Ask Jules & John

J-Gods, B-school feels like high school all over again-there's a Hot List? Did I miss that section in the application? What does it exactly mean to be hot at the GSB... Sizzling on the Inside John Says: Now before you plan to spend all your hard earned internship earnings on some plastic enhancements, let's take a look at some strategies that involve a little less risk and a lot less scalpel.
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Icahn's Eleven:
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Bill Work or Work to Bill?

Scott Turow, the author of Presumed Innocent and a prominent partner at a large Chicago law firm, calls billable hours "worse for clients and bad for the attorney-client relationship."1 Dollars times hours have been called a "villain" by Supreme Court Justice Stephen G.
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Have you ever overheard a conversation among a couple of "cool" entrepreneurs, VC, PE wannabes in the winter garden and wanted to be just like them? Have you ever leisurely strolled
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State of the Midway

Greetings. This week's installment is acutely focused on the 2008 election. Evidenced by the focus placed on this contest around the world, special international attention is now on this two-person race. Next installment will feature more coverage from around the globe, including an update on what is taking place in Zimbabwe.
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The Indian economy offers bright prospects in many sectors if entrepreneurs and investors can overcome challenges. The South Asia Business Group hosted the
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What's Happening, Chicago?

GMEG is excited to make your Chicago event planning easier by bringing you this compilation of arts, music and other activities in the city in this first monthly submission. See below for events in the next few weeks. We'll begin the column again in the fall and will post Chicago happenings over month-long periods.
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I wasn't sure what to expect at the 2008 Berkshire Hathaway shareholders' meeting, as a
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The Music of Rockefeller Chapel, at last, Restored to Full Grandeur

Reunion of Musical Greats Slated for June 7 Two of the most historic and storied instruments in North America are, at last, back and better than ever. It was an odyssey, taking three years, more than $3 million and the combined efforts of specialists from the Ne ...
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The University of Chicago announced today that it has received a $5 million gift
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Solar system book dedicated to Robert Clayton, 'Mr. Oxygen'

Robert Clayton has dedicated his life to the analysis of extraterrestrial material, from lunar rocks to meteorites from Mars and the asteroid belt. Now, the editors of a new book, Oxygen in the Solar System, have dedicated the volume to Clayton, the Enrico Fermi Di ...
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University of Chicago President Robert
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University of Chicago launches first archaeological dig at site of 1893 World's Fair

A group of undergraduates at the University of Chicago has come in touch with the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, launching the first archaeological dig of the famed Chicago fair site in Jackson Park. "When I came to Chicago, I didn't know much about the fair, ...
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A drug developed to fight cancer is showing early promise as a treatment for pulmonary hypertension, researchers from the
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Columbia Moves Hollywood Operations to Raleigh Studios

(Chicago, IL) -- Semester in LA (SILA), Columbia College Chicago’s signature program that provides full-time students with a five-week intensive learning experience working with professionals in the entertainment industry, moved to their new home on Raleigh Studios’ 11 acre Hollywood...
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Scientists at the University of Chicago and the University of Santiago in Chile have explained, for the first time, the physics that governs how thin
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SGA President Farewell address

I want to thank all of the students for their support. I hope that I served you adequately and represented your needs and opinions in my time as president. I also want to thank the SGA executive board, senators and members who worked hard to ensure the credibility of the SGA and helped me accomplish the goals I had set out to achieve for the students. I want to thank all the faculty, staff and
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Some GSBS

I know that it is almost blasphemy for me to utter these words, especially since I will soon be returning to the work force fulltime (NOOO!!!!), but recently I have been asking myself the following question: Am I getting just a teensy-bit sick of the GSB!?!? (GASP!) I suspect I'm not alone on this.
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"Who's good at math?" house construction guru Bob asked, gesturing Towards a measuring tape
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