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Anna Tsouhlarakis, a Native American artist, is participating in the Neubauer Collegium project Open Fields.

Story Neubauer Collegium Selects New Faculty Research Projects for 2017-18

Prof. Susan Levine speaks Nov. 17 at a conference on math fluency in young children. A number of UChicago scholars who study math learning spoke at the conference, which was hosted by the University’s Science of Learning Center.

Story Conference focuses on how families can improve math fluency

Prof. Emeritus Charles Bidwell

Story Charles E. Bidwell, scholar who studied sociology of education, 1932-2016

Donald Levine, Peter B. Ritzma Professor Emeritus of Sociology, discusses Ethiopian Art with students on a field trip to the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by: Heather Eidson

Story Donald Levine, sociologist and former dean of the College, 1931-2015

Cathy Cohen, chair of Political Science and the David and Mary Winton Green Professor of Political Science, is the first recipient of a Faculty Diversity Leadership Award, a new category added this year. A leading scholar on race and gender, Cohen is principal investigator for the Black Youth Project, which explores the attitudes, resources and culture of African Americans ages 15-25, and provides youths with a web forum where they can share new media, blogs and art.

Story Social Scientists Honored for Diversity Leadership

As Economist Arnold Harberger's Chilean students developed their own careers, the Chilean nation went through a difficult transition between democracy, military government, and finally in 1990, democracy again. Those University of Chicago graduates, known as the “Chicago Boys” developed economic policies that guided the country through the transition and remain in use today. These policies have encouraged trade, price stability, investment (both foreign and domestic) and economic growth.

Story Professor to World's Economists: Harberger's 90th Birthday Marks Decades of Influence

Emily Osborn spent most of her leave in Chicago except for a couple weeks during which she attended a conference marking the 50th anniversary of the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana in Legon.

Dialogo Research Reprieve: How a Break from Teaching Stimulates Research

A large number of foreclosures in one’s neighborhood can be an important risk factor in depression among older adults, researchers have found.

Story Sociologist Kate Cagney Publishes Study Showing Impact of Foreclosure on Depression

Professor Robert Pape lectures during the 'Geopolitics and Beyond' conference at the University of Chicago Center in Beijing.

Story US-China Policy Reaches Delicate Phase, Scholars Say

A favela ("shanty town") in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where 11.4 million urban poor live (as reported by 2011 census data).

Story Brodie Fischer on Creating New Narratives: Urban Poverty in Latin America

John List's new book explores hidden motives behind discrimination, philanthropic giving, and the price of wine.

Story The Why Axis; Hidden Motives and the Undiscovered Economics of Everyday Life

Neil Harris, Preston and Sterling Morton Professor of History and Art History Emeritus at The University of Chicago, at his book launch in 2008.

Story Jazz Age Magazine ‘Chicagoan’ Rediscovered by Neil Harris Now Lives Online

Story The Accidental Provocateur: Betsy Sinclair

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