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New Study Explores the Effects of Neurotoxic Air Pollution in Early Life on Cognitive Development
The study — one of the first of its kind — focuses on the intersection of neighborhood effects research and environmental health epidemiology. By S...
November 30, 2022
Adom Getachew Is Energized by Conversation at UChicago
She shares substantive research interests with her colleagues, and their varying approaches and disciplines deepen the work. By Sarah Steimer Wi...
November 29, 2022
New Research Points to the Amygdala as a Contributor to Motivational Biases in Visual Perception
A study in Cerebral Cortex explores how individuals can be motivated to biased perceptions. By Sarah Steimer People are biased to see what they’...
November 19, 2022
Researchers Use Social Media App to Discover a Multidimensional Map of Memory
Personal memories documented via social media opens new doors for studying multiple components of memory content By Sarah Steimer Because ...
October 31, 2022
How One Teaching Fellow Brings Specialized Knowledge to a Wide Audience
Mat Messerschmidt, a teaching fellow in the John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought, will present his doctoral lecture, “The Guiding Thread of Mod...
October 30, 2022
Researching psychological well-being -- and the societies that foster it
Professor Shigehiro Oishi discusses his career thus far and what’s next at UChicago By Aubrey Christofersen Now the Marshall Field IV P...
October 27, 2022
Eve L. Ewing on her Hopes for the new Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity
“Getting the chance to build a brand new department from the ground up is a historic opportunity,” says the professor and author. In conversation w...
October 26, 2022
Whites’ diverse perceptions of immigrants shape their immigration policy preferences
A new study finds that existing survey questions on “immigrants” obfuscate heterogeneity in perceptions By Sarah Steimer Countless scholarly stu...
October 14, 2022
Reuben Jonathan Miller, scholar of mass incarceration, awarded MacArthur fellowship
Sociologist recognized for his research on the criminal justice system’s human toll Assoc. Prof. Reuben Jonathan Miller, a renowned sociologist who...
October 14, 2022
New study explores how self-transcendence and self-influence impact how we evaluate for meaning and happiness in life
Participants in the study also rated the importance of the factors differently when considering others versus themselves. By Sarah Steimer Many ...
October 11, 2022