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.
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Professor Wu Hung (East Asian Languages and Civilizations) in an interview with Tableau Magazine
October 03, 2018
Wu Hung discusses his interest in art history, his 2020 Smart Museum exhibit, and more.In the Media
How an Apple Watch can cause problems for the healthcare industry
September 17, 2018
Professor Adam Cifu and other healthcare experts sound off on how the electrocardiogram (ECG) app may deliver false positives to users that overburden the healthcare industry.News
Two Stevanovich Institute members named as researchers on Foundation of Polish Science TEAM grant
August 10, 2018
Visiting Professor Adam Kola & IFK faculty member Haun Saussy join "Core Concepts of Historical Thinking" project team
News
Stevanovich Institute Director to deliver four lectures at Oberlin College & Conservatory
August 10, 2018
The Martin Lectures at Oberlin have been presented since 1929, and are among the most prestigious lecture series in Classics in the country.
Announcements
Looking for a Good Book?
July 16, 2018
Who says that lying on the beach isn't exercise? Exercise your mind with the Formation of Knowledge Summer Reading List!In the Media
Lars Peter Hansen Joins Chinese Committee Focused on Societal Implications of Technology
June 28, 2018
Alibaba Group announced the establishment of Luohan Academy, an open research platform created to address challenges faced by societies arising from the rapid development of digital technologies.
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What can comic books do for the medical profession?
June 19, 2018
UChicago physician Brian Callender explains "graphic medicine."
News
National Gallery names art historian Wu Hung as 2019 Mellon Lecturer
June 11, 2018
Stevanovich Institute affililated faculty member Wu Hung will deliver the 68th annual A.W. Mellon Lectures on the Fine Arts at the National Gallery of Art.
Announcements
Read the Stevanovich Institute’s Spring 2018 Newsletter
June 01, 2018
In this issue: XCAP, KNOW Volume 2.1, meet the 2018-19 fellows, see summer events, and mark your calendar for our 2018-19 workshop lineup!
In the Media
Here are 185 books Bill Gates has read and thinks you should too
May 30, 2018
UChicago Professor & Stevanovich Institute Faculty Member James A. Robinson's "Why Nations Fail" is on the list.
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ASCO 2018: How a major medical meeting uses embargoes to shape the news, & the consequences
May 18, 2018
UChicago's Adam Cifu, MD, sounds off on the dangers in medical practice of adopting research findings prematurely.In the Media
‘Largest’ microbiome study weighs in on our gut health
May 16, 2018
Medical News Today discusses implications for our dietary practices based on largest human microbiome study ever conducted, spearheaded in part by IFK Faculty Member, Jack Gilbert (Dept. of Surgery).
News
Congrats, Haun!
May 10, 2018
Haun Saussy has been awarded the René Wellek Prize by the American Comparative Literature Association for his book Translation as Citation: Zhuangzi Inside Out.
Features
What can we learn about the history of alchemy from a Twitter feed?
April 27, 2018
SIFK postdoctoral fellow Eduardo A. Escobar shares his experience teaching the history of alchemy for his spring course titled “Secrecy and Science” (KNOW 27005).
Socialist Postcolonialism: Memory Reconsolidation
April 27, 2018
SIFK Visiting Scholar Adam Kola (Nicolaus Copernicus University) releases his latest book.