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Faculty In the News Political Science

Times of Israel - Chicago couple transforms rundown former synagogue into shared community space; Article discusses Prof. Tom Ginsburg’s purchase of a Hyde Park synagogue that he intends to turn into a community arts space

Faculty In the News History

Chicago Tribune - Headstone unveiled in Blue Island’s Lincoln Cemetery shares story of teen whose killing sparked 1919 Chicago race riot; Assoc. Prof. Adam Green discusses humanity, history and the 1919 Chicago race riot

In the News Faculty Economics

Al Jazeera English - Could lower vaccine doses be key to ending the Covid pandemic? Prof. Michael Kremer discusses proposals to increase vaccine distribution by lowering dosage

Faculty In the News History

Boston Globe - Stoking fears of immigrants has been part of the Republican platform for decades. But something is different this time; Asst. Prof. Kathleen Belew comments on anti-immigrant rhetoric moving to the mainstream via white supremacist groups

Faculty In the News History

Chicago Sun-Times - First victim of 1919 race riots will get grave marker; Assoc. Prof. Adam Green comments on the historical significance of the 1919 race riots

Anthropology Student Announcements

Grant winner focuses on Inuit-military relations during the Cold War

Anthropology PhD student Emma Gilheany partners with an arctic indigenous community to help tell the region’s recent history By Sarah Steimer Fe...

Faculty In the News Economics

Barron's- Delta is casting a dark shadow over the recovery; Article cites Prof. Michael Greenstone's early estimate of the economic impact from reducing Covid-19 deaths

Faculty In the News Economics

New Yorker - Can Democrats create a new economic model? Column commends Prof. James Heckman's research into the long-term effects of government intervention in early childhood as an important factor in the Child Tax Credit program

Faculty In the News Economics

New York Times - Plans for free pre-K and community college could provide a ‘ladder into the middle class’; Feature looks at Prof. James J. Heckman's research on the economic impact of early childhood education

Sociology Faculty Student Announcements

PNAS study finds double-dose algebra instruction among peers boosts college attendance and completion

A long-term review of students who received extra algebra help in 9th grade improved educational outcomes later in life By Sarah Steimer Ninth g...