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Exploring How Uncertainty Motivates Our Actions in Epidemics

In an epidemic, we often focus on three staple metrics: Who does or doesn’t have the disease, the rate at which people are contracting the disease, an...

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New research shows how human-aware AI helps us accelerate scientific discoveries

"It's about changing the framing of AI from artificial intelligence to radically augmented intelligence.” A new study explores how artificial intel...

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UChicago announces 2023 winners of Quantrell and Graduate Teaching Awards

This article was originally published by UChicago News. We've highlighted the awardees from the Division of the Social Sciences, but you can view the ...

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Nature - Can giant surveys of scientists fight misinformation on COVID, climate change and more? Prof. James Evans comments on a survey of scientists asking whether Covid-19 was caused by a virus, warning about efforts to deliberately find consensus

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2023 Saller Prize Recipients Announced

Pranathi Diwakar, from the Department of Sociology, and Paula Martin, from the Department of Comparative Human Development, have been selected as the ...

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Data4All workshop introduces high school students to data science research

The collaborative effort between the Center for Spatial Data Science (CSDS), the Data Science Institute (DSI), Argonne National Laboratory, and the Of...

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Name-based demographic ascription tools misgender and misrecognize race and ethnicity

A new study in Nature Human Behavior calls for more accurate, more ethical tools — and more interesting research. By Sarah Steimer   When...

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Popular Science - Social relationships are important to the health of aging adults; Prof. Linda Waite discusses evaluating whether older adults' social needs are met

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Two UChicago Researchers Tapped to Lend Expertise to Cook County Commission on Social Innovation

The involvement brings scholarly insight to the group of policymakers and practitioners. By Sarah Steimer   In an effort to grow the brea...

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CNN - Being 'socially frail' comes with health risks for older adults; Prof. Linda Waite discusses evaluating older adults' relationships in regards to meeting their social needs