Welcome New Dean’s International Council Members!     Edgar Bachrach is the former owner and CEO of Bachrach Clothing, Inc. He is also the founder of Build Cambodia, a private foundation devoted to raising American awareness. More >> Raymond Drymalski is an attorney and partner at Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP in the firm’s corporate department, with an emphasis on governance, business counseling, and transactions. More >> Robert Greenwood is a partner and director of Snohetta, an international architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design company based in Oslo, Norway and New York City. More >> Natalie Jaresko is a co-founders of Horizon Capital and has served as its managing Partner since March 2006, focusing on fundraising, strategy, and relationships with current and potential partners. More >>       Alumnus and AMA President on Health Care     American Medical Association (AMA) President Ronald M. Davis, AM’81, MD’83, was back at his “old stomping grounds” on January 30. But instead of sitting in a lecture hall listening to a professor or playing softball with other medical students, Davis was at the podium in the University of Chicago Medical Center’s lecture auditorium laying out the AMA’s plan to reform the health care system and improve American’s health. More >>       Professor Dan Black on Urban Labor Markets     Professor Dan A. Black spoke to a group of Harris School advisory board members and alumni on Thursday, January 31 at the Gleacher Center about his current research on urban labor markets. The discussion, which included numerous questions from the audience, touched on the study’s major findings in four key areas—return on university studies, fertility, female participation in the labor force, and population migration in cities across the country. Among the results of this exhaustive look at urban life, Black and his co-authors determined that cities with universities have prospered more over the last thirty years—and have seen housing prices soar—compared to cities based on industry.           Save These Dates!     February 12, 2008 Lecture by David Menashri Professor, Department of Middle Eastern and African History, Tel Aviv University The University of Chicago Gleacher Center Chicago, Illinois     February 14, 2008 Jordan in Depth: Exploring the Middle East A presentation by 2007 International Policy Practicum participants The University of Chicago Gleacher Center Chicago, Illinois     February 28, 2008 Lecture by Ethan Bueno de Mesquita Associate Professor, Harris School The University of Chicago Gleacher Center Chicago, Illinois     May 6-7, 2008 The Energy and Policy Colloquium The University of Chicago Gleacher Center Chicago, Illinois     May 7-9, 2008 Spring 2008 Dean's International Council Meeting The University of Chicago Gleacher Center Chicago, Illinois     November 5-7, 2008 Fall 2008 Dean's International Council Meeting New Dehli, India           In The News... Charles Wheelan on Employment in America “Skills Deficit Makes 'Creating Jobs' a Pipe Dream,” Yahoo!Finance, The Naked Economist, January 29, 2008. Cultural Policy Center Study Discussed at Music Industry Town Hall Meeting “Meeting To Focus on City's Music Scene,” Chicago Tribune, January 24, 2008. James Roth on Education in the Arab World “Congratulations, you can read. Now what?,” Daily Star, January 18, 2008. Kerwin Charles on Minorities and Spending “The Color of Luxury Buying,” National Public Radio, The Bryant Park Project, January 17, 2008. “Cos and Effect: Bill Cosby May Be Right about African-Americans Spending a Lot on Expensive Sneakers-—But He’s Wrong about Why,” Slate, January 11, 2008. Charles Wheelan on Traffic Safety “Street Smarts: Economists Take on Traffic Safety,” Yahoo!Finance, The Naked Economist, January 9, 2008.   Copyright © 2008 by The University of Chicago. 1155 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA, 773.702.8400