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Susan Hahn Susan Hahn was editor of TriQuarterly for 14 years. She is author of a recent novel, “The Six Granddaughters of Cecil Slaughter”; nine books of poetry, including “Self/Pity” and “The Scarlet Ibis”; and...Tags: Newspapers, Harvard University, Periodicals, Correspondents (music group), Iowa State University
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Survey: Americans felt more secure in jobs in 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — Confidence in the U.S. job market has rebounded to roughly a normal level from its record low after the Great Recession, a trend that could help boost the economy. Americans increasingly feel they could find a new job if...
Tags: Science and Technology, Employment Opportunities, Labor Markets, Employment, Consumer Confidence
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Tom Pritzker woos big names for U. of C.'s big data
University of Chicago computer scientist Ian Foster pressed the clicker and up popped a map of the most sophisticated fiber-optic networks in the world. On that map, at least, Chicago appeared to be the center of everything, a crossroads of...
Tags: Melissa Harris, Science and Technology, Drugs and Medicines, Economy, Business and Finance, Science
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Daley giving $540,000 in campaign funds to charity
Former Mayor Richard Daley is giving more than $500,000 remaining in his campaign fund to 13 charities, with the biggest bequest going to the After School Matters organization founded by his wife Maggie, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. He's also giving six-...
Tags: Coca-Cola Co., Social Issues, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, After School Matters
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Rosenthal: Fighting Chicago's violent crime has become business of business
Jim Reynolds, who grew up in Englewood and is among this city's business elite, always has known that side of Chicago. He also knows the jolt that comes when someone, especially someone who has grown up here, first has their eyes opened and the city's...
Tags: Tom Wilson, Basketball, Chicago City Hall, Safety of Citizens, Environmental Issues
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Anthony Madrid Anthony Madrid lives in Chicago. His poems have appeared in Boston Review, Gulf Coast, The Iowa Review, Poetry and Web Conjunctions. His first book is “I Am Your Slave Now Do What I Say.” Rebecca Makkai Rebecca Makkai is...Tags: George Polk Awards, Authors, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Lake Forest College, Celiac Disease
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Illinois' method for measuring student poverty raises count statewide
In the federal government's view, an estimated 1,339 poor schoolchildren live within the affluent Arlington Heights-based School District 59. But the state counted 3,536 poor students when it doled out a "poverty grant" to the district this school year....
Tags: Social Issues, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Burr Ridge, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Students
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Critic stands by Chicago slam
When a critic takes on a city's refusal to acknowledge its own blemishes, it becomes a bit tricky for residents to respond without proving the critic's point. That's the position Chicagoans find themselves in with DePaul University theater professor...
Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Rod Blagojevich, Book, Reviews, Rahm Emanuel
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Chicago working on biotech incubator
Tribune reportersMayor Rahm Emanuel announced Tuesday a plan to create a collaborative work center for biotechnology startups in downtown Chicago that’s set to open early next year. The center will be based on 1871, the hub for digital startups at the Merchandise...Tags: Science and Technology, Science, Startups, Argonne National Laboratory, Twitter, Inc.
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Swimmer's life celebrated through sarcoma research
When Ted Mullin was 12, he spent most of his summer in the pool learning the flip turn, a move many swimmers his age had already perfected. "Even though he was embarrassed and self-conscious, he had the inner discipline to keep at it and master it," said...
Tags: Swimming, Science and Technology, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health Treatments, Research
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On first looking into the public library
For 60 years, I looked down my nose at the public library, even though it's one of the key inventions and discoveries that lifted humans above lesser beings. Taming fire freed us from shivering in the cold. Agriculture filled our bellies. And the public...
Tags: Starbucks Corp., Chicago Public Library, Religion and Belief, Judaism, Newspaper and Magazine
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Pastora San Juan Cafferty, 1940-2013
Pastora San Juan Cafferty, a native of Cuba, was a leading scholar and researcher on race and ethnicity at the University of Chicago as well as a leader in Chicago's Hispanic community. "Pastora tirelessly helped weave connections between the University...
Tags: Waste Management Incorporated, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, George Washington University, Waste, Peoples Energy Corporation
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