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Big Brains Podcast: Fighting Poverty And Pandemics, with Nobel Economist Michael Kremer (Ep. 66)

This story was originally published by UChicago News. Read the article on their site here.   Show Notes The solutions to global poverty c...

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Three SSD Faculty Awarded Guggenheim Fellowships

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New York Times- A novel effort to see how poverty affects young brains, Prof. James Heckman takes critical look at new study on poverty and child brain development

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Washington Post- Opinion: What an analysis of 377 Americans arrested or charged in the Capitol insurrection tells us, Prof. Robert Pape explains the Chicago Project on Security and Threats' analysis of Capitol Hill rioters

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Vox: The history of the end of the world; book critic recommends Prof. Ada Palmer's novels

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Chicago Sun-Times: Joe Biden’s bait-and-switch presidency, In op-ed, Prof. Emeritus Charles Lipson criticizes Pres. Biden's progressive policies

Faculty In the News Political Science

WBEZ 91.5 Chicago: Cook County’s way of reviving tax delinquent properties isn't working, study finds; Feature details Prof. Christopher Berry's research with the UChicago Center on Municipal Finance on scavenger sales and property taxes in Cook County

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Washington Post: Pakistan, India peace move silences deadly Kashmir frontier, Assoc. Prof. Paul Staniland comments on India and Pakistan's respective motivations for reducing political tensions

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STAT: Adding social determinants gives public health maps a sense of place and time, In op-ed Marynia Kolak, Assistant Director for Health Informatics for the Center for Spatial Data Science, explains the importance of social determinants in research

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UChicago News: Life after the COVID-19 vaccine: Envisioning the 'new normal,' Prof. Kathleen Kagney discusses how data can aid public health efforts