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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....

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Sociology’s René Flores examines the cultural stereotypes that drive perceptions of illegal status

Who are the “illegals”? Heated rhetoric on “illegal” immigrants has dominated the media for the past few years, with politicians and pundits blamin...

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Lonely people stand farther from loved ones, study finds

Authors theorize social ‘survival mode’ triggers preference for greater personal space A new study from the University of Chicago found that people...

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SocTea Returning to the Division in 2018-2019

For many years, faculty and students in the Division of the Social Sciences gathered in the Tea Room on the second floor the Social Science Research B...

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Casey Mulligan Named Chief Economist for the Council of Economic Advisers

Casey Mulligan, a professor in economics at the University of Chicago, has been named Chief Economist for the Council of Economic Advisors. In his ...

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People are more honest when using a foreign tongue, research finds

Behavior in dice game reveals role of language in impulse to lie  New UChicago-led research suggests that someone who speaks in a foreign language ...

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New Committee on Quantitative Methods in Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences established

Dean Amanda Woodward announced today the formal establishment of the Committee on Quantitative Methods in Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences at t...

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Faculty Members Receive Distinguished Service and Named Professorships

Four faculty members from the Division of the Social Sciences have been appointed to named professorships. Steven Pincus Steven Pincus has been ...

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2018 Recipients of Quantrell and Teaching Awards announced

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John Mark Hansen named Deputy Dean and Executive Director of Master’s Programs for the Division

John Mark Hansen, the Charles L. Hutchinson Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Political Science and the College, has agreed to serv...