A historic victory: Obama win generates more buzz on campus Nov 11, 2008
It s very exciting to have somebody from the University of Chicago, from the University of Chicago Law School, become president of the United States, said Dennis J. Hutchinson, Senior Lecturer in Law and the William Rainey Harper Professor in the College. We talk so much about public policy issues, about how law can affect real people and real life. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
SSA looks back to its beginnings, forward to future contributions Nov 11, 2008
Taylor s aspirations to develop the lectures into a full training program dovetailed with President William Rainey Harper s visions for the growing University of Chicago. In 1903, the two created the Social Science Center for Practical Training in Philanthropy and Social Work. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Former Tribune editor Lipinski to lead civic engagement Oct 3, 2008
Lipinski recalled the vision of the University s founding president, William Rainey Harper, who wanted to create a university that would help shape and be shaped by the city and world around it. The University of Chicago s standing as a leading citizen of Chicago and the world carries great privileges and great responsibilities, she said. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Encouraging academic success Jul 18, 2008
Kenwood Academy Prize founder Bertram Cohler (left), the William Rainey Harper Professor in the Social Sciences Collegiate Division, and Andre Phillips, Associate Director of College Admissions, speak at the program. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
NWCA National Duals: History and 2007 recap (2) Apr 20, 2008
Labette 18, William Rainey Harper 15. Iowa Central 29, Colby 12. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Students, faculty utilize Darfur Action, Education Fund Feb 21, 2008
Harold Pollack, Associate Professor in the School of Social Service Administration, and Jose Quintans, the William Rainey Harper Professor in Pathology and the College and Associate Dean and Master in the Biological Sciences Collegiate Division, will lead The Biology and Sociology of AIDS lecture series in the College during the upcoming Autumn Quarter this year and Winter Quarter 2009. Funding from the Darfur Action and Education Fund will support an associated public lecture series of nine... (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Paleontologists add to fossil record, prize-winning record Feb 8, 2008
Susan Kidwell, the William Rainey Harper Professor in Geophysical Sciences and the College, and the 1995 Schuchert Award winner, was Rogers Ph. D. adviser and now advises Terry in her Ph. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Dead clams tell many tales Oct 30, 2007
"We affect ecosystems in many different ways, but the effects of our actions are hard to pin down because we rarely have scientific data from before the onset of those impacts," said Kidwell, the William Rainey Harper Professor in Geophysical Sciences at Chicago ... Susan Kidwell, the William Rainey Harper Professor in Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago. (EurekAlert!)
Michelson helped build Chicago’s Physics program while pursuing exactitude in his lab experiments Oct 5, 2007
But founding President, William Rainey Harper, soon enticed Michelson to come to Chicago to establish a Physics Department at the University. In 1920, Michelson became the first to measure the diameter of a star other than the sun by attaching an optical device called an interferometer to a telescope. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
University scholars receive distinguished, named professorships Sep 21, 2007
He has co-edited with Janel Mueller, the William Rainey Harper Distinguished Service Professor Emerita in the College and Professor Emerita in English Language ature, a forthcoming critical edition of the translations of Queen Elizabeth I s translations of religious, philosophical and poetic texts from Latin, French and Italian ... Stern joined the faculty in 1979 as a William Rainey Harper Fellow in the College and became an Assistant Professor in Philosophy in 1981. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Octavien wants to start shining for Huskers Aug 9, 2007
Octavien came to Nebraska from William Rainey Harper (Ill. College, where he played only four games in 2004 because of injury. (Columbus Telegram, NE)
Cell biologist Overton developed second career as Chicago artist Jul 14, 2007
The granddaughter of William Rainey Harper, the first president of the University, Jane Harper was born in Chicago on Jan. 17, 1919, and grew up in Hyde Park. She received her A.B. degree from Bryn Mawr College in 1941, and married George Overton, a prominent Chicago lawyer and political activist, that same year. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Students’ achievements awarded Jun 8, 2007
Students also have received honors from many other national and international institutions, including the Academy of Arts ces and the German Academic Exchange, and from Chicago s own grant and scholarship programs such as the Stuart Tave Teaching fellowship and the William Rainey Harper Dissertation fellowship. To read the names of undergraduate students and the awards they have won, please. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Mitchell’s analysis of the ‘lives and loves of images’ receives top Press prize May 25, 2007
The University s founding president, William Rainey Harper, viewed the University Press to be an intrinsic component of what it meant to be a great research institution, explained Zimmer, and to me, this award is one very important manifestation of Harper s view. It links and reaffirms the relationship between the Press and the heart and soul of the University, the faculty. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Maclean Faculty Awards will go to Bevington, Nicholas May 25, 2007
D., 62), the William Rainey Harper Professor Emeritus in Anthropology and the College, are this year s Maclean Faculty Award recipients. The awards were given for the first time in 1997 and are named for Professor Norman Maclean (Ph. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Opine: José Quintáns May 11, 2007
This week, Jos; Quint;ns, the William Rainey Harper Professor in Pathology and the College, Master of the Biological Sciences Collegiate Division and Director of the Medical Scientist Training Program, answers the Chronicle Opine questions, which other faculty members have answered in past issues since October 2006, when Opine debuted. What book should every person read and why. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Podcasting With Q Apr 30, 2007
I was covering the Rocky Long football camp and found out that UNM had 3 recruits in that weekend one of them by the name of Quincy Black of William Rainey Harper JC So being the internet guy I am, I went home and looked up Mr. Black and some of the information about him. Fast forward a couple months later and we were able to see Q on the practice fields. (TheRedMenace.com)
Opine: John Boyer Apr 27, 2007
As both a historian and the Dean of the College, I often think about what William Rainey Harper would make of the place now, 115 years after he founded the University of Chicago. Harper liked institutions, but he liked communities even more. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Three third-years garner Trumans Mar 30, 2007
Third-year College students Stephanie Bell, S.J. Cohen and Alethea Lange thought they were meeting with administrators to discuss unrelated issues Monday, March 26, but when they arrived at the William Rainey Harper Memorial Building, John Boyer, Dean of the College, alongside several other deans and administrators in the College, announced to the three women they had been named 2007 Truman scholars by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. We want to congratulate all of you on this... (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
It's all relative in bid for Olympics Mar 5, 2007
In his 1893 visit to Chicago, de Coubertin had discussed his ideas for reviving the Olympics with University of Chicago President William Rainey Harper. The plan came to fruition in 1894. (FOX59, IN)
The Free Trade Instinct Feb 13, 2007
"It's all very well to sympathize with the working man," William Rainey Harper, the first president of the University of Chicago, once remarked. "But we get our money from the other side, and we can't afford to offend them."By Eric Alterman Reprinted with permission from the The Nation. (CBS News)
