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R. Darrell Bock, influential scholar of educational metrics, 1927–2021

This story was originally published by UChicago News. Read the article on their site here. Longtime professor remembered for unassuming demeanor,...

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SSD Welcomes 12 New Faculty

  Lin Bian (Assistant Professor, Psychology) Lin Bian examines the development of social cognition, with an emphasis on children’s reasoning...

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CGTN America - The Heat: Impact of 9/11 on Muslim Americans; In video, Asst. Prof. Eman Abdelhadi discusses 9/11 and racism against Muslim communities

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Associated Press - Two decades after 9/11, Muslim Americans still fighting bias; Asst. Prof. Eman Abdelhadi discusses Muslim communities and identity post-9/11

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Scientific American - Deaf Children in Developing Countries Are Getting Inferior Cochlear Implants; Asst. Prof Michele Friedner examines new inequities in Cochlear technology

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Goldin-Meadow wins 2021 David E. Rumelhart Prize for her cognitive science research

The Beardsley Ruml Distinguished Service Professor is recognized for her work exploring the origins of language By Sarah Steimer   Susan ...

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NIH awards grant to University of Chicago researchers exploring law enforcement language on police radios

The study will analyze police scanner audio to find whether nuances in language increase the likelihood of adverse interactions between law enforcemen...

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Raffaella Taylor-Seymour named a Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellow

  Raffaella Taylor-Seymour, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Comparative Human Development and the Department of Anthropology, has been n...

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2021 – 2022 W. Allison Davis Research Awards for Doctoral Students Announced

The Division of the Social Sciences and the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice have announced the 2021-2022 recipients of the W....

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Three SSD Faculty Awarded Guggenheim Fellowships

This article is adapted from a UChicago News article. Read the original story on their site here. Four UChicago scholars awarded 2021 Guggenheim ...