January 25, 2022    
 
Short List
 
News for the UChicago community
 
 
 
With four cats and a dog on Team Short List, we love our pets. Two like-minded and similarly devoted Chicago Booth students wanted to make home pet care easier; the result was Vetted, a preventive health care company. Learn about the new business started by Neko’s and Shor’s parents below.
 
If you’re looking for an adventure with or without your pets, keep reading to the Postscript for an artistic tour of Chicago’s South Side to take in person or just through words and pictures. We still may not be able to travel much at the moment, but art can take us on its own journey.
 
 
       
  Top of mind    
 
 
Courtesy Astroscale
 
 
 
1. Custodians of the galaxy
 
Ever thought about what happens to satellites after they stop working? Or bits of chipped paint from space stations? Dave Fischer, AB’87, has—and he’s looking to clean up. More ➞
 
Travel to the sun via the latest images from the solar probe named after astronomy and astrophysics professor emeritus Eugene Parker.
 
 
 
2. A thoroughly vetted idea
 
Frustrated by their experiences caring for their animals, two Chicago Booth students started a preventive at-home health care company for pet parents like them. More ➞
 
See one reason to share your bed with your dog (and look at some cute pictures).
 
 
 
3. Power politics
 
Chinese immigrant Yangyang Cheng, SM’10, PhD’15, says “cancel culture” is not the root of the problem. More ➞
 
Read more of Cheng’s thoughts on how the West sees China.
 
 
       
  Plus . . .    
 
 
Leadership changes in Medicine/BSD and in the College  +  Listen to students and teachers  +  Revive your New Year’s resolutions  +  Blood donors needed  +  Get your COVID tests  +  See more stories
 
 
       
  Things to do    
 
January 29
 
 
 
January 29
 
Hike the Verdugo Mountains with the Alumni Club of Los Angeles ➞
 
 
 
February 16
 
Learn how to attract headhunters in a webinar with the Alumni Club of the UK ➞
 
         
         
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  On the job    
 
Job of the week
 
Corporate Banking Analyst, Citi ➞
 
         
         
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Professional development
 
February 10
 
Planning your next career move? Learn the three elements to take into account ➞
 
         
         
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  In memoriam    
 
 
Dietrich Muller
 
 
Dietrich Müller (1936–2021)
 
The renowned experimental physicist designed instruments to study cosmic rays. His creations circled above the poles and traveled on the space shuttle. More ➞
 
       
  Postscript    
 
 
Photography by Terence Faircloth (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
 
 
 
Urbs in arte
 
UChicago writer and literary scholar Rachel Cohen has a deep appreciation for visual art. Join her on a tour of the public art on Chicago’s South Side, from Hyde Park to the Loop’s Chicago Cultural Center. More ➞
 
 
 
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