News tagged with “university of chicago”. Found:
48 tagged news reports.
Your Search Returned 48 tagged news reports
Albert V. Crewe dies at 82; physics professor captured first image of an atom
Liverpool :: United Kingdom | about 4 hours ago
Credibility
Crewe dies at 82; physics professor captured first image of an atom In 1970, Crewe used a scanning transmission electron microscope of his own invention at the University of Chicago to capture uranium and thorium atoms. Albert V. Crewe, a physics professor...
Tags: Albert V. Crewe, Jennifer Crewe, Terrence Crewe, University of Chicago, crewe died, physical professor, United Kingdom, Liverpool, Atom, Scanning transmission electron microscopy, Microscopes, Transmission electron microscopy, Electron, Albert Crewe, Electron microscopy
Chicago News Cooperative: To Pay for Longer School Days, Some Parents Try Raising Money
New York City :: NY :: USA | about 9 hours ago
Credibility After raising $35,000 for gym mats, musical instruments and other extras last year, parents at Disney II Magnet School in Chicago now face a more daunting price tag $100,000 to keep their children in class an extra hour each day. The city’s public...
Tags: University of Chicago, public schools, magnet schools, New York City, Chicago Public Schools, Education, Education in South Korea, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Magnet school
Argonne gets $8.8 million stimulus boost for battery research
Louisville :: KY :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility The batteries of the future are being created at Argonne National Laboratory, and the federal government is paying big bucks to help make that happen. The Department of Energy announced a new injection of stimulus funding last week for Argonne to open...
Tags: batteries research, Argonne National Laboratory, Gary Henriksen, Department of Energy, stimulus funding, Louisville, United States Department of Energy National Laboratories, University of Chicago, United States Department of Energy, Battery, Lithium-ion battery, Recyclable materials, Lemont Illinois, Technology Internet
3 students with area ties are among 32 Rhodes Scholars
Cape Town :: South Africa | 4 days ago
Credibility Staff Writer/llazare@suntimes.com Three students with Chicago area ties -- Stephanie Bell, Russell Perkins and Daniel Shih -- are among the 32 American men and women named Saturday as 2009 Rhodes Scholars, considered one of the world's most prestigious...
Tags: Rhodes Scholars, University of Chicago, South Africa, Cape Town, Council of Independent Colleges, Rhodes Scholarship, Ohio Wesleyan University, Wesleyan University, Cecil Rhodes, Liberal arts colleges, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, Financial aid, Education, Coimbra Group, Oxbridge, University of Oxford, Association of American Universities, Association of Commonwealth Universities
Albert Crewe, First to Show a Single Atom, Is Dead at 82
Crewe :: United Kingdom | 6 days ago
Credibility Crewe, the University of Chicago physicist who developed the high-resolution electron microscope that captured the first image of an individual atom, died on Wednesday at his home in the Lake Michigan community of Dune Acres, Ind. He was 82. The cause...
Tags: Dr. Crewe, University of Chicago, electron microscopes, Chicago Cyclotron, Argonne National Laboratory, single atomic, England, United Kingdom, Crewe, Albert Crewe, United States Department of Energy National Laboratories, Scanning transmission electron microscopy, Transmission electron microscopy, Electron microscopy, Microscopes, Particle accelerators, Technology Internet
Obama’s new push for preschool for at-risk children
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility One of the first things to strike a visitor at Chicago's Educare center is the calm. In every room, kids – ranging in age from birth to 5 years old – are happily interacting with their teachers and with one another...And it's an environment, say education...
Tags: Obama, University of Chicago, risk children, obama administration, early learn, childhood education, Chicago
$1M youth anti-violence program in Chicago
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility The University of Chicago opened a $1 million anti-violence program for Chicago's public schools that it will methodically assess to see if it's cost effective. The Becoming a Man-Sports Edition program seeks to help 550 teenage boys curb their impulse...
Tags: Chicago Public Schools, World Sports Chicago, University of Chicago, Jens Ludwig, Chicago, Olympic Games, Cook County Illinois, DuPage County Illinois, allnews
Pregnant women seek alternatives to flu shot
Shanghai :: China | 7 days ago
Credibility For months, Rachel Aguayo, who is pregnant with her first child, has been bombarded with messages urging her to be among the first in line for the H1N1 flu vaccine. But the decision about whether to get the shot is particularly grueling for mothers-to-be,...
Tags: pregnant women, Rachel Aguayo, University of Chicago, Chicago Holistic Medicine, Tami Quinn, swine flu, holistic methods, flu vaccine, China, Shanghai
Chicago schools get new tool in fight against youth violence
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility Two Chicago nonprofits, together with the University of Chicago, unveiled a counseling and sports program Wednesday aimed at stemming chronic youth violence in Chicago's public schools. The problem is long-standing, but it received international attention...
Tags: University of Chicago, Chicago Public School, public schools, Chicago, Education, Chicago Public Schools, School counselor, Schools
When Barack met Michelle
Baghdad :: Iraq | 12 days ago
Credibility Jodi Kantor The state of the union ... Barack and Michelle Obama walk down Pennsylvania Avenue on their way to the White House on inauguration day, 20 January 2009. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP Another Washington dusk, another motorcade, another intimate...
Tags: Michelle Obama, Barack Obama Sr, Michelle Robinson, Obamas, michelle obamas, Valerie Jarrett, White House, barack obamas, Susan Sher, University of Chicago, Iraq, Baghdad, Barack Obama, Barack and Michelle, Democratic National Convention keynote address, Bo, Human Interest, Obama family, Family of Barack Obama
Site Links
Site Topics
Contributions
- Report Your News
- Add your voice and contribute via your cellphone - check out how to Report News via Your Cellphone
- Blog Widget
- Widget for Blog Owner
