Announcements Faculty Economics Sociology
Four Social Sciences Faculty Receive Named/Distinguished Service Professorships
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November 21, 2019
Announcements Faculty Anthropology
Anthropology’s Kathryn Takabvirwa served as cultural consultant for the Steppenwolf production of Familiar
When Danya Taymor was hired to direct Steppenwolf’s new comedy, Familiar by Danai Gurira, she knew that she had to get the cultural elements exactly r...
December 10, 2024
Announcements Faculty Psychology
Math App produces long-term benefits for children, parents
Study finds changes in achievement, attitudes persist for several years Parents who are anxious about math can still help their children learn the ...
November 21, 2019
Announcements Faculty Economics
Professor Azeem M. Shaikh named fellow of the Econometric Society
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November 21, 2019
Announcements Faculty Student Alumni All Departments
Fall 2018 Dialogo: Qualitative Research Offers Insights on Political and Social Systems
Letter from the Dean As you may have noted, recent issues of Dialogo each explore a broad theme that spans the social sciences. In Fall 2017, we ex...
November 21, 2019
Announcements Faculty Alumni Economics
Gifts of the papers of George Stigler and Harry G. Johnson will expand understanding of economics at Chicago
The University of Chicago is world renowned for the “Chicago School of Economics” and the 30 Nobel laureates in economic sciences who have been UChica...
November 21, 2019
Announcements Faculty Psychology
Psychology’s Ed Awh offers new insights into how short-term memory works
Short-term memory is the gateway to information storage in the human brain, and Ed Awh has spent his career trying to figure out how exactly it works....
November 21, 2019
Announcements Faculty Sociology
Sociology’s René Flores examines the cultural stereotypes that drive perceptions of illegal status
Who are the “illegals”? Heated rhetoric on “illegal” immigrants has dominated the media for the past few years, with politicians and pundits blamin...
December 10, 2024
Announcements Faculty Psychology
Lonely people stand farther from loved ones, study finds
Authors theorize social ‘survival mode’ triggers preference for greater personal space A new study from the University of Chicago found that people...
November 21, 2019
Announcements Faculty Student All Departments
SocTea Returning to the Division in 2018-2019
For many years, faculty and students in the Division of the Social Sciences gathered in the Tea Room on the second floor the Social Science Research B...
November 21, 2019