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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How companies can be legal, but unethical
July 01, 2022
Scholars Kimberly Kay Hoang and Hal Weitzman discussed their new books, which both explore how corporations around the world exploit loopholesTom Ginsburg discusses the Supreme Court’s power with the New York Times
June 30, 2022
“There is some accountability,” said Tom Ginsburg of the University of Chicago Law School. “If a court is too out of control, there is pressure to rein it back in.”Michael Greenstone talks about China’s environmental policy with the Times Magazine
June 30, 2022
The amount of harmful particulates in the air in China fell 40% from 2013 to 2020, according to the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute, which would add about two years to average life...In the Media
Genevieve Lakier on the interpretations of the First Amendment
June 09, 2022
IFK Faculty Genevieve Lakier: "First Amendment politics are more complicated, uncertain, and, well, just plain weird than they have been in a long time”In the Media
More diversity in space
June 08, 2022
Science Historian Jordan Bimm comments on diversity and access in space travelAnnouncements
Nine Questions with Eric Oliver
May 26, 2022
New podcast created by IFK Faculty Eric Oliver on how to your selfIn the Media
Adam Cifu: Can we learn how to understand each other while we disagree over pandemic issues?
May 24, 2022
IFK Faculty Adam Cifu for the Chicago TribuneIn the Media
Workshop co-hosted by Claudia Brittenham offers students the opportunity to study rare documents from New Spain
May 24, 2022
Young scholars visited the archives at the Newberry Library in Chicago led by Seonaid Valiant from the ASU Library and IFK Faculty Claudia BrittenhamFeatures
Big Brains Podcast: Is scientific progress slowing? with James Evans
May 17, 2022
Scholar examines how researchers could generate greater innovation and discoveryFeatures
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.News
James Evans’ Research Featured in “The Cost of Zoom”
April 28, 2022
All those Zoom meetings could be stunting innovation at work.Features
Academic Spotlight: Katherine Buse
April 21, 2022
Learn more about Katherine Buse's work including her book project and classesIn the Media
Will Russian officials be prosecuted for war crimes? It’s complicated.
April 19, 2022
IFK Faculty and UChicago Law Professor Tom Ginsburg on whether Russian officials will be prosecuted for war crimesIn the Media
Austan Goolsbee on the Fed’s Fight against Inflation
April 12, 2022
Austan Goolsbee, the Former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Obama White House and IFK Faculty, joined "Bloomberg Markets: America" to preview the US Inflation data