Jazz comes to Hyde Park . . . there’s a Jazz Fest if you’re out that way next weekend

As it may with many of you, Hyde Park holds a special place in my heart, but alas not in my ear. One thing that was missing while I lived there in the early 1980s was live jazz (there was some around there, OK, full disclosure, I wasn’t really listening to much jazz then, [...]

One of our local alums has an invite . . .

We received the following invite from Norman C.W. Yung (whom we have not yet met, but who I have been exchanging emails with for awhile) and I said I’d put it up on the blog for him. Norm works at Bausch & Lomb and writes:
The Asian Networks of B&L, Kodak, Xerox, ITT are organizing [...]

A New Link to UofC Research

A New Link to UofC Research
Although you may see it in your UChicago email, thought I’d add a link to the new page The University of Chicago: Research at Chicago. According to the home page, at the site you can “listen to researchers talk about their work and why it matters, read current [...]

For those of you who miss the days in Cobb Hall. . .

For those of you who miss the days in Cobb Hall, here’s an opportunity to re-live them through joining in this year’s Common Text program, studying Henry David Thoreau’s Walden. Here’s an excerpt about the program from the Alumni Association’s website:

Following the University of Chicago’s tradition of providing a common intellectual experience among all students [...]

The University has a “blog” too…

Surf on over to UChiBLOGo for occasional stories and links about things University of Chicago.