December 15, 2018

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[ December 15, 2018 ] NPR: Opinion: What The Death Of A 7-Year-Old Migrant Says About This Country Column
[ December 15, 2018 ] What’s it take to get asylum? And what’s driving those seeking it? Illinois
[ December 15, 2018 ] BBC: The big change underway in Japan Culture
[ December 15, 2018 ] Penn State Berks student named 2020 Schwarzman Scholar Campus News
[ December 15, 2018 ] Indian educators at U-M for leadership training Announcement

Archives of two giants of economics donated to UChicago Library

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Oct 25, 2018 Rachel Rosenberg The University of Chicago has a long history of field-defining scholarship in economics. Thirty scholars affiliated with the University have won Nobel Prizes for their groundbreaking research in economics—ranging from the […]

UChicago Library receives medals and papers of Nobel-winning physicist James Cronin

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May 9, 2018 Louise Lerner The University of Chicago Library has received the medals and academic papers of Nobel-winning physicist James Cronin, SM’53, PhD’55, the late UChicago scientist who made defining contributions to physics and […]

HUMAN IMPACT ON THE GLOBAL NITROGEN CYCLE

November 07, 2018 Dante LaPenta Nitrogen is an essential element required by all life — vital for plant and animal growth and nourishment. But, an overabundance of nitrogen can cause negative ecological effects. Over the […]
NPR: A Toy Monkey That Escaped Nazi Germany And Reunited A Family

November 14, 20187:00 AM ET URI BERLINER The monkey’s fur is worn away. It’s nearly a century old. A well-loved toy, it is barely 4 inches tall. It was packed away for long voyages, on […]
E-cigarette use rising dramatically among Illinois teens, survey finds

NOV 8, 2018 8:00 AM SHARITA FORREST CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The use of electronic cigarettes has increased by 65 percent among sophomores and by 45 percent among seniors in Illinois high schools over the past […]
VOA: Taiwan Election Results Pressure Ruling Party to Take Action toward China

November 26, 2018 4:09 AM Ralph Jennings TAIPEI — The ruling party in Taiwan received a message this weekend to show more achievements, including engagement with the island’s old nemesis China, as the opposition camp swept […]
NPR: FDA Seeks Ban On Menthol Cigarettes To Fight Teen Smoking

November 15, 2018 11:22 AM ET ROB STEIN The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it will seek a ban on the sale of menthol-flavored cigarettes. The announcement came as the agency officially released a […]
VOA: Vietnamese Blogger Mother Mushroom Tells Activists ‘You Are Not Alone’

November 15, 2018 8:26 AM Ten Soksreinith Editor’s note: On June 29, 2017, Vietnamese dissident blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, best known by her blogging name of “Mother Mushroom,” was sentenced to 10 years in […]
CNN: Brexit basics: Key points from the draft deal

November 15, 2018 Steve George (CNN) – After close to 20 months of fraught negotiations, the European Union and the United Kingdom have at last reached an agreement on Britain’s exit from the bloc. But it’s far […]
Helping hand: Purdue students to develop communication platforms to help homeless access life’s necessities

November 14, 2018 WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University students are on a mission to help homeless people find the resources they need to survive, such as a safe place to sleep, somewhere to get […]