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| The calls that came to Hyde Park last week were no less exciting for their familiar ring. |
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| On October 10, Douglas Diamond, the Merton H. Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at Chicago Booth, learned of his share in the 2022 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, becoming the 97th UChicago-affiliated scholar to win a Nobel. |
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| Two days later, sociologist Reuben Jonathan Miller, AM’07, whose work focuses on the aftereffects of mass incarceration, received a 2022 MacArthur Fellowship. Miller, an associate professor in the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, joins more than 50 UChicagoans who have won the award. |
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| Find out more about both scholars’ work below, and keep reading for the story of an alumna who received a different stamp of approval recently. |
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| Douglas Diamond’s research on the role of banks in the economy—particularly during financial crises—has changed our perception of banks and shaped the way central bankers, regulators, policy makers, and academics approach modern finance. More ➞ |
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| Reuben Jonathan Miller, AM’07, focuses on mass incarceration’s human toll—and envisions ways the formerly incarcerated might rejoin society more fully. More ➞ |
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| When a start-up called Theranos promised to disrupt the blood-testing industry, Rebecca Jarvis, AB’03, sensed a red flag. When her suspicions proved valid, she went on to create The Dropout, a hit podcast and TV show examining the company’s precipitous rise—and fall. More ➞ |
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| Harvesting justice |
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| Fourth-year Julian Green hopes to translate their experience working on an urban farm into a career offering both community impact and time outdoors. More ➞ |
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| Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, AB’38, is the latest UChicago alum to grace a US postage stamp. More ➞ |
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