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NYT - Behind the Election Anger May Be Something Else: Lingering Covid Grief; Prof. Shannon Lee Dawdy discusses the impact the pandemic may have had on voters

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A fund created to support the next generation of scholars

The Elmer Kennedy Memorial Fund invests in SSD Teaching FellowsBy Sarah SteimerA son and his family’s remembrance of his father has created an investm...

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McKim Marriott, world-renowned scholar of India and caste, 1924-2024

Prof. Emeritus McKim Marriott, a leading University of Chicago anthropologist whose ethnographic research in India revolutionized the study of the cas...

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A ‘stickler for the truth,’ Russell Tuttle’s career is measured in groundbreaking research and celebrated mentorship

The professor of anthropology is retiring after six decades at UChicago. By Sarah Steimer A professor of Anthropology, Evolutionary Biology,...

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2024 Dean’s Early Career Research Awards

By Aubrey Christofersen The Annual Dean’s Early Career Research Awards have been announced. Now in their second year, the awards are supported thro...

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2024-25 Neubauer Collegium Faculty Research Projects Announced

The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society has selected eight new faculty-led research projects to launch July 1, 2024. “These new faculty rese...

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Six faculty books featured in Seminary Co-op's 2023 Notables

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Project Syndicate - The Futility of Waste Management; In Op-ed Asst. Prof. Sarah Newman discusses issues of modern waste management, suggesting the need to reduce waste in the first place

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Jewish Currents - The Push to "Deactivate" Students for Justice in Palestine; Asst. Prof. Darryl Li discusses history of "material support" laws

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An archaeologist talks trash

This story was originally published by UChicago News. Read the article on their site here.  Author, UChicago Asst. Prof. Sarah Newman reframes hist...