Mind Online: The University of ChicagoMind Online presents a collection of thought-provoking samples from the University's intellectual life, both past and present. Critical thinking and lively debate are at the center of a Chicago education and continue to engage alumni after they leave campus."Thoughts on Poetics"- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Leslie Scalapino's It's go in horizontal: Selected Poems, 1974-2006 was recently released by University of California Press at Berkeley. Wrote Robert Creeley: "I hesitate to introduce any such term as 'meditation' or 'reflection,' because this work is not apart from its thinking andor composition, so to speak-and that, among other things, constitutes its exceptional value. I find the whole work to be a deeply engaging preoccupation with, and articulation of, what life might be said,...http://mindonline.uchicago.edu/item.php?id=250 Reading the Fine Print- (Found September 17, 2008 ) One of the key questions in corporate finance is how a firm's reliance on external finance affects its investment policy. New research suggests that creditors play a much more direct role in firm investment policy than has been previously recognized.Research at ChicagoDownload the QuickTime fileDownload the MP3 filehttp://mindonline.uchicago.edu/item.php?id=258 Collegial Connections- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Mutual fund managers tend to invest more heavily in companies headed by senior officers who attend the same universities as the fund mangers. Futhermore, those investments tend to be more fruitful than their holdings in firms with which they have no connection.Research at ChicagoDownload the QuickTime fileDownload the MP3 filehttp://mindonline.uchicago.edu/item.php?id=257 Blowing the Whistle- (Found September 17, 2008 ) New research suggests that the best way to promote fraud detection is to extend the Federal Civic False Claims Act to corporate fraud.Research at ChicagoDownload the QuickTime fileDownload the MP3 filehttp://mindonline.uchicago.edu/item.php?id=256 One Bird, One Stone- (Found September 17, 2008 ) How do we choose the means--that is, the actions, objects, or other resources--with which we attempt to achieve our goals New research suggests that these choices are partly determined by the extent to which available means are only good for the specific goal we hope to accomplish.Research at ChicagoDownload the QuickTime fileDownload the MP3 filehttp://mindonline.uchicago.edu/item.php?id=255 Know What I'm Thinking- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Much of everyday behavior is directed toward understanding, responding to, or attempting to change how we are seen by the people around us. We can be easily led astray, however, by common errors in these perceptions. New research shows us that when we want to better understand how others see us, we should start by changing the way we look at ourselves.Research at ChicagoDownload the QuickTime fileDownload the MP3 filehttp://mindonline.uchicago.edu/item.php?id=254 2008 Nora and Edward Ryerson Lecture- (Found September 17, 2008 ) A bequest from Trustee Edward L. Ryerson, Jr., was the catalyst for the Ryerson Lecture series. Upon receiving the bequest, President Edward Levi suggested to the Board of Trustees that a fund be established to support special faculty lectures. The board approved this suggestion and voted to name the lecture series in honor of Nora and Edward Ryerson for their many years of outstanding service to the University. Mr. Ryerson had served as a Trustee and then Life Trustee of the University from...http://mindonline.uchicago.edu/item.php?id=253 Q & A with Piotr Sommer- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Piotr Sommer is a poet, essayist, and translator of Anglo-American poetry into Polish. He has published seven collections of his poems, two books of essays, and has translated John Ashbery, John Berryman, D. J. Enright, Seamus Heaney, Kenneth Koch, Robert Lowell, Derek Mahon, Frank O'Hara, and Charles Reznikoff. Sommer's most recent book of poems in translation is Continued (Wesleyan University Press, 2005). He is editor for Literatura na Swiecie, a magazine of international writing. He lives...http://mindonline.uchicago.edu/item.php?id=252 Poetry Reading by Piotr Sommer- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Piotr Sommer is a poet, essayist, and translator of Anglo-American poetry into Polish. He has published seven collections of his poems, two books of essays, and has translated John Ashbery, John Berryman, D. J. Enright, Seamus Heaney, Kenneth Koch, Robert Lowell, Derek Mahon, Frank O'Hara, and Charles Reznikoff. Sommer's most recent book of poems in translation is Continued (Wesleyan University Press, 2005). He is editor for Literatura na Swiecie, a magazine of international writing. He lives...http://mindonline.uchicago.edu/item.php?id=251 Rational Revolutions- (Found September 17, 2008 ) The widespread adoption of new technologies-from the automobile to the internet-tends to be accompanied by stock market booms and busts. Why do the stock prices of innovative firms tend to exhibit apparent "bubbles" during technological revolutionsResearch at ChicagoDownload the QuickTime fileDownload the MP3 filehttp://mindonline.uchicago.edu/item.php?id=259 |