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From the very beginning, the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago has been a pioneer in the development of social scientific understandings of government and politics. 

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UChicago buildings with blue sky above
Three SSD PhD students receive 2024 NSF GRFP Awards
James A. Robinson
James A. Robinson to present 2025 Ryerson Lecture on April 23
Luke Magyar
Political Science Major and former Marine awarded Truman scholarship
Tom Clark
The Hill - When the courts can't save us, who can? In op-ed, Prof. Tom Clark arg...
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