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...place that's preparing these young Americans for life in their own country, "from crayons to college," as its slogan promises, is the Universal School, an Islamic institution teaching 638 students in pre-K through 12th grades in Bridgeview, Ill. The suburb, 16 miles southwest of Chicago's downtown Loop, lies in the heart of one of the U.S.'s largest Arab communities, where an estimated 25,000 Islamic residents pursue an uneasy assimilation into secular, suburban life. The school's goal is to give its students such a solid grounding in their religion and education that they will...
Culture is “an area where you can be very positive,” Austen says. “People here [at Chicago] would say that’s okay, but we’re more scholarly...
Thomas Holt, a professor of history at the University of Chicago who used to hold an appointment in Harvard’s Af Am department, says there is little doubt that the losses of Dawson and Bobo, both social scientists, have diminished the department’s strength in that area. But he does say that weakness in that area “is only a recent development and does not reflect any long-term trend in the department’s focus...
...reviewed, then-University President Derek C. Bok intervened on the grounds that he needed as much as three years to appraise Skocpol’s scholarly work and make a final decision himself. Four years later, during which time she served as a full professor at the University of Chicago, Bok granted Skocpol tenure...
Wolff, a reserve player on the Crimson, was picked in the 47th round—1,407th overall—by the Chicago White Sox. There are 50 rounds total...