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Big Brains Podcast: Shannon Lee Dawdy on how death in the US is changing
May 17, 2022
From green burials to DIY funerals, understand how death in America is changing with Shannon Lee Dawdy (Ep 84). Anthropologist examines what our rituals reveal about society, especially after 9/11.
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Institute Director Shadi Bartsch features in an article in the Washington Examiner in an article on the role of Greek Classics in China
February 22, 2023
Antiquity’s “dead white men” may have fallen out of favor on woke campuses, but philosophy is thriving in the Middle Kingdom. In her new book, Shadi examines the role of Greek classics in China
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Eve Ewing on learning to say no, writing Marvel comics, and being a fidgeter
February 13, 2023
IFK's 2021-23 IFK Faculty Research Fellow Eve Ewing writes an illuminating article on the Chicago Magazine on overcoming anxiety, being a female writer in a male dominated space and learning to say no
WATCH: White House gives news briefing after discovery of Chinese espionage balloons
February 08, 2023
William Howell tells PBS in regards to the current uncertainty in America, "We are a lot better with regard to the economy, with regard to the COVID pandemic, with regard to our standing in the world"
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The stratospheric rise of Elon Musk’s SpaceX’s masks growing turbulence for space startups
February 08, 2023
IFK's Jordan Bimm talks about new capital investment in private space companies with Fortune Magazine.
Features
Comparing green funeral options, from composting to natural burial to water cremation
January 31, 2023
IFK's Shannon Dawdy features in the Washington post the demystifies the shift in attitudes towards death and funerals in the United States; more and more people are seeking eco-friendly options.
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Yes, the Chinese care about the Western classics
January 30, 2023
IFK's Professor Shadi Bartsch features in the Princeton University Press as they analyze the growth in popularity and the influence of Western classics in China
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Artificial intelligence on the rise
January 27, 2023
Wisconsin Public Radio featuring IFK's Rebecca Willet discusses the potential uses and security challenges to AI
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Jordan Bimm featured in The Scientific American “Artemis I Launches U.S.‘s Long-Awaited Return to the Moon”
November 16, 2022
Artemis I: The first flight test of the world’s most powerful rocket will send an uncrewed spacecraft to lunar orbit and back.Announcements
2021-22 Thesis & Dissertation Award Winners!
September 27, 2022
Read about our BA, MAPSS Thesis, and Dissertation Award Winners!
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Pig to human heart transplants are the future. Are we ready for it?
September 05, 2022
The Guardian article featuring IFK postdoc, Brad Bolman, on how xenotransplantation experts have chosen pigs to shape the future of organ transplant in humans.
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Beagles are in the news after decades as key players in medical research
August 31, 2022
IFK Postdoc Brad Bolman on the long history of beagles helping to produce scientific breakthroughs — for dogs and humans, in the Washington PostIn the Media
The Symptom to Diagnosis Podcast featuring Adam Cifu
August 25, 2022
IFK Faculty Adam Cifu on Joint Pain
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Planetary Urbanization and Operational Landscapes (Podcast with Neil Brenner and Nikos Katsikis)
August 12, 2022
Circular Metabolism Podcast: Planetary Urbanization and Operational Landscapes with IFK Faculty Prof. Neil Brenner and Prof. Nikos Katsikis
Announcements
William Howell, Anthony Fowler & Wioletta Dziuda on Their Podcast “Not Another Politics Podcast”
July 27, 2022
IFK Faculty William Howell along with UChicago professors Anthony Fowler and Wioletta Dziuda discuss their podcast “Not Another Politics Podcast.”