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Alumni share insight on what they wish they knew in graduate school

By Sarah Steimer

Marshall D. Sahlins, titan of anthropology, 1930–2021

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Big Brains Podcast: Fighting Poverty And Pandemics, with Nobel Economist Michae...

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Three SSD Faculty Awarded Guggenheim Fellowships

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Robert Vargas Named a Deputy Dean for the Division of the Social Sciences

Robert Vargas, an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, has been appointed to the role of deputy dean by Amanda Woodward, Dean of the

Max S. Bell, prolific educator and author of definitive math curriculum, 1930–2...

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Reaching Out and Tapping In: Alumni-in-Residence Event Recap

Two University of Chicago alumni offer their experiences with networking — online or in person — to further their ca

How sure are we about the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines?

Hypothetical case replacement can be used to quantify the robustness of trial results

Family background shapes children’s lives despite different social policies in ...

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What we’ve learned from a year of COVID-19

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