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Large-scale study challenges our understanding of memorable images
Using the THINGS database, researchers find semantic features and typical objects have a stronger influence on our memories than previously thought. ...
July 13, 2023![graphic from the filmmaking for social scientists event flyer showing participants](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2023-04/screen_shot_2023-04-26_at_10.41.52_am.png?itok=sreSKywJ)
Social Sciences on the Big Screen
Alumni-in-Residence event spotlights the intersection of social sciences and filmmaking By Audrey Weckwerth The Alumni-in-Residence program has...
March 29, 2024![aerial shot of uchicago campus](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2021-07/uchicago_campus_aerial.jpg?itok=BjSh8tbZ)
SSD Profs. Magne Mogstad, Salikoko Mufwene, and Shigehiro Oishi Among UChicago Faculty Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
This article was originally published by UChicago News. Read the story on their site here. Five members of the University of Chicago faculty have ...
October 15, 2023![Nancy Munn](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2023-04/munn.jpg?itok=zlLVVEWp)
Announcements Faculty Anthropology
Remembering Nancy Munn, Emerita Professor of Anthropology
By Sarah Steimer Nancy Munn — remembered as “a scholar’s scholar” — was an Emerita Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago and a ren...
July 13, 2023![Graphic depicting people of multiple colors](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2023-04/people-color-graphic-feature.jpg?itok=6GRk_Luh)
Name-based demographic ascription tools misgender and misrecognize race and ethnicity
A new study in Nature Human Behavior calls for more accurate, more ethical tools — and more interesting research. By Sarah Steimer When...
April 17, 2023![James Heckman](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2023-04/pyjclkxrmu1719820160222.jpg?itok=n5gVe82e)
Announcements Faculty Economics
A Nobelist’s controversial approach to solving inequality, with James Heckman (Big Brains Ep. 111)
This article was originally published by UChicago News. See the story and full transcript on their site here. Show Notes Over his distinguished ...
April 13, 2023![Harper Library](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2023-04/harper_library_by_jason_smith.png?itok=DxH4cvDz)
Announcements Faculty Political Science
William Howell one of two UChicago scholars awarded 2023 Guggenheim Fellowships
This article was originally published by UChicago News. View the full article here. Guggenheim Fellowships have been awarded this year to two Unive...
July 13, 2023![Prof. Robert Pape (left) moderates a conversation between former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul (center) and former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel during the Hagel Lecture March 24 at the Rubenstein Forum.](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2023-03/uc_3rd_annual_check_hagel_lecture_photo_040_resize.png?itok=ozyN71YQ)
Former U.S. ambassador to Russia talks about global reverberations created by war in Ukraine
This article was originally published by UChicago News. Read the story on their site here. Michael McFaul and former Defense Secretary Chuck Hage...
March 31, 2023![](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/default_images/FPO_News_818x496_V2.png?itok=UL0CS3fx)
Faculty Sociology Announcements
Two UChicago Researchers Tapped to Lend Expertise to Cook County Commission on Social Innovation
The involvement brings scholarly insight to the group of policymakers and practitioners. By Sarah Steimer In an effort to grow the brea...
March 27, 2023![Devang Laddha](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2023-03/devang_laddha.jpg?itok=DFSDqujp)
Student Economics Announcements
Development Innovation Lab Spotlight
Insight into UChicago’s premier development economics innovation center By Audrey Weckwerth Nearly a year after its official launch at the Unive...
March 14, 2023