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Large-scale data study offers insight into cross-cultural thinking and communication

Researchers used machine learning to answer core linguistic anthropology questions about language and thought across cultures. By Sarah Steimer ...

In the News Faculty Anthropology

Project Syndicate - The Futility of Waste Management; In Op-ed Asst. Prof. Sarah Newman discusses issues of modern waste management, suggesting the need to reduce waste in the first place

In the News Faculty Political Science

Marketplace - What is MAGAnomics, actually? Prof. Will Howell comments on Trump's intentions to "lay waste to what he calls the deep state" and the implications of such actions for the economy

In the News Faculty RDI

WBEZ - Direct cash payments are changing lives in Cook County. 'GUARANTEED' shows how; Assoc. Prof. Eve Ewing discusses her podcast series interviewing recipients of guaranteed income programs in Chicago

In the News Faculty Political Science

Foreign Affairs - Israel's Failed Bombing Campaign in Gaza; In Op-ed, Prof. Robert Pape argues that the current Israeli strategy of bombing Gaza is "doomed to failure"

In the News Faculty Political Science

Financial Review - Henry Kissinger was an inconsistent opportunist; Op-ed draws on Prof. John Mearsheimer's judgement that Henry Kissinger was far more opportunistic and inconsistent than his admirers would suggest

In the News Faculty Economics

NYT - Biden Administration Unleashes Powerful Regulatory Tool Aimed at Climate; Prof. Michael Greenstone comments on EPA intent to use new social cost of carbon

In the News Faculty Economics

MarketWatch - As the Fed Works to Slow Economy, Small Businesses Feel the Squeeze; Prof. Ufuk Akcigit comments on the state of the economy for small businesses, and indications they may be facing trouble and growing desperate for financing

Getting to Know Anthropology’s Teaching Fellows

Rafadi Hakim is a linguistic and sociocultural anthropologist whose research examines how gender, kinship, and religion emerge as relational categ...

In the News Faculty Sociology

Science Friday - Social Connections Keep Us Physically and Mentally Healthy As We Age; AUDIO: Prof. Linda Waite discusses her research into social age of people aged 50 to over 100