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• Illinois Technology Association Honors Fifty For The Future

  - 2008-05-19

  Program Recognizes Outstanding Illinois Students Preparing for Careers in Technology CHICAGO -- The Illinois Technology Association ITA is pleased to recognize the 2008 Fifty for the Future (F4F). Extending ITA's mission of building the technology community in Illinois, the F4F program identifies well rounded high potential students and...

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• Report: Older people happiest

  - 2008-04-19

  CHICAGO -- It turns out the golden years really are golden. Eye-opening new research finds the happiest Americans are the oldest, and older adults are more socially active than the stereotype of the lonely senior suggests. The two go hand-in-hand: Being social can help keep away the...

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• Research shows happiness increases with age

  - 2008-04-19

  CHICAGO -- It turns out the golden years really are golden. Eye-opening new research finds the happiest Americans are the oldest, and older adults are more socially active than the stereotype of the lonely senior suggests. The two go hand-in-hand: Being social can help keep away the blues....

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• No Child Left Behind Discourages Investment in Neediest Students, Experts Report in the Milken Institute Review

  - 2008-01-22

  The Bush Administration's No Child Left Behind law was designed to force public schools to meet higher standards, or lose federal aid. But research by Diane Schanzenbach and colleagues at the University of Chicago shows that the law undermines efforts to bring many students up to snuff. "The system...

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• The Persian Empire.(Book review)

  - 2007-06-22

  The Persian Empire. By Lindsay Allen. (Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 2005. Pp. 208. $39.95.) The author is a research fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford University, with relevant experience in Persian antiquities at the British Museum, London, and the Metropolitan Museum of...

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• The University of Chicago Press will begin the publication of "Journal of Human Capital" in July

  - 2007-03-01

  The University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL) will begin the publication of "Journal of Human Capital" in July. The new journal will encompass microeconomic, macroeconomic and international economic perspectives on the theme of human capital, It will publish articles and papers in the areas of labor and health economics and...

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• Datebook.(Calendar/Datebook)(Calendar)

  - 2007-01-22

  THIS WEEK JAN. 22: Chicago Chapter of Institute of Internal Auditors presents Security and Audit of Unix Systems. 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Gleacher Center, 450 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive. Fee: $250 members, $300 non-members. (847) 842-1606....

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• A Better Way of Building?

  - 2007-01-01

  A Better Way of Building? One man takes on the contruction industry Barry B. LePatner Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets: How to Fix America's Trillion-Dollar Construction Industry The University of Chicago Press, 2007Early in Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets, Barry LePatner presents a hall of shame of massive construction projects gone awry,...

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• A deal bringing hope to Fermilab.(News)

  - 2006-11-02

  Byline: Lisa Smith Daily Herald Staff Writer Declaring it would ensure Fermilab's future as the world's leading high-energy physics laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy officials Wednesday awarded a newly formed corporation a $1.6 billion contract to manage the Batavia lab. The...

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• Blind Students Experience Universe via Yerkes Observatory's Project SEE.

  - 2006-05-18

  Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, May 18 AScribe Newswire -- The University of Chicago's Yerkes Observatory will present a seminar on its Space Exploration Experience SEE Project for the Blind and Visually Impaired at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 20, at the Wisconsin Lions Club...

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