Announcements Faculty Student Sociology
Politically polarized teams produce better work, analysis of Wikipedia finds
Balanced ideological diversity and strong guidelines produce higher quality articles Many studies have found that political polarization in the Uni...
November 21, 2019
Announcements Faculty Student All Departments
Emily Osborn named inaugural faculty director of the Social Sciences Teaching Fellows Program
On Thursday, March 7, Dean Amanda Woodard announced that Emily Osborn, Associate Professor in the Department of History and the College, has agreed to...
November 21, 2019
Announcements Faculty Alumni Student All Departments
Winter 2019 Dialogo: International Social Sciences
Division faculty and students have long been the vanguard for international social sciences research. From the founding of the Committee on Internatio...
November 21, 2019
Announcements Faculty Student All Departments
2019 Social Sciences Research Center Faculty Seed Grants and Graduate Student Fellowships Announced
The Division of the Social Sciences has announced the recipients of the 2019 Social Sciences Research Center (SSRC) Faculty Seed Grants and Graduate S...
November 21, 2019
Announcements Faculty Sociology
Big Science & Technology Isn’t Always Better: Small Teams Produce More Innovation
Analysis of 65 million projects finds that large science & technology teams develop while small teams disrupt In today’s science and business world...
November 21, 2019
Announcements Faculty Psychology
Professor Goldin-Meadow to give 2019 McGovern Lecture as AAAS Annual Meeting
Professor Susan Goldin-Meadow, the Beardsley Ruml Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, will deliver the annual John McGovern ...
November 21, 2019
Announcements Faculty Student Alumni Psychology
Exploring children’s understanding of rules – and when they can be broken
Although parents might sometimes feel otherwise, children are inherently rule followers. Early in life, simple rules like “don’t touch the stove” prov...
November 21, 2019
Kenneth Pomeranz earns Dan David Prize for scholarship on East Asia
Kenneth Pomeranz, University Professor of Modern Chinese History and in the College, has been awarded the prestigious Dan David Prize for his studies ...
November 21, 2019
Announcements Faculty Student Political Science
Finding fault lines in the next generation
GenForward’s extensive in-depth interviews reveal how young adults experience Chicago For more than two years, the innovative GenForward survey has...
November 21, 2019
Announcements Faculty Economics Sociology
Four Social Sciences Faculty Receive Named/Distinguished Service Professorships
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November 21, 2019