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In the News Faculty Political Science

CNN - China's Xi reemerges after trip abroad quashing unfounded 'coup' rumors; Prof. Dali Yang says the "political opacity" of China "makes it easier for people to trade rumors"

In the News Faculty Psychology

The Conversation - New Study seeks to explain the 'Mandela Effect'; In Op-ed, Assist. Prof. Wilma Bainbridge explains new paper on shared false memories

In the News Faculty Political Science

South China Morning Post - What does it take to get promoted in Chinese politics? Up-and-comers offer clues; Prof. Dali Yang comments on recent appointments in Chinese government

In the News Faculty RDI

Chicago Mag - Reflect on a Century of Chicago Segregation in Steppenwolf's '1919'; Article discusses stage adaptation of Assoc. Prof. Eve Ewing's poetry collection '1919'

In the News Faculty History

WTTW - Queen Elizabeth II Mourned by Britain and World at Funeral; Prof. Steven Pincus discusses the late Queen's funeral

In the News Faculty Political Science

CBS - Face the Nation: Expert warns of "violent threat" to U.S. democracy; Prof. Robert Pape says, "We have not just a political threat to our democracy, we have a violent threat to our democracy."

Announcements Faculty Economics

Prof. Lester G. Telser, pioneering economist and generous teacher, 1931–2022

Alum and scholar of core theory was part of UChicago community for decades Lester G. Telser, a pioneering figure in economics who studied and taugh...

In the News Faculty Political Science

The Hill - How the Ukraine war vindicates realism; Op-ed cites Prof. John Mearsheimer's interpretation of the war in Ukraine

In the News Faculty Political Science

The Conversation - Direct democracy can force governments to better represent the people - but it doesn't always work out; In op-ed, Prof. Susan Stokes discusses the mechanisms of direct democracy and the importance of their context in how they function

Announcements Faculty Anthropology

Students, colleagues remember Raymond Fogelson for his research and warmth

The professor emeritus passed away in January 2020, but will be remembered at a fall memorial at UChicago. One of the foremost ethnohistorians of h...