In the Media
Chicago Maroon: Newly Launched McKeon Center Looks to Cross Fields and Platform Tough Conversations
November 02, 2023
The McKeon Center seeks to reinvigorate the humanities with programming based on real-world events and plans for new minor.
News
Six UChicago scholars elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
April 28, 2020
SIFK Faculty Member William Howell is one of six UChicago scholars to be named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Blogs
In Search of Plagues Past
April 27, 2020
Margaret Carlyle looks to past pandemics to gain insight on COVID-19.
In the Media
Visualising Viruses
April 24, 2020
SIFK Faculty Member Michael Rossi explores how we have historically created visual representations of disease, from images of the Grim Reaper to microbiological images of COVID-19.
Blogs
Using Quantitative Models to Guide Policy Amid COVID-19 Uncertainty
April 24, 2020
Nobel Laureate and SIFK Faculty Member Lars Peter Hansen shares his thoughts on the global pandemic and using quantitative models to guide policy amid COVID-19 uncertainty
Blogs
The Limits of Empathy
April 20, 2020
Yan Slobodkin explores the space between empathy and justice.
In the Media
Saving lives in the pandemic will also save the economy in the long run
April 06, 2020
SIFK Faculty Member Michael Greenstone estimates that social distancing can contribute $8 trillion to the economy — as well as saving millions of lives.
Blogs
Flattening the Curve: Visualization and Pandemic Knowledge
April 01, 2020
SIFK Postdoc Alex Campolo breaks down how we look at pandemics like COVID-19
Stay Up-to-Date on COVID-19
March 13, 2020
UChicago is monitoring and keeing members of the community informed about the public health situation related to novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Announcements
SIFK Cultures & Knowledge Workshop Series to be Postponed
March 13, 2020
SIFK will be postponing the spring installment of our Cultures & Knowledge Workshop Series
Announcements
“Future of the Human” to be Postponed
March 13, 2020
SIFK will be postponing "Future of the Human: A Conference on Genetic Medicine & Eugenics" to late summer 2021
In the Media
In Sickness And In Health
March 02, 2020
Conference speaker Yangyang Cheng weighs in on COVID-19 and the Chinese medical system.
In the Media
Sensing an advantage, Democrats dare Trump to talk drug prices during State of the Union
March 02, 2020
SIFK Professor William Howell comments on Trump's State of the Union remarks on lowering prescription drug prices.
In the Media
Why Is Medicine So Expensive?
March 02, 2020
Daniel J. Kevles, who will speak at SIFK's upcoming "Future of the Human" conference, comments on America's rising drug prices.
In the Media
Impeachment, the Constitution and Donald Trump
March 02, 2020
SIFK Faculty Member William Howell on America after Acquittal
What is a Person?
January 15, 2020
Nicolette Bruner asks us who — or what — people really are.