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3 hrs ago | TheStreet.com

Developing a Relationship With Implied Volatility

He is a financial author and editor having contributed to multiple magazines and edited several books for Wiley publishing.

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7 hrs ago | Reuters

Chicago school board to vote on mass school closing

The Chicago Board of Education is due to vote on Wednesday on a controversial proposal to close 54 schools in the country's third-largest public school district in what would be the largest mass school closing in the nation.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., African-American, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Rahm Emanuel, Illinois

13 hrs ago | Lincoln Daily News

Bacon and Shane win LCHS Hursh Scholarship, plus other senior awards announced

Daniel, son of James Bacon and Kimberly Shoultz, plans to attend Illinois College.

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Related Topix: Illinois College

17 hrs ago | Newswise

New Blood-Thinner Measures May Cut Medication Errors

Blood thinners are the preferred treatment option to prevent heart attacks, blood clots and stroke, but they are not without risk, and not just because of their side effects.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Nursing

Tue May 21, 2013

EurekAlert!

Researchers find genetic tie to improved survival time for pulmonary fibrosis

Research into genetic features of pulmonary fibrosis by physicians and scientists at the University of Colorado School of Medicine may lead to improved treatment of this deadly lung disease, according to a paper published online by JAMA .

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Related Topix: University of Pittsburgh, University of Chicago, Illinois, Vanderbilt University

Mon May 20, 2013

Science Daily

Do Men's and Women's Hearts Burn Fuel Differently?

When stressed, the heart changes how it uses fuel for energy. These changes may play a major role in the development of heart disease and are different in men and women, says E. Douglas Lewandowski, director of the UIC Center for Cardiovascular Research.

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Related Topix: Heart Disease

Sun May 19, 2013

The Columbus Dispatch

Reading help on the way for Columbus kindergartners

Most children who came to kindergarten in Columbus schools without knowing the ABCs, which way to hold a book or other important early-reading skills remained behind when they reached third grade.

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Related Topix: Columbus, OH, Family, Kids

Sat May 18, 2013

Medical News Today

Website Eases Switch To New Healthcare Codes

University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have developed a website that walks healthcare providers through the challenging transition from the current International Classification of Diseases -- ICD-9 -- to the new ICD-10. Doctors, hospitals and all other healthcare providers have until October 2014 to switch to the new coding system, used to ... (more)

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Northfield.org

Carleton Art Professors' Work Featured in 25th Anniversary...

In a new installation celebrating 25 years of the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, the work of Carleton College art professors David Lefkowitz and Stephen Mohring is featured in "Walker on the Green: Artist-Designed Mini Golf." On Thursday, May 23, The Walker Art Center will open two eight-hole courses, featuring individual holes created by various ... (more)

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Related Topix: Carleton College, Amherst College, Rhode Island School of Design

Denver Post

Guest Commentary: Restoring Latinos' trust in police

Among many Latinos, the perception exists that reaching out to local law enforcement is more risky than potentially continuing to let a criminal run free and prey on others, even though most encounters with law enforcement do not end in the deportation of Latinos, according to U.S. Rep.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Immigration Reform, US News, US House of Representatives, Representative Jared Polis, Democrat, US Politics, Opinion

Fri May 17, 2013

Patch.com

660 Students Graduate From Oakton Community College

More than 660 students received degrees and certificates at Oakton Community College' s 42nd Annual Commencement, held May 14, at the College's Des Plaines campus.

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Related Topix: Des Plaines, IL, Niles, IL, Lake Forest College, University of Delaware

Washington Examiner

Competitive Enterprise Institute to honor transgender woman at annual dinner

Deirdre McCloskey, a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is set to be honored by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a leading Washington, D.C., free market/libertarian think tank, with its annual Julian Simon Award at a major dinner event in June.

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Related Topix: Transgender, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul

Thu May 16, 2013

Mediaite.com

Conservative So Baffled That Libertarians Would Honor Transgender Economist, He Wrote Column About It

Late this afternoon, Washington Examiner senior editorial writer Sean Higgins posted a column with the blaring headline, "Competitive Enterprise Institute to honor transgender woman at annual dinner," expressing bewilderment at the libertarian think-tank's decision to honor transgender economist Deirdre McCloskey with an award.

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Related Topix: Transgender, Illinois, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul

Wed May 15, 2013

Journal of Medicinal and Pharmaceutic...

Development and Therapeutic Implications of Selective Histone Deacetylase 6 Inhibitors

Jay H. Kalin studied chemistry at Salisbury University, MD, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree under the supervision of Dr.

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Related Topix: Salisbury University, Johns Hopkins University, Bethel College (Indiana), Purdue University, Medicine, Pharmacology

EurekAlert!

UIC information specialists ease switch to new healthcare codes

University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have developed a website that walks healthcare providers through the challenging transition from the current International Classification of Diseases -- ICD-9 -- to the new ICD-10. Doctors, hospitals and all other healthcare providers have until October 2014 to switch to the new coding system, used to ... (more)

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Related Topix: Medicine

Huntington News

Graduate health informatics program at Marshall is one of three accredited in U.S.

Marshall University's Master of Science in Health Informatics degree program was awarded national accreditation April 19 from the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management.

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Related Topix: Marshall University, us Travel, North America Travel, Travel, Chicago Travel, Oregon Health & Science University, West Virginia, West Virginia Government

The Courier-News

U46 recognizes the top 2 percent of grads

Streamwood High School students in the top 2 percent graduating fromSchool District U46 are recognized at Monday at a special school board meeting in the Elgin High School auditorium.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Elgin, IL, United States Air Force Academy, Streamwood, IL

Tue May 14, 2013

The Business Ledger

Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation awards dental student grants

Business Ledger news services NAPERVILLE The Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation, the charitable arm of Delta Dental of Illinois, awarded two $2,500 grants to graduating dental students at The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry.

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Related Topix: Illinois, Illinois Government

Mon May 13, 2013

Nanotechweb.org

Defective graphene chemFETs make good sensors

Graphene can be used to make highly sensitive gas and chemical sensors but only if the carbon material contains defects.

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Chronicle.com

New Education Dean Takes Social Justice Into the Classroom

Kevin K. Kumashiro, who is 43, will become dean of the University of San Francisco's School of Education in July.

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Related Topix: University of San Francisco, Asian-American, Chicago, IL, Pomona College, University of Wisconsin Madison