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A research project about Detroit helped Angela Li launch a career in spatial data science
Economics major turned spatial data scientist Even when students think they know exactly where their career is heading, sometimes a project or a pr...
November 21, 2019
Announcements Faculty Student Sociology
Politically polarized teams produce better work, analysis of Wikipedia finds
Balanced ideological diversity and strong guidelines produce higher quality articles Many studies have found that political polarization in the Uni...
November 21, 2019
Announcements Faculty Student All Departments
Emily Osborn named inaugural faculty director of the Social Sciences Teaching Fellows Program
On Thursday, March 7, Dean Amanda Woodard announced that Emily Osborn, Associate Professor in the Department of History and the College, has agreed to...
November 21, 2019
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Winter 2019 Dialogo: International Social Sciences
Division faculty and students have long been the vanguard for international social sciences research. From the founding of the Committee on Internatio...
November 21, 2019
Announcements Faculty Student All Departments
2019 Social Sciences Research Center Faculty Seed Grants and Graduate Student Fellowships Announced
The Division of the Social Sciences has announced the recipients of the 2019 Social Sciences Research Center (SSRC) Faculty Seed Grants and Graduate S...
November 21, 2019
Announcements Alumni Student Staff Sociology
April 4 Event will revisit Robert Park and Ernest Burgess’s The City
First published in 1925, The City is a trailblazing text in urban history, urban sociology, and urban studies. Join us for this panel discussion on th...
November 21, 2019
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, 2019
Announcements 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, 2019
Announcements Student Psychology
UChicago named in top five universities for degrees in psychology
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November 21, 2019
Announcements Student Psychology Comparative Human Development
3 SSD Graduate Students recognized for excellence in course design
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November 21, 2019