UChicago College Admissions
November 2011
What (food) are you thankful for?
Oh yes, it’s almost Thanksgiving. In the run-up to the big day, the fun folks of the Admissions Office take a minute to give a little thanks.
“Cranberry sauce. The fake kind that comes out shaped like the can. None of this “real” stuff, pssh!”
Kirsten M., third year Anthropology major and PSAC Online Communications Coordinator
“Are Fermi’s notes radioactive? Do Pierce’s rooms violate U.S. prison codes? Does anyone leave campus with a 4.0? Here’s the truth about Chicago’s most popular legends.”
—A 2004 University of Chicago Magazine article acts as a veritable campus MythBuster.
What are you a nerd about?
One day I went around the office asking students and admissions counselors “What are you a nerd about?” This is one of the replies.
Infectious diseases.
Neha M., class of 2012
“In Florence, in the bell tower of the cathedral, there are seven wonderful images made in the Middle Ages by Luca della Robbia. One of them shows an old, bearded Plato face-to-face in argument with a beardless young Aristotle. I mean, they are really going at it, they are so close that their feet are touching. Aristotle is pointing at a book, as if to say, ‘What the hell are all these errors and contradictions in your writings, old man?’ And, Plato is pointing to the sky, and yelling right back at him, ‘Forget the damn text, man, think about the big picture, think about the big questions!’ I love that image, it’s all about passionate argument, and it sums up for me what I love about teaching at Chicago—passionate argument.”
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Herman Sinaiko, longtime College professor and Plato scholar (1929–2011)
Join us as we celebrate the life of our friend and teacher, Herman Sinaiko, with tributes from his family, friends, and colleagues. Today’s webcast tribute starts at 4:00 p.m.
(via uchicagomag)
What (food) are you thankful for?
Oh yes, it’s almost Thanksgiving. In the run-up to the big day, the fun folks of the Admissions Office take a minute to give a little thanks.
“I love pumpkin pie. I love it. I’m also thankful for being able to live on a completely different continent than my London-based family to go to college. Mainly because there is pumpkin pie here.”
Lauren Kelly-Jones, Publications Intern, and Law, Letters and Society Major
