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UChicago scientist seeks to make plastic more recyclable
The paperclip chain represented a highly recyclable plastic like the polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, found in soda bottles and the fibers in clothes. These can be broken down to the molecular ...
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Conservation Lab: Preserving the world’s oldest objects
Since 1974, the Conservation Laboratory at ISAC (previously the Oriental Institute or OI) has helped care for thousands of ...
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He Lab: Using the science of RNA to feed the world
Years ago, He’s lab made a surprising discovery about the fundamental nature of genetics and RNA. Today, they’re using this ...
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‘Inside the Lab’ series provides a unique look at UChicago research
The world today is facing unprecedented, complex challenges, and the need to address them through research is more important ...
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Scav reflections: “for the love of the pursuit and the joy in the attempt”
“Creative chaos.” “Whimsical.” “Scav-solutely exhilarating.” Those were the words used by University of Chicago students and ...
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Scientists find evidence that meltwater is fracturing ice shelves in Antarctica
Scientists find evidence that meltwater is fracturing ice shelves in Antarctica A group of scientists who placed instruments ...
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Mavis Staples, legendary singer and activist, returns to UChicago to inspire next generation
Mavis Staples—musician, civil rights activist and lifelong resident of the South Side of Chicago—performed at the Reva and ...
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W. Ralph Johnson, pre-eminent UChicago critic of Latin poetry, 1933‒2024
Prof. Emeritus W. Ralph Johnson, a distinctive critic of Latin poetry and the renowned University of Chicago author of ...
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Trina Reynolds-Tyler, MPP'20, wins Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting
Trina Reynolds-Tyler, MPP'20, has won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting with journalist Sarah Conway for their ...
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UChicago to offer new postbaccalaureate premedical certificate program
A new postbaccalaureate premedical certificate program seeks to provide UChicago students and alumni an opportunity to ...
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Five UChicago faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences in 2024
Profs. Nicolas Dauphas, David DeMille, Bonnie Fleming, Michael Greenstone, and Nipam Patel are among the 120 new members ...
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UChicago political scientist Molly Offer-Westort named Carnegie Fellow
Asst. Prof. Molly Offer-Westort designs experiments to answer these very questions. As a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow, the ...