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NYT - The U.S. and China Are Restarting Climate Talks: Here’s Where Things Stand; Prof. Michael Greenstone discusses climate talks between China and the U.S.

Announcements Faculty Sociology

New research shows how human-aware AI helps us accelerate scientific discoveries

"It's about changing the framing of AI from artificial intelligence to radically augmented intelligence.” A new study explores how artificial intel...

In the News Faculty Political Science

Newsweek - Should Ukraine Join NATO? Don't Kid Yourself: It Already Has | Opinion; Op-ed quotes tweet from Prof. Paul Poast in which he says "NATO has already expanded into the war zone"

In the News Faculty Political Science

SCMP - The West needs to prepare for 'ugly' Russian victory in Ukraine; Prof. John Mearsheimer discusses potential for Russian 'victory' and annexation of parts of Ukraine

In the News Faculty Psychology

Salon - An expert reveals the secret language of "Thinking With Your Hands"; Prof. Susan Goldin-Meadow discusses her new bok

In the News Faculty Psychology

National Geographic - Nature really is good medicine. Science can explain why; Assoc. Prof. Marc Berman discusses attention retention theory, and how exposure to nature can relieve mental fatigue

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New research shows brain activity travels between a small number of states based on what we are thinking and paying attention to

The brain state optimal for focus depends on the task, according to a paper from the Cognition, Attention, and Brain Lab By Sarah Steimer Using ...

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Sixteen UChicago faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships

Sixteen University of Chicago faculty members have received distinguished service professorships or named professorships.  Profs. Michael Franklin,...

In the News Faculty Political Science

CNN - Why the US ‘does not get to assume that it lasts forever’; Prof. Susan Stokes discusses the future of the US, including the possibility of a "national divorce"

In the News Faculty Economics

Fox - Biden regulations have cost Americans almost $10,000 per household: study; Prof. Casey Mulligan compares the regulatory records of Pres. Biden to former Presidents Trump and Obama