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Logan Center for the Arts to Celebrate Grand Opening with Three-Day Festival
The Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts is celebrating its grand opening this month with the three-day Logan Launch Festival, October 12-14. “The...
Chicago Demotic Dictionary Featured in the 'New York Times'
The New York Times recently featured the completion of a dictionary of ancient Demotic Egyptian, a language named by the Greeks to denote its use by t...
Augusta Read Thomas to Premier Four New Compositions During 2012-13 Season
The world premiere of Resounding Earth by Augusta Read Thomas, University Professor in the Department of Music, will be performed on September 30, 20...
Four Faculty Members Win ACLS Fellowships for 2012-13
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) awarded fellowships to four faculty members in the Division of the Humanities for 2012-13. ACLS fello...
Former University of Chicago Staffer Publishes New Biography of Oriental Institute Founder
Archaeologist James Henry Breasted founded the Oriental Institute at the University in 1919, and was a beloved figure around the world. Jeffrey Abt, a...
Time Out Chicago Unveils “Who’s-Who Inventory” of Chicago’s Cultural Curators
TimeOut Chicago recently compiled a who’s-who snapshot of Chicago’s top cultural curators. The list included the University of Chicago’s own Emily Tee...
Scrappers' Currently Screening at Siskel Film Center, Receives “Two Thumbs Up”
Directors Ben Kolak, Brian Ashby, and Courtney Prokopas’s documentary film Scrappers has received rave reviews across Chicago, including “two thumbs u...
Kathy Fox wins 2009 Richman Award
Kathy Fox, Administrative Assistant for the Classics Department, was honored for her commitment to helping students as the winner of the 2009 Marlene ...
Ted Foss weighs in on “I love you” in the 'Chicago Tribune'
Ted Foss, the associate director of the Center for East Asian Studies, was consulted for the Chicago Tribune‘s look at the phrase “I love you” as it i...
Sun-Times' spotlights Project Bamboo, Arno Bosse
Project Bamboo, an 18-month initiative to develop web services for scholarly research, was featured in the Chicago Sun-Times. The article quotes Arno ...