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In the News Faculty Political Science

Barron's - China Is Stuck With Its Zero-Covid Policy Because of Weak Vaccines; Prof. Dali Yang says China blew its chance to import mRNA vaccines

Announcements Faculty Student Psychology

Peace-building proposals are better perceived through a native language than a lingua franca

New research shows the benefits of using native language to promote trust-building during conflict. The choice of language in a negotiation is ofte...

In the News Faculty Economics

The Economist - Why economists are flocking to Silicon Valley; Prof. John List says tech companies offer many of the benefits of a university career without the "publish or perish" culture

In the News Faculty Sociology

NYT - This Is the Kind of Storytelling That Economics Needs; Op-ed cites study by Prof. James Evans finding that people with more advantages will be safer when those who are less advantages are more protected from Covid

All Departments Faculty Alumni Announcements

Announcing Michael Albertus as Deputy Dean and Jon Rogowski as Associate Faculty Director

Dean Amanda Woodward, the William S. Gray Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Psychology, has announced two faculty leadership appoin...

In the News Faculty Political Science

Business Insider - US troops are still under fire in America's "forgotten war"; In op-ed, Assoc. Prof. Paul Poast argues that US has become so engaged in global conflict that major conflicts "[don't] even register with the American public anymore"

In the News Faculty Economics

Washington Post - The U.S. has a new climate law. Now comes the hard part; Op-ed quotes Prof. Michael Greenstone on past American climate inaction

In the News Faculty Political Science

NYT - On Truth Social, Trump Embraces Far-Right Conspiracy Theories; Prof. Robert Pape discusses former Pres. Trump's Truth Social, warns of its incendiary potential

In the News Faculty Political Science

Voice of America - Biden Talks Tough on Guns and Crime; Prof. William Howell says in the aftermath of killings across the country, Biden and dems see opportunity to position themselves as force for order & safety

Faculty In the News Sociology

WBEZ - Chicagoans react to having some of their student loan debt forgiven; Asst. Prof. Eman Abdelhadi discusses the impacts of student loan forgiveness