCE, Iowa, Johns Hopkins University, SECURITY, University of Chicago

• Common Prayer: The Language of Public Devotion in Early Modern England.(Book Review)

  - 2003-06-22

  Common Prayer: The Language of Public Devotion in Early Modern England. By Ramie Targoff. (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2001. Pp. xiii, 162. $17.00.) This short and engaging study sets itself to overturn a governing paradigm both of early modern religious history...

  Tags: England, SECURITY, Spyware, University of Chicago, verse

• Did you know?

  - 2003-03-18

  * Eminent scientists specializing in particle physics, cosmology and gravitational physics anticipate the discovery in the next few years of "extra dimensions," a concept once considered the stuff of fantasy (University of Chicago news release regarding speculation by a panel of scientists from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Harvard University, and...

  Tags: Databases, HARDWARE, scientist, SECURITY, SOFTWARE, Storage, University of Chicago

• Oakton trustee remembered for love of learning, compassion.(News)

  - 2003-02-26

  Byline: Ames Boykin Daily Herald Staff Writer An Oakton Community College trustee who inspired students with her dedication to learning will be remembered today with a memorial service at the school. Marjorie "Marge" Whitman, 71, died of cancer Feb. 20 at ...

  Tags: Leadership, NETWORKING, president, SECURITY, University of Chicago

• Seaweed pest turns up heat on herpes virus.

  - 2002-08-06

  Aug 06, 2002 The Mercury ABIX via COMTEX -- An introduced seaweed pest in Tasmania is now being used throughout the world to treat herpes. It is believed undaria - native to Japan, Korea and New Zealand - was introduced to Tasmania's east coast...

  Tags: Japan, SECURITY, Tasmania, University of Chicago, virus

• Democracy in America. (Reading Tocqueville Today).(Alexis de Tocqueville) (book review)

  - 2001-09-22

  Tocqueville, Alexis de Democracy in America Translated, edited, and with an introduction by Harvey Mansfield and Delba Winthrop Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press 722 pp. $28.00, ISBN 0-226-80532-8 Publication Date: 2000 Tocqueville's star shines brightly over France and America,...

  Tags: America, democracy, Democracy, NETWORKING, SECURITY, University of Chicago