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Washington Post - Debt ceiling crisis forces Biden to wrestle with limits on his power; Prof. William Howell comments on the nature of Presidents to protect and attempt to expand their powers

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UChicago announces 2023 winners of Quantrell and Graduate Teaching Awards

This article was originally published by UChicago News. We've highlighted the awardees from the Division of the Social Sciences, but you can view the ...

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Independent - Midnight raids, arrests and security checks as India projects ‘normalcy’ with Kashmir G20 summit; Prof. Paul Staniland comments on G20 meeting and Indian gov't goals to project normalcy in Kashmir

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Le Monde - Growth and inequalities at the heart of a dialogue between Thomas Piketty and Kenneth Pomeranz; Prof. Kenneth Pomeranz discusses the links between economic wealth, its distribution, and social and political conflicts

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VOA - Why Some Nonwhite Americans Espouse Right-Wing Extremism; Article draws on research from Prof. Robert Pape and CPOST finding that nearly 7% of rioters charged for Jan 6th were nonwhite

In the News Faculty Political Science

Washington Post - With G20 event, India seeks to project normalcy in disputed Kashmir; Assoc. Prof. Paul Staniland discusses the impact of G20 on South Asia

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Crain's Chicago Business - Ken Griffin, ex-Google CEO back UChicago accelerator; Article mentions accelerator led by Prof. Michael Kremer and Assoc. Prof. Rachel Glennerster

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Nature - Can giant surveys of scientists fight misinformation on COVID, climate change and more? Prof. James Evans comments on a survey of scientists asking whether Covid-19 was caused by a virus, warning about efforts to deliberately find consensus

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2023 Saller Prize Recipients Announced

Pranathi Diwakar, from the Department of Sociology, and Paula Martin, from the Department of Comparative Human Development, have been selected as the ...

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Robert E. Lucas Jr., Nobel laureate and pioneering economist, 1937-2023

This story was originally published by UChicago News. Read the article on their site here. University of Chicago scholar’s research on rational e...