Reuben Jonathan Miller, scholar of mass incarceration, awarded MacArthur fellowship
Sociologist recognized for his research on the criminal justice system’s human toll Assoc. Prof. Reuben Jonathan Miller, a renowned sociologist who...
December 10, 2024
Psychology Faculty Student Announcements
New study explores how self-transcendence and self-influence impact how we evaluate for meaning and happiness in life
Participants in the study also rated the importance of the factors differently when considering others versus themselves. By Sarah Steimer Many ...
December 10, 2024
Anthropology Student Alumni Announcements
A New Course on the Anthropology of Revolutions Explores Knowledge Production of Uprisings
Using academic texts, poetry, film and more, students will explore the unpredictability of revolution. By Sarah Steimer Despite what we may kno...
December 10, 2024
Investigating and Responding to the Environmental Challenges of our Time
The Committee on Environment, Geography and Urbanization will interrogate and reinvent approaches to the study of society and environment across time ...
December 10, 2024
Announcements Faculty Anthropology
Asst. Prof. Darryl Li on UChicagoHK's "The Course" Podcast Ep 38
This podcast was posted originally by the University of Chicago Yuen Campus in Hong Kong. Check out the original on their site here. Ever...
December 10, 2024
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...
December 10, 2024
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...
December 10, 2024
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...
December 10, 2024
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...
December 10, 2024
Sociology Faculty Alumni Announcements
Disproportionately Focusing Vaccination Efforts on the Least Advantaged Populations Benefits Everyone
A new study uses a smart model to highlight the need to vastly boost vaccination campaign budgets for disadvantaged, vulnerable populations to reach ...
December 10, 2024