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Prof. David Nirenberg awarded Laing Prize from UChicago Press
The University of Chicago Press has awarded the Gordon J. Laing Prize to Prof. David Nirenberg for Neighboring Faiths, his examination of the interactions of Muslims, Christians and Jews in the Middle...
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College recognizes excellence in teaching with Quantrell Awards
The Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Awards, believed to be the nation’s oldest prize for undergraduate teaching, reflect the College’s commitment to honor inspiring teachers.Andrew...
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Faculty honored for excellence in graduate teaching
The Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentoring recognizes tenure-track and tenured faculty in the Biological Sciences, Divinity School, Humanities, Institute for Molecular...
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Alumni and faculty recognized for distinguished service to the University
The alumni awards, presented by the University of Chicago Alumni Association and the Alumni Board, honor those who have shaped the world and strengthened UChicago’s global community.The Norman Maclean...
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Richard Thaler wins Nobel Prize 'for his contributions to behavioural economics'
University of Chicago Prof. Richard H. Thaler has been awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2017.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences honored Thaler, the...
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Marshall Chin elected to National Academy of Medicine
University of Chicago Medicine physician Marshall Chin has been elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine.Chin was one of 80 new members elected to the Academy, it was announced Oct. 16....
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Booth economist Anil Kashyap honored for achievements and contributions to Japan
The Japanese government has honored Prof. Anil Kashyap, in recognition of his distinguished achievements and contributions to Japan.Kashyap is among the 149 foreign recipients of the Order of the...
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Wu Hung honored for helping create field of contemporary Chinese art history
In recognition of a career spent helping to create the field of contemporary Chinese art history in higher education, Prof. Wu Hung will receive one of the highest academic honors from the world’s...
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Chuan He honored for contributions to advancing cancer research
Chuan He, the John T. Wilson Distinguished Service Professor in Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Chicago, is one of three recipients of this year’s Paul Marks Prize...
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Japanese government honors Prof. Raaj Sah for analysis of economic and...
Prof. Raaj Sah has been awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon from the government of Japan.Conferred on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, the award honors Sah’s...
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Three UChicago faculty members named AAAS fellows
Three members of the University of Chicago faculty were named as 2017 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Fellows are elected by AAAS members for their scientifically or...
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Prof. Richard Thaler to receive Nobel Prize this weekend
Nearly two months have passed since a 4 a.m. call from Sweden changed the life of economist Richard Thaler.That morning, Thaler called receiving the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in...
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Prof. Richard Thaler delivers Nobel Prize lecture
Until Prof. Richard H. Thaler came along, economists resisted the idea of basing their models on how real people behave. The reality is people don’t always know what they want, much less what’s best...
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UChicago names recipients of Diversity Leadership Awards
Advocating for the concerns of those whose voices aren't heard is a hallmark of diversity leadership. The University of Chicago’s 2018 Diversity Leadership Award recipients have dedicated their lives...
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Historian Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo receives Humboldt Award
Prof. Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo has received a prestigious award from a German foundation for his research on Latin American history.Granted annually by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany,...
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Award honors Prof. Eugene Parker’s lifetime of physics research
Prof. Emeritus Eugene Parker’s ideas were once widely questioned in the physics world. This week, he will receive one of the field’s highest honors.Parker will receive the American Physical Society’s...
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Two UChicago mathematicians awarded one of field’s top prizes
University of Chicago mathematicians Alexander Beilinson and Vladimir Drinfeld have been awarded the prestigious Wolf Prize for Mathematics “for their groundbreaking work in algebraic geometry,...
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Lorraine Daston honored for research on the history of science
Lorraine Daston, a visiting professor in UChicago’s John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought and the Department of History, has been awarded the Dan David Prize for her achievements in the research of...
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Two UChicago faculty members win Sloan research fellowships
University of Chicago chemist Timothy Berkelbach and neurobiologist Mark Sheffield have been awarded Sloan research fellowships.The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation gives the awards annually to early-career...
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Two UChicago scientists win fellowships fostering ‘blue-sky’ research
Two University of Chicago scientists have earned fellowships through the U.S. Department of Defense that support innovative, “blue-sky” research at the limits of today’s technology.Profs. David...
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Four faculty members receive Guggenheim fellowships
Four UChicago faculty members and a visiting faculty member have won John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowships: Alain Bresson, the Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor in...
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Fifteen UChicago faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fifteen faculty members at the University of Chicago have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies.UChicago has the most newly...
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Chicago Booth’s Douglas Diamond wins Onassis Prize in Finance
Prof. Douglas W. Diamond, one of the world's leading authorities on bank runs and liquidity crises who is considered the father of modern banking theory, has been awarded the 2018 Onassis Prize in...
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Forrest Stuart book about L.A.’s Skid Row earns top honor from UChicago Press
The University of Chicago Press has awarded the Gordon J. Laing Prize to Asst. Prof. Forrest Stuart for Down, Out & Under Arrest: Policing and Everyday Life in Skid Row, the UChicago sociologist’s...
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Three UChicago faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences
Three University of Chicago faculty members are among the 2018 members of the National Academy of Sciences, announced May 1: Profs. Joy Bergelson, Olaf Schneewind and Richard Thaler.These scholars,...
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