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In the News Faculty Political Science

NPR - A protective order is unlikely to curb Trump or affect his popularity; Prof. William Howell comments on former Pres. Trump's leveraging of indictments for fundraising, and the implications it's having on other contenders in the GOP

Economics

REMEMBERING YIRAN FAN (2021)

PUBLISHED ON JAN 14, 2021 The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and our campus community is deeply mourning the loss of Yiran Fan, who was...

Faculty Comparative Human Development Announcements

Trauma-informed care for juveniles, not punishment, prevents recidivism

A review of studies points to real-world proof that a punitive response is worse for young people in the criminal legal system. “We are essentially pu...

Announcements Faculty Sociology

Exploring How Uncertainty Motivates Our Actions in Epidemics

In an epidemic, we often focus on three staple metrics: Who does or doesn’t have the disease, the rate at which people are contracting the disease, an...

In the News Faculty History

Newsweek - America May Narrowly Avoid an Economic Crisis; Asst. Prof. Gabriel Winant says "we're in a moment where striking is becoming normalized again...after a long lull, right across the '90s, 2000s, 2010s..."

Faculty Political Science Announcements

Why UChicago’s atomic village mattered beyond its scientific discoveries

John Mark Hansen explores why the researchers at the school’s Metallurgical Laboratory were able to grapple with the moral dilemmas around atomic scie...

In the News Faculty History

Newsweek - Florida Slavery Curriculum Trashed by Historians as 'Damaging Travesty'; Prof. Amy Dru Stanley comments on new curriculum: "The guidelines do violence to American history. Misleading is too kind a term."

In the News Faculty Political Science

The Guardian - ‘Anger and radicalization’: rising number of Americans say political violence is justified; Prof. Robert Pape discusses findings from CPOST on radicalization in the US

In the News Faculty Political Science

The Atlantic - The Scientists Who Understood Their Obligation to Humanity; In Op-ed, Prof. John Mark Hansen argues that pioneering scientists have a responsibility to "help society address their dangers"

In the News Faculty Economics

The Economist - Your employer is (probably) unprepared for artificial intelligence; Prof. Nancy Stokey says "the diffusion of technological improvements is arguably as critical as innovation for long-run growth”