Chicago United names Nim Chinniah a 2011 Business Leader of Color

<p> A new scholarship for MBA students from India is now available at the <a href="http://www.chicagobooth.edu/">University of Chicago Booth School of Business</a> as a result of a $1 million gift from the Tobaccowala Foundation of India, the school announced Nov. 15.</p><p><a href="http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/15/mba-students-india-eligible-new-scholarship-chicago-booth" target="_blank">read more</a></p><div > <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=i83oo-u6ulw:fp-Km-l2DxU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=i83oo-u6ulw:fp-Km-l2DxU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=i83oo-u6ulw:fp-Km-l2DxU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’i=i83oo-u6ulw:fp-Km-l2DxU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=i83oo-u6ulw:fp-Km-l2DxU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UChicago/~4/i83oo-u6ulw" height="1" width="1"/>

<p> The business advocacy organization Chicago United has announced that Nim Chinniah, Vice President for Administration and Chief Financial Officer for the University of Chicago, is among 44 local business executives being recognized in a new publication, <em>Business Leaders of Color</em>. </p><p><a href="http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/15/chicago-united-names-nim-chinniah-2011-business-leader-color" target="_blank">read more</a></p><div > <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=FUaNcwdZBoI:tpUBwG6UTk0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=FUaNcwdZBoI:tpUBwG6UTk0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=FUaNcwdZBoI:tpUBwG6UTk0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’i=FUaNcwdZBoI:tpUBwG6UTk0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=FUaNcwdZBoI:tpUBwG6UTk0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UChicago/~4/FUaNcwdZBoI" height="1" width="1"/>

<p> The University of Chicago chemistry faculty has extended <a href="https://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/04/18/faculty-members-garner-honors-recognition-during-international-year-chemistry">its string of honors and recognitions that began earlier this year</a>.</p> <p> </p><p><a href="http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/15/members-chemistry-faculty-collect-more-honors-their-research" target="_blank">read more</a></p><div > <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=zN8_ETbdpVY:lln7xu84bq8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=zN8_ETbdpVY:lln7xu84bq8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=zN8_ETbdpVY:lln7xu84bq8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’i=zN8_ETbdpVY:lln7xu84bq8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=zN8_ETbdpVY:lln7xu84bq8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UChicago/~4/zN8_ETbdpVY" height="1" width="1"/>

<p> Roger Myerson, the Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, received the Medaille de Citoyen d&#39;honneur de la ville de Marseille, making him an honorary citizen of Marseille, France.</p> <p> Myerson received the honor when he delivered the keynote address at the 10th Journ&eacute;es Louis-Andr&eacute; G&eacute;rard-Varet conference in Marseille.</p><p><a href="http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/15/roger-myerson-honored-economics-conference-marseille-france" target="_blank">read more</a></p><div > <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=Fc8wTX72_nY:z-8_eCG_Fyk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=Fc8wTX72_nY:z-8_eCG_Fyk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=Fc8wTX72_nY:z-8_eCG_Fyk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’i=Fc8wTX72_nY:z-8_eCG_Fyk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=Fc8wTX72_nY:z-8_eCG_Fyk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UChicago/~4/Fc8wTX72_nY" height="1" width="1"/>

<p> The <a href="http://www.hssonline.org/index.html">History of Science Society</a> has awarded the Sarton Medal for Lifetime Achievement to Robert Richards, the Morris Fishbein Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Science and Medicine.</p><p><a href="http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/15/history-science-society-honors-robert-richards-its-highest-honor-sarton-medal" target="_blank">read more</a></p><div > <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=Mda23Cobdyc:XN2e0Jb3p4A:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=Mda23Cobdyc:XN2e0Jb3p4A:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=Mda23Cobdyc:XN2e0Jb3p4A:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’i=Mda23Cobdyc:XN2e0Jb3p4A:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=Mda23Cobdyc:XN2e0Jb3p4A:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UChicago/~4/Mda23Cobdyc" height="1" width="1"/>

<p> The undergraduate <a href="http://college.uchicago.edu/">College</a> received 8,698 early-action applications this year, an increase of 25 percent over last year&rsquo;s figure.</p><p><a href="http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/14/growth-early-action-applications-college-continues-long-term-trend" target="_blank">read more</a></p><div > <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=DBZM_p9GzOs:IIE_db84RoI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=DBZM_p9GzOs:IIE_db84RoI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=DBZM_p9GzOs:IIE_db84RoI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’i=DBZM_p9GzOs:IIE_db84RoI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=DBZM_p9GzOs:IIE_db84RoI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UChicago/~4/DBZM_p9GzOs" height="1" width="1"/>

<p> Due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict, the Nov. 14 event featuring former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. has been postponed. Rice&#39;s office communicated the scheduling conflict to the event organizers on Sunday evening.</p><p><a href="http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/14/postponement-nov-14-event-condoleezza-rice-and-henry-m-paulson-jr" target="_blank">read more</a></p><div > <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=Uwcqq_4PC9w:Tcv3Ery35Bw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=Uwcqq_4PC9w:Tcv3Ery35Bw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=Uwcqq_4PC9w:Tcv3Ery35Bw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’i=Uwcqq_4PC9w:Tcv3Ery35Bw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=Uwcqq_4PC9w:Tcv3Ery35Bw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UChicago/~4/Uwcqq_4PC9w" height="1" width="1"/>

<p> Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, will discuss the upcoming presidential election as part of <a href="http://harrisschool.uchicago.edu/centers/ppi/presidency-2012.asp">Presidency 2012: The Purposes of Government</a>, a series of forums conducted by the <a href="http://harrisschool.uchicago.edu/">University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy Studies</a>.<p><a href="http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/11/republican-national-committee-chairman-speak-purposes-government" target="_blank">read more</a></p><div > <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=J2rlUqbS5ZU:JJjEgDhAAn0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=J2rlUqbS5ZU:JJjEgDhAAn0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=J2rlUqbS5ZU:JJjEgDhAAn0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’i=J2rlUqbS5ZU:JJjEgDhAAn0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=J2rlUqbS5ZU:JJjEgDhAAn0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UChicago/~4/J2rlUqbS5ZU" height="1" width="1"/>

<p> &ldquo;The Main Quadrangle Zone (defined as Subarea D) is identified by the ensemble of original campus buildings serving a variety of disciplines and functions. The presence of Gothic Revival buildings evoke a character defined by a human scale and careful attention to detail and craft. This part of campus is distinguished as walkable with well-scaled open spaces connected by pe<p><a href="http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/11/woodlawn-avenue-pd-statement" target="_blank">read more</a></p><div > <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=sVWClXn7OUk:1GvOFhqc2uc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=sVWClXn7OUk:1GvOFhqc2uc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=sVWClXn7OUk:1GvOFhqc2uc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’i=sVWClXn7OUk:1GvOFhqc2uc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=sVWClXn7OUk:1GvOFhqc2uc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UChicago/~4/sVWClXn7OUk" height="1" width="1"/>

<p> Some figures in the history of philosophy and sociology are household names: Heidegger, Durkheim, Weber. What organizers of an upcoming symposium want to stress is the importance of a once central &ndash; and later marginal and plagiarized &ndash; figure. </p><p><a href="http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/11/10/symposium-nov-11-12-celebrate-reflections-forgotten-philosopher-georg-simmel" target="_blank">read more</a></p><div > <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=3E1HLEhumPk:MbDRBV3jcV0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=3E1HLEhumPk:MbDRBV3jcV0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=3E1HLEhumPk:MbDRBV3jcV0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’i=3E1HLEhumPk:MbDRBV3jcV0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’a=3E1HLEhumPk:MbDRBV3jcV0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UChicago’d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UChicago/~4/3E1HLEhumPk" height="1" width="1"/>