University of Chicago News

This article is an adapted excerpt from "Segregation: A Global History of Divided Cities," available May 29 from University of Chicago Press.

Someday there's going to be a biography of Robert Mundell , of Columbia University - in all likelihood, there will be more than one, because Mundell has been so elusive over the years.

I have just said farewell to Muzaffer Ahmad, my friend and comrade for 55 years.

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Stan Frankenthaler, of Chelmsford, executive chef and vice president of product innovation and culinary at Dunkin' Brands, was recently named a 2012 MenuMasters Innovator of the Year by Nation's Restaurant News.

There are high hopes for an innovative program that aims to increase language development for young children with cochlear implants.

Charges that one University of Chicago fraternity had pledges wear sombreros and mow a lawn as Latin music played - and another frat planned a party for "Conquistadors and Aztec Hoes" - have led to a smackdown from the school's dean of students.

Parkland High School's senior class shattered a school record this year, raking in millions more in scholarship offers than the school has seen in previous years.

Daniel Shani, 25, is graduating from the University of Chicago with an MBA from the university's Booth School of Business.

Maria Cardona says gas prices are tied to unpredictable global markets, not U.S. production.

Going to college seemed inconceivable when Adriana Sanchez, the 12-year-old daughter of farm workers, was brought from Mexico to Central California and the family overstayed their visas.

Kwon, a native of Palatine, is board certified in radiation oncology and is a member of the American Society for Radiation Oncology.

Did you know the economy is going to fall back into another recession in the first half of next year? That's the sad news coming from the Congressional Budget Office , in a report released this week.

Rupam Dave, a local attorney, long-time resident and advocate for woman and children's rights, Friday announced her candidacy for Lake County Clerk of the Circuit Court of Lake County.

In its first three weeks in domestic theaters, "The Avengers" has taken in almost half a billion dollars.

Tarrasius problematicus, a 345-million-year-old eel-like fish, had a surprisingly human-like spine, new research from the University of Chicago reveals.

There are many who thought this day might never come: we finally have a document from Obama's college years.

In the summer of 2010, President Obama heralded the passage of a sweeping Wall Street reform bill by Congress that he claimed would reshape the financial sector and prevent another economic crisis like the one that rocked the country in 2008, but many of those reforms -- as evidenced by JP Morgan's recent $2 billion trading loss -- have yet to take ... (more)

That is the sentence Howard Morgan received on April 5 from Cook County Circuit Court Judge Clayton J. Crane , after the former Chicago police officer was convicted of the attempted murder of four Chicago police officers.

It is no small accomplishment that the Territorial College of Guam -- since 1968 the University of Guam -- is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year as an American institution of higher learning.