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Announcements Faculty Student Alumni Psychology
Exploring children’s understanding of rules – and when they can be broken
Although parents might sometimes feel otherwise, children are inherently rule followers. Early in life, simple rules like “don’t touch the stove” prov...
November 21, 2019Kenneth Pomeranz earns Dan David Prize for scholarship on East Asia
Kenneth Pomeranz, University Professor of Modern Chinese History and in the College, has been awarded the prestigious Dan David Prize for his studies ...
November 21, 2019Announcements Faculty Student Political Science
Finding fault lines in the next generation
GenForward’s extensive in-depth interviews reveal how young adults experience Chicago For more than two years, the innovative GenForward survey has...
November 21, 2019Announcements Faculty Economics Sociology
Four Social Sciences Faculty Receive Named/Distinguished Service Professorships
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November 21, 2019Announcements Faculty Anthropology
Anthropology’s Kathryn Takabvirwa served as cultural consultant for the Steppenwolf production of Familiar
When Danya Taymor was hired to direct Steppenwolf’s new comedy, Familiar by Danai Gurira, she knew that she had to get the cultural elements exactly r...
August 23, 2023Announcements Faculty Psychology
Math App produces long-term benefits for children, parents
Study finds changes in achievement, attitudes persist for several years Parents who are anxious about math can still help their children learn the ...
November 21, 2019Announcements Faculty Economics
Professor Azeem M. Shaikh named fellow of the Econometric Society
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November 21, 2019Announcements Faculty Student Alumni All Departments
Fall 2018 Dialogo: Qualitative Research Offers Insights on Political and Social Systems
Letter from the Dean As you may have noted, recent issues of Dialogo each explore a broad theme that spans the social sciences. In Fall 2017, we ex...
November 21, 2019Announcements Faculty Alumni Economics
Gifts of the papers of George Stigler and Harry G. Johnson will expand understanding of economics at Chicago
The University of Chicago is world renowned for the “Chicago School of Economics” and the 30 Nobel laureates in economic sciences who have been UChica...
November 21, 2019Announcements Faculty Psychology
Psychology’s Ed Awh offers new insights into how short-term memory works
Short-term memory is the gateway to information storage in the human brain, and Ed Awh has spent his career trying to figure out how exactly it works....
November 21, 2019