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...sumo wrestlers cheat, why drug dealers are poor, the socioeconomic patterns of naming children - the book Freakonomics brought economic analysis to bear on unexpected and quirky issues and came up with unexpected and quirky answers. It's little surprise, then, that the 2005 book - by University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt and New York Times journalist Stephen Dubner - sold more than 3 million copies worldwide...
Before the event, Kennedy School Dean David T. Ellwood ’75 praised Patrick’s “compelling personal story” of rising from difficult economic circumstances in Chicago to a long and prosperous career in both the public and private sectors. Ellwood said that Patrick’s speech complemented the Kennedy School’s mission of training public leaders to solve problems. “We think the governor will do an excellent job of inspiring people to run for public office as one form of public service,” Ellwood...
...class project that may have become too successful. From 2003 to 2006, students at the university's Medill School of Journalism investigated the evidence surrounding the murder conviction of Anthony McKinney, who was sentenced to life in prison for the 1978 murder of a security guard outside of Chicago. They eventually posted their findings online, including key witnesses recanting their statements during the trial, allegations of police intimidation and two potential suspects named by a man who says he was present during the murder. In response to the student investigation, the state attorney's office is revisiting the McKinney case...
...state attorney's office did not respond to TIME's request for a statement. Alvarez was quoted by the Chicago Tribune on Oct. 20 as calling the students "investigators" instead of reporters. And Alvarez's chief of staff, Dan Kirk, is quoted as saying the purpose of the subpoena is to ensure that students did not approach the case with a bias and that grades in the class weren't tied to the results of the investigation. Kirk said this could undermine the information's legitimacy in the event of a retrial. Lavine calls the notion "insulting." "The prosecutor...
Attorney Richard O'Brien, who is representing Northwestern in the case, says any idea that the school's student journalists aren't entitled to the same protections as working reporters is flawed. "It's not as traditional a platform as the New York Times or the Chicago Tribune, but I don't think anyone pretends that online journalism isn't journalism these days," O'Brien says. A judge is scheduled to hear arguments on the subpoena...