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Save the Field Museum's mammals
The American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) was established in 1919 for the purpose of promoting the study of mammals, as well as providing information for public policy, resource management, conservation, and education. With more than 2,000 current...Tags: Research, Museums, Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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Emanuel to accept online applications for Ald. Sandi Jackson successor
Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel said Wednesday night that he will accept online applications from people who want to succeed former 7th Ward Ald. Sandi Jackson and ask a committee to winnow the field of contenders. The web site will be up Friday and the panel will...Tags: Politics, Local Government, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Local Elections
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Zigzagging along the Chicago Cultural Mile
At first glance, the Chicago Cultural Mile ("Where Culture & Commerce Meet") resembles nothing so much as a gerrymandered congressional district. According to its website, this officially arty and mercantile stretch begins at Michigan Avenue and the...
Tags: Museums, Arts, Millennium Park, Manufacturing and Engineering, Panera Bread Company
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Field Museum team helps uncover T. rex of the sea
Tribune reporterResearch and planning are often key factors scientists cite when they make a great discovery. Only rarely does being out of shape play a role. But Field Museum scientist Jim Holstein said being dog-tired after a long day of trekking through a Nevada...Tags: Geography, Mountains, Museums, University of Chicago, Landforms
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Field Museum to cut staff and research, refocus mission
Tribune ReportersBattered by the recession and a high debt load, the Field Museum on Tuesday announced plans to cut staff, overhaul its operations and limit the scope of its research. A comprehensive plan being drawn up by museum officials also could include changes to...Tags: Museums, Unemployment, Science and Technology, Moody's Corporation, University of Oregon
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Adler Planetarium names Michelle Larson new president
Michelle Larson's faculty page at Utah State University displays a picture of her cozying up to a bust of Albert Einstein. Lego Albert Einstein. That combination, science with a populist face, is a pretty fair summation of what she'll have to bring...
Tags: Research, Museums, Applied Physics, University of Oregon, Arts and Culture
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This year's upcoming museum exhibits
Glowing fish, giant dinosaurs, plasticized animals and more. That's not a description of the toy aisles at Target, or at least it's not only that. It also spotlights what's coming up in the new year at the area's family museums and zoos. Here are some...
Tags: Museums, Politics, Entertainment Events, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Landforms
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For Paul Salopek, a 7-year, 30-million-step journey
What is surely one of the most ambitious, audacious journalistic projects ever attempted will begin in January with a footstep headed out of Ethiopa's Rift Valley, just like one early humans took 50,000-70,000 years ago. And those footsteps will...
Tags: Journalism, Museums, Petroleum Industry, Arts and Culture
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Pizza, piano, a poem
I occasionally make a list of things I've liked recently. Here's one for the holidays. 1. Gift idea: a pizza stone My colleague Kevin Pang, culinary savant, told me I had to put this on the list. His testimonial: "This $45 slab of rock has changed...
Tags: Ken Burns, NPR, Wrigley Field, Music, Lincoln Park Zoo
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Museums offer holiday gift options
We all know that the holidays are commercialized. For those looking for an alternative to the mass pandemonium of the malls, gift shops at Chicago museums offer presents with local interest as well as artistic and educational panache. And in many cases,...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Museums, Frank Lloyd Wright, Arts, Marcel Duchamp
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At the Lincoln Park Zoo, camping out under the monkeys
The campfire was in a metal pit, under a great, wide roof. The tents were pitched on a well-tended lawn, with help from people who work for an outdoors store. Bears were a threat only if someone had forgotten to lock an enclosure door. And dinner was...
Tags: Yosemite National Park, Brookfield Zoo, Adler Planetarium, Museum of Science and Industry, Lincoln Park Zoo
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Walgreen company man rises to top
Tribune staff reporterGreg Wasson gambled away a total of about $60 during the 2 1/2 years he lived in Las Vegas. All of it came while he was parked at some low-stakes slot machine, waiting for his out-of-town guests to wrap up their requisite casino visit. Wasson, 53,...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Boston Marathon, Walgreen Co., Real Estate Buyers, Lakes and Ponds
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