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South China Morning Post - What does it take to get promoted in Chinese politics? Up-and-comers offer clues; Prof. Dali Yang comments on recent appointments in Chinese government

Chicago Mag - Reflect on a Century of Chicago Segregation in Steppenwolf's '1919'; Article discusses stage adaptation of Assoc. Prof. Eve Ewing's poetry collection '1919'

WTTW - Queen Elizabeth II Mourned by Britain and World at Funeral; Prof. Steven Pincus discusses the late Queen's funeral

CBS - Face the Nation: Expert warns of "violent threat" to U.S. democracy; Prof. Robert Pape says, "We have not just a political threat to our democracy, we have a violent threat to our democracy."

Prof. Lester G. Telser, pioneering economist and generous teacher, 1931–2022

Alum and scholar of core theory was part of UChicago community for decades Lester G. Telser, a pioneering figure in economics who studied and taugh...

The Hill - How the Ukraine war vindicates realism; Op-ed cites Prof. John Mearsheimer's interpretation of the war in Ukraine

The Conversation - Direct democracy can force governments to better represent the people - but it doesn't always work out; In op-ed, Prof. Susan Stokes discusses the mechanisms of direct democracy and the importance of their context in how they function

Students, colleagues remember Raymond Fogelson for his research and warmth

The professor emeritus passed away in January 2020, but will be remembered at a fall memorial at UChicago. One of the foremost ethnohistorians of h...

Barron's - China Is Stuck With Its Zero-Covid Policy Because of Weak Vaccines; Prof. Dali Yang says China blew its chance to import mRNA vaccines

Peace-building proposals are better perceived through a native language than a lingua franca

New research shows the benefits of using native language to promote trust-building during conflict. The choice of language in a negotiation is ofte...