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State-level data misses growing coronavirus hot spots in U.S., including in the South

This article was originally published by UChicago News. Read the story on their site here. UChicago researchers find clusters in Arkansas, Georgia, M...

Why quarantines are so difficult to implement: Lessons from the 1800s

This article was originally published by UChicago News. Read the story on their site here. Coronavirus response echoes isolation measures, economic u...

Chicago Tribune: Flashback: How fingerprinting made Chicago famous: New technology led to 1910 murder conviction in a first for the nation, Prof. John Mark Hansen writes how fingerprinting revolutionized police enforcement 100 years ago in Chicago

Bloomberg: Now is the best and worst time for workers to go on strike, Asst. Prof. Gabriel Winant discusses the dynamics of worker strikes during the pandemic

Why time outdoors is crucial to your health, even during the coronavirus pandemic

This article was originally published by UChicago News. Read the story on their site here. COVID-19 outbreaks show why cities need to invest in green...

NYT: U.S. is nowhere close to reopening the economy, experts say, Asst. Prof. Simon Mongey among several researcher who argue that rapid deployment of randomized testing could reduce health and economic damage

NYT: How economists, too, are taking on the coronavirus crisis, Profs. Michael Greenstone and Chang-Tai Hsieh discuss the impact of recent stay at home orders

NYT: U.S. Is Nowhere Close to Reopening the Economy, Experts Say

Center for Spatial Data Science’s Marynia Kolak leads team in mapping small areas hit hard by COVID-19

How the United States can still win the coronavirus pandemic: Political Science Assoc. Prof. Paul Poast says the economic turmoil brought by COVID-19 will reinforce the dollar’s dominance in Foreign Policy