June 27, 2023    
 
Short List
 
 
News for the UChicago community
 
 
 
As we prepared to send out this week’s edition, we learned the sad news of the death of James S. Crown, LLD’11, longtime UChicago trustee and benefactor. He and the Crown family made so much possible for the University and the city of Chicago, and we join all those who mourn his loss.
 
See In memoriam for more about Crown’s extraordinary life and work.
 
 
       
  Top of mind    
 
 
1. An artist’s life
 
Visual artist and translator Daisy Rockwell, AB’91, AM’98, PhD’98, discusses the difference between writing and translating, the surprise of winning the International Booker Prize with author Geetanjali Shree, and the pleasure of a good fountain pen. More ➞
 
Read a snippet of Sophocles’s Antigone, translated by Gabriela Garcia, AB’23.
 
 
 
2. Reimagining health insurance
 
Health economist and provost Katherine Baicker discusses the history of the US health care system and how it might be affordably redesigned to better care for us all. More ➞
 
Read Baicker’s research on using machine learning and economics to determine optimal levels of patient care.
 
 
 
3. Tracing racism’s toll
 
A team of UChicago researchers led by Chicago Booth professor Sendhil Mullainathan compiled nearly 50 years of data demonstrating how racism pervades the daily lives of Black Americans, from applying for jobs to crossing the street. More ➞
 
Learn about how researchers at Booth’s Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence—codirected by Mullainathan—attempt to harness AI for the public good.
 
 
       
  Plus . . .    
 
 
Octopus gene editing  +  Seeing is convicting  +  Care for caregivers  +  Dangers to democracy  +  Training community leaders  +  See more stories
 
 
       
  Things to do    
 
June 29
 
Join the Washington DC Alumni Club for an in-person panel discussion on the city’s queer history and current state of LGBTQ affairs ➞
 
 
 
July 6
 
Enjoy some barbecue at the BBQ Annuel Anciens at the UChicago Center in Paris ➞
 
 
 
July 9
 
Get excited for the Women’s World Cup as Angel City Football Club hosts the North Carolina Courage ➞
 
         
         
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  On the job    
 
Jobs of the week
 
Associate director, data strategy and analysis, University of Chicago ➞
 
Associate director, annual giving appeals, University of Chicago ➞
 
         
         
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  In memoriam    
 
 
James Crown
 
 
James S. Crown, LLD’11 (1953–2023)
 
The UChicago trustee and past chair of the Board of Trustees made a lasting impact on the University and the city of Chicago through his philanthropy. More ➞
 
 
       
  UChicagoan    
 
 
Christine Zappella Papanastassiou
 
 
Beauty and the brain
 
As both an art historian and an adjunct assistant professor of neurosurgery, Christine Zappella Papanastassiou, AM’15, PhD’22, explores the art and science of visual perception. More ➞
 
 
       
  Postscript    
 
 
Good reads
 
 
 
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