4 UChicago Professors Win Guggenheim Fellowships reposted by Ruth Paget

4 University of Chicago Professors Win Guggenheim Fellowships reposted by Ruth Paget

Subjects supported by these fellowships include:

-urban sociology - analyzing how needs like energy, food, and waste management in cities are impacting the environment

-art of Mesoamerica (Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras)

-19th and 20th century politics and culture in Russia and Europe

-deep sea oceanography and the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

Details about the awards follow:

https://news.uchicago.edu/story/four-uchicago-scholars-receive-2026-guggenheim-fellowships?utm_medium=04.16email&utm_source=UChicagoNews

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UChicago Alumni Travel Packages Reposted by Ruth Paget

Travel with well-read professors and classmates always sounds interesting to me.  

Places UChicago can travel to with a university professor guide include:

-Antarctica

-Central Europe

-The Camino de Santiago in Northern Spain

-Southwest National Parks

-Tunisia

-Christkindlmarkts in Germany and Austria along the Danube River

-Mexico City and Oaxaca

University alumni clubs could help their tourism industry alumni with travel packages like the following ones:

https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/465/#cv/priority/%5Esmartlabel_personal/19d97ace5ec8a7e6

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UChicago Press Economics Books on Sale as Part of Financial Literacy Month reposted by Ruth Paget

For Financial Literacy Month this April, the University of Chicago Press invites readers to browse their spring sale books for titles like Milton Friedman’s Capitalism and Freedom.

The UChicago Press Book Sale lasts until June 15, 2026:

https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/465/#cv/priority/%5Esmartlabel_promo/19d921e99748cc10

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Unmasking Trash Reveals Many Concepts of Trash Through History and Across Civilizations reposted by Ruth Paget

Anthropologist and University of Chicago Professor Sarah Newman analyzes how what is considered trash has varied  through history and across different cultures in Unmasking Trash: New Histories of Old Things.

Details about the book, purchase information, and and its recent award of excellence by the University of Chicago follow:

https://news.uchicago.edu/story/uchicago-press-awards-top-honor-sarah-newman-unmaking-waste?utm_medium=04.14email&utm_source=UChicagoNews

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University and Theatre Collabrations Lecture Hosted by the University of Chicago reposted by Ruth Paget

The University of Chicago’s Court Theatre is hosting a lecture on university and theatre collaborations grounded in academic research and development of talent featuring Peter Sellars from the Opera & Theatre Department of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of Chicago’s Court Theatre’s Artistic Director Marilyn F. Vitale on Thursday, April 16, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois.

Details about registering for this free lecture for in-person attendance in Chicago or via zoom follow:

https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/465/#cv/priority/%5Esmartlabel_personal/19d78b61d01db793

Note: There is a direct United flight now between Monterey, California and Chicago, Illinois.

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$2.99 Earth Day e-books from UChicago Press during April 2026 reposted by Ruth Paget

The University of Chicago Press is selling Earth Day topic books as $2.99 e-books during April 2026.

Subjects include:

-Mushrooms

-Trees

-Flowers

-Frogs

-Shells

-Snakes

These books and others and others are on sale at varying prices till June 15, 2026 as part of the UChicago Spring Book Sale.

Details and download information follow:

https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/465/#cv/priority/%5Esmartlabel_promo/19d723a6cb1bbd37

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Flow Creatvity Book on Sale Today reposted by Ruth Paget

Flow by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihaly is described as a happiness book that I find useful as a creativity tool for using all of life’s experiences as writing material is on sale today on Kindle for $1.99.

Details and sales information on the book follow:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000W94FE6?_bbid=331880167&tag=bookbubemail1-20

Note: Csikszentmihaly was a professor at the University of Chicago and received his BA and PhD from the University of Chicago as well.

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Mini History of Double-Entry Accounting Largely Centered in Northern Italy article in Chicago Booth Review reposted by Ruth Paget

The following article entitled The Birth of Modern Accounting and Finance in the Chicago Booth Review is a mini history of how double-entry accounting developed in Europe with the best documentation in Northern Italy.

The article describes single-entry accounting in medieval manors with serfs and how the rise of towns and trade promoted double-entry bookkeeping.  

https://www.chicagobooth.edu/review/birth-modern-accounting-finance?source=ic-em-20260407

Great reading for armchair economists!

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Wheat Culture versus Rice Culture Traits in Chicago Booth Review reposted by Ruth Paget

The following article entitled  New Residents Adopt Old Cultures about people moving to new culture regions and adopting different thought processes in China touches upon the differences between wheat growing cultures and rice growing cultures in China.

The article in Chicago Booth Review is short and raises issues Californians who eat bread and tortillas in a rice growing state might want to ponder:

https://www.chicagobooth.edu/review/new-residents-adopt-old-cultures?source=ic-em-20260407

Happy Reading!

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Free UChicago Press Book for April: Old Beach: Toxic LA Ingrastructure reposted by Ruth Paget

The free University of Chicago e-book for April is Old Beach; How Toxic Infrastructure Threatens Life in the Ports of Los Angeles and Beyond by Christina Dunbar Hester.

This book may interest sustainable tourism students for its discussion of the fragile balance between needs of petroleum shipping and a rich marine life site.  Similar conditions might exist in other ports in California.

Details about downloading the book follow:

https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/465/#cv/priority/%5Esmartlabel_promo/19d537a1f0f3411d

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UChicago raises $12 Million on its Giving Day reposted by Ruth Paget

The University of Chicago raised $12 million and then some on its giving day.

Details on the amount raised follow:

https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/465/#cv/priority/%5Esmartlabel_personal/19d4b7f0a2939a2e

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Book of Japanese Fans with Poems Facsimile Edition sold by UChicago Press reposted by Ruth Paget

The University of Chicago Press is selling its last editions of a facsimile book of Japanese fans with poems conserved in Prague’s National Gallery.  There are 120 poems in all in this 180 page book in the waka form.

Details about the book and purchase price follow:

 https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/B/bo19135745.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=A%20Book%20of%20Fans&utm_campaign=2026%20SALE%20low%20stock

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UChicago Press - Creativity in.Chaos Books reposted by Ruth Paget

University of Chicago Press books about creativity in times of chaos and turmoil look interesting.

Francophiles might be especially interested in the notebooks of Albert Camus, winner of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Literature.  The notebooks have been translated into English.

Details on books and purchasing flow:

https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/465/#cv/priority/%5Esmartlabel_promo/19d44887b6b026ba

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Chicago Architecture Center Tours of Chicago by Boat reposted by Ruth Paget

Chicago Architecture Tours by boat on the Chicago River are a pretty spectacular way to visit the city.

Details about the boat tours follow:

https://www.architecture.org/city-tours/river-cruise?utm_source=google_cpc&utm_medium=paid_search&utm_campaign=cbc_gsearch_cBC-RiverCruiseMXC&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22327194634&gbraid=0AAAAADlWBGHMPR1jd0Ibu78_epcd5ZvrA&gclid=Cj0KCQjw1ZjOBhCmARIsADDuFTCS3KItZRoxn1uy4j9vGUmfus0FcphFhu6byOLDsO1vijB4UbsvG28aAuXtEALw_wcB

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Bricks Tell Chicago’s History Reposted by Ruth Paget

The book Fire and Clay: How Bricks Reveal the Hidden History of Chicago by Will Quam recounts Chicago’s history through the development of brick.

Details about this book from the University of Chicago Press follow:

https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/465/#cv/priority/%5Esmartlabel_promo/19d2f4755400207e

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Milestone Gift to UChicsgo Endows Chair in Game Design and Media Innovation reposteD by Ruth Paget

Mouly-Carlson Family Establishes Endowed Chair to Advance Game Design and Media Innovation at the University of Chicago.

Details about this milestone gift to the University of Chicago follow:

https://humanities.uchicago.edu/articles/2026/03/mouly-carlson-family-establishes-endowed-chair-advance-game-design-and-media

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UChicago Press Book Sale till June 15, 2026 reposted by Ruth Paget

The University of Chicago Press Book Sale is on till June 15, 2026.

There are many deals under $15.

Book lists and sale details follow:

https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/465/#cv/priority/%5Esmartlabel_promo/19d24ed5a8aaa204

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UChicago Receives $50 Million Gift to Restore Historic Campus Building

The University of Chicago received a $50 Million Gift to Restore Ida Noyes Hall from Board of Trustees ChairmanDavid M. Rubenstein.

Details about the gift to update Ida Noyes Hall follow:

 https://news.uchicago.edu/story/50-million-gift-revitalize-historic-ida-noyes-hall-space-students-visitors?utm_medium=03.24email&utm_source=UChicagoNews&mkt_tok=MjUwLUNRSC05MzYAAAGgv85EecShwczKYTLJ-4XqZii3nU3jR_W1EVL4GnH5ThYaHaE9XwWB4tZGpOQeIj38i8gExmZ5miNGFA0rweYsgddFurmf2Z4KE82a4k3VODovnYg

Personal Note: I was a student office assistant in the Student Activities Office located in Ida Noyes Hall and helped inventory the University’s collection of Marc Chagall paintings that students can take out on loan.  I also helped organize campus concerts in this building where the Major Activities Board had an office in the 1980s.  Lots of good memories here!

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UChicago Press Book Release: Bicentenniel - a history of 1970sreposted by Ruth Paget

The University of Chicago Press has just released Bicentenniel about the revolutionary history of the 1970s by Marc Stein.  Bicentenniel refers to the 250th anniversary of the United States in 1976.

Details about the book follow:

https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/465/#cv/priority/%5Esmartlabel_promo/19d00f005ef9dd37

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Author Yiyun Li is the 2026 Berlin Family lecturer at UChicago reposted by Ruth Paget

Yiyun Li will spray at three lectures at UChicago as part of the Berlin Family Lectures.  Zoom attendance is possible for people who cannot attend in person.

Lectures occur on March 31, April 7, and April 14, 2026.

Details about this event follow:

https://mailchi.mp/uchicago.edu/invitation-humanities-day-on-october-5865889?e=cef015051e

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