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.
Features
Jordan Bimm features in CBC New’s article, SpaceX’s second launch of massive Starship postponed until Saturday
November 20, 2023
The attempt we saw last time back in April, the Starship failed to separate from the Super Heavy booster," said Jordan Bimm
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Eric Oliver features in Salom’s article What if they’re not crazy? Belief in conspiracy theories may be normal
October 26, 2023
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Erin Adams features in Nature.com’s article, CRISPR screens decode cancer cell pathways that trigger γδ T cell detection
September 07, 2023
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IFK Faculty Prof. Patrice Rankine is interviewed in the Uchicago New’s article, The classics are everywhere; most of us are likely just not looking for them’
August 02, 2023
In this interview with Patrice Rankine, a classics professor, he discusses how he makes the classics accessible and relevant to his students.
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IFK’s James Evans features in Nature’s article, Can giant surveys of scientists fight misinformation on COVID, climate change and more?
May 25, 2023
James Evans, a sociologist at the University of Chicago in Illinois, warns that efforts to deliberately find and promote scientific consensus in this way could be counterproductive
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IFK’s William Howell Features in MailChimp’s article, Hey Chicago by CITY CAST
April 13, 2023
William Howell in a series of questions helps break down whether we need a 50 person city-council
Announcements
IFK’s William Howell awarded 2023 Guggenheim Fellowships
April 13, 2023
Prof. William Howell is among the 171 Fellows selected in this year’s class from nearly 2,500 applicants to the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
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IFK’s Tom Ginsburg to chair the University of Chicago’s new Center for Freedom of Expression
February 27, 2023
The center will develop leaders who “champion” and “advance” free expression, adopt curricula that “promotes free expression” and serve as a model for other higher education institutions
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IFK’s Jordan Bimm with CBS News Chicago discuss the unidentified objects recently shot down over North America
February 23, 2023
Unidentified Objects: Here's what we know. Watch the interview here
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Eve L. Ewing Propels Black Panther into New Solo Series
February 23, 2023
This June, T'Challa will return in a new 'Black Panther' series by writer Eve L. Ewing and artist Chris Allen.
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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