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Study finds sex with a partner is conserved among older adults with cognitive limitations

Findings could have implications for how nursing homes, care providers and others treat sexuality in aging populations By Sarah Steimer   ...

In the News Faculty Political Science

Chicago Magazine - Finding the Big Truth Behind Insurrectionists; Article profiles Prof. Robert Pape's research on Jan 6 insurrectionists and warnings about the future

In the News Faculty Economics

Daily Kos - Open thread: Women Uber drivers are paid less and are rated lower; Article cites research by Prof. John List on gender pay gap for Uber drivers

In the News Faculty Political Science

South China Morning Post - China’s Henan bank scandal not just a financial crisis, it may be a lasting political calamity: analysts; Prof. Dali Yang calls protests a major political crisis for scale and severity

In the News Faculty Economics

WSJ - In Defense of Pharmacy Benefit Managers; In op-ed, Prof. Casey Mulligan claims that pharmacy benefit managers are taking the blame for high drug prices

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Summer reading recommendations from UChicago faculty

This article was originally published by UChicago News. Read the story on their site here. Teaching award winners select books that explore cli...

In the News Faculty Political Science

INSIDER - The Supreme Court is damaging the US's international standing; In op-ed, Assoc. Prof. Paul Poast discusses how the Supreme Court's recent rulings have impacted the reputation of the United States abroad

In the News Faculty Political Science

The Guardian - Biden in crisis mode as specter of one-term Carter haunts White House; Prof. William Howell says there is an acute need to revisit our political institutions, and calls on President Biden to lead institutional reform

In the News Faculty Economics

Washington Post - People from elite backgrounds increasingly dominate academia, data shows; Article uses Prof. John List as a socioeconomic outlier in the discussion of a study finding the vast majority of economists come from generations of wealth

In the News Faculty History

Clearer Thinking With Spencer Greenberg - Content moderation and its dis-content-moderators; Audio: Assoc. Prof. Ada Palmer discusses the current information revolution, censorship, and AI