Faculty Psychology Announcements
How a city is organized can create less-biased citizens
A version of this release first appeared on the Santa Fe Institute website. The city you live in could be making you, your family, and your fri...
February 6, 2024
Faculty Student Psychology Announcements
Can artists predict the memorability of their own work?
A new study from the Brain Bridge Lab asks artists to submit work they deem either memorable or forgettable as the team continues to research if certa...
February 4, 2024
Faculty Psychology Comparative Human Development Announcements
Big Brains: Susan Goldin-Meadow on what our hands reveal about our thoughts
Language shapes our world. But when we speak, there is actually a secret conversation happening beyond our words. It’s happening not with our mouths—b...
January 25, 2024
Professor and mentor Julie Saville (1947-2023) remembered for her influence on the study of slavery, emancipation, and plantation societies
By Sarah Steimer Julie Saville made an enormous impact on the field of history — and perhaps an even greater impression on her colleagues, students...
January 19, 2024
Wilma Bainbridge receives funding in the Scialog: Molecular Basis of Cognition initiative
Seven collaborative teams of early career researchers have won funding for projects to advance understanding of the processes that underlie memory and...
January 16, 2024
Faculty Social Thought Announcements
Prof. Jonathan Lear to examine gratitude in 2024 Ryerson Lecture
By Tori Lee This article originally appeared on news.uchicago.edu. Leading philosopher to deliver April 2 public talk at Rubenstein Forum Pro...
December 10, 2024
3 SSD Faculty Receive Named, Distinguished Professorships
This article highlight is adapted from UChicago News. Read the full story here. Eighteen University of Chicago faculty members have received distin...
December 10, 2024
Large-scale data study offers insight into cross-cultural thinking and communication
Researchers used machine learning to answer core linguistic anthropology questions about language and thought across cultures. By Sarah Steimer ...
December 18, 2023
Language in Culture, the posthumously published book from Michael Silverstein, unifies a career’s worth of linguistic anthropology research
Three UChicago anthropology professors helped bring Silverstein’s opus to fruition after his death, successfully conveying in the text his lively lect...
December 21, 2023
New postdoc program offers industry experience
The collaboration between SSD and Morningstar launched this year, providing a look at the overlap between academic and industry research. By Sarah ...
November 27, 2023