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University research -- a brief history
Tribune staff reporterUniversities were not always the engines of research and discovery," says Robert Rosenberg, associate vice president of communications at the University of Chicago. "World War II changed all that." Rosenberg says there was an exodus of scientists out of...Tags: Colleges and Universities, National Government, University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Elections
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H. Guyford Stever dies at 93; former National Science Foundation director
H. Guyford Stever, the science advisor to Presidents Nixon and Ford who played a key role in creating NASA and then in restoring its credibility in the aftermath of the 1986 Challenger disaster, died April 9 at a retirement community in Gaithersburg, Md....Tags: Alternative Energy, Tuberculosis, Colleges and Universities, John F. Kennedy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Dr. William B. Schwartz dies at 86; renowned kidney disease specialist and researcher
Dr. William B. Schwartz, a renowned kidney disease specialist and researcher who later turned his attention to health policy and began sounding a warning in the 1980s that rising healthcare costs would force America to begin rationing medical care, has...Tags: University of Southern California, Alzheimer's Disease, Kidney, Medical Services, Colleges and Universities
Jan 19, 2011
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