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Harris School Announces New Fellowship Program
Beginning in 2008, Harris School students from Arab League nations will be able to apply in a new scholarship program funded by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation. Spearheaded by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, this foundation was created to help educate future leaders in the Middle East and to work towards a regional emphasis on higher education. more >>
Harris School Welcomes Tinker Visiting Professor
Ricardo Paes de Barros has been awarded a Tinker Visiting Professorship in Latin American and Iberian Studies for Winter Quarter 2008 at the Harris School. An expert on issues of poverty, Paes de Barros received his PhD in economics from the University of Chicago in 1987 and is currently a researcher and the coordinator for the evaluation of public policies at the Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), which produces economic research for the Brazilian government. more >>
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May 6-7, 2008
The Energy and Policy Colloquium
The Gleacher Center | University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
May 7-9,
2008
Spring 2008 Dean's International Council Meeting
The Gleacher Center | University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
NEW DATES: November 5-7, 2008
Fall 2008 Dean's International Council Meeting
New Dehli, India
In the News...
- James Heckman on High School Graduation Rates
“Scholars Shed New Light in Debate Over High-School-Graduation Numbers,”
The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 21, 2007.
- Ariel Kalil on the Correlation Between Parents’ Marital Status and the Success of their Child
“Study: Mom's Marital Status May Not Indicate Kids’ Success,”
Times Daily, December 18, 2007.
- James Heckman on Early Education
“Nobel Laureate Airs Educational Vision,” The Republican, December 12, 2007.
- Paula Worthington on Running Government as a Business
“Business Tactics Can't Always Apply,”
Chicago Tribune, December 12, 2007.
- Coauthored by Jens Ludwig, Study on Underground Gun Markets
“America's Illicit Gun-Market is Surprisingly Inefficient,” Economist, December 6, 2007.
- Adjunct Faculty Member Frank Kruesi Heads to Washington
“Ex-CTA President Picked To Run City's D.C. Office,”
Crain’s Chicago Business, December 6, 2007.
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