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Sociology Faculty Announcements
Symposium on Healthy Aging to Be Held October 20
The event will include NSHAP researcher speakers and allow attendees an opportunity to take health assessments. By Sarah Steimer Throug...
July 13, 2023Announcements Faculty History RDI Comparative Human Development Psychology Economics Anthropology Sociology
SSD Welcomes 9 New Faculty
Yuting Dong Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of History Assistant Professor beginning July 1, 2023 As a historian of modern Japan and East ...
July 13, 2023Announcements Faculty Psychology
Could Loss of Smell from COVID-19 Create Future ‘Dementia Wave’?
Olfactory bulb damage may have lasting effect on cognitive function in ‘smell long haulers’ By the American Physiological Society (Original releas...
July 13, 2023Faculty Economics Announcements
Research shows how partisanship undermines the effectiveness of public policy
Partisan opposition to the ACA caused higher costs and less efficient healthcare markets By Sarah Steimer Partisan polarization has increas...
August 2, 2022Faculty Sociology Announcements
A new analysis of Politicized Departure Hypothesis among federal judges uses ‘natural experiments’ to control for the unknown
The study finds evidence of political behavior by judges appointed under Article III of the U.S. Constitution — but perhaps not as distressing as fear...
August 2, 2022Faculty Sociology Announcements
Study finds sex with a partner is conserved among older adults with cognitive limitations
Findings could have implications for how nursing homes, care providers and others treat sexuality in aging populations By Sarah Steimer ...
July 21, 2022New documentary reinterprets archives to illuminate trans lives
This article was originally published by UChicago News. Read the story on their site here. Now a feature-length film, ‘Framing Agnes’ connects ...
July 13, 2023Summer reading recommendations from UChicago faculty
This article was originally published by UChicago News. Read the story on their site here. Teaching award winners select books that explore cli...
July 11, 2022Announcements Sociology Faculty
Algorithm predicts crime a week in advance, but reveals bias in police response
This article was originally published by the Biological Sciences Division. Read the story on their site here. Advances in machine learning and arti...
July 13, 2023Announcements Faculty Psychology
New Professor Shigehiro Oishi among 19 UChicago faculty who received named, distinguished service professorships
This story has been adapted to highlight faculty from the Division of the Social Sciences. Read the full article from UChicago News, including the res...
June 28, 2022