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New study outlines evidence and theory for lower rates of depression in large U.S. cities

University of Chicago researchers find socioeconomic networks and the built environment play a role in residents’ psychology By Sarah Steimer La...

Faculty In the News Economics

EconTalk - James Heckman on inequality and economic mobility; Audio: Prof. James Heckman compares economic mobility between the United States and Denmark

Faculty In the News Political Science

Times of Israel - Chicago couple transforms rundown former synagogue into shared community space; Article discusses Prof. Tom Ginsburg’s purchase of a Hyde Park synagogue that he intends to turn into a community arts space

Faculty In the News History

Chicago Tribune - Headstone unveiled in Blue Island’s Lincoln Cemetery shares story of teen whose killing sparked 1919 Chicago race riot; Assoc. Prof. Adam Green discusses humanity, history and the 1919 Chicago race riot

In the News Faculty Economics

Al Jazeera English - Could lower vaccine doses be key to ending the Covid pandemic? Prof. Michael Kremer discusses proposals to increase vaccine distribution by lowering dosage

Faculty In the News History

Boston Globe - Stoking fears of immigrants has been part of the Republican platform for decades. But something is different this time; Asst. Prof. Kathleen Belew comments on anti-immigrant rhetoric moving to the mainstream via white supremacist groups

Faculty In the News History

Chicago Sun-Times - First victim of 1919 race riots will get grave marker; Assoc. Prof. Adam Green comments on the historical significance of the 1919 race riots

Faculty In the News Economics

Barron's- Delta is casting a dark shadow over the recovery; Article cites Prof. Michael Greenstone's early estimate of the economic impact from reducing Covid-19 deaths

Faculty In the News Economics

New Yorker - Can Democrats create a new economic model? Column commends Prof. James Heckman's research into the long-term effects of government intervention in early childhood as an important factor in the Child Tax Credit program

Faculty In the News Economics

New York Times - Plans for free pre-K and community college could provide a ‘ladder into the middle class’; Feature looks at Prof. James J. Heckman's research on the economic impact of early childhood education