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Political Science Faculty Announcements
Former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson to Keynote 2024 Hagel Lecture
With his experience overseeing U.S. election systems and keen understanding of border issues, Johnson will bring important insights into foreign and d...
April 2, 2024Faculty RDI Political Science Announcements
April 7 Symposium will celebrate Michael Dawson’s career and retirement
With a legacy that includes impactful research on race and politics, along with the founding of the university’s Center for the Study of Race, Politic...
March 24, 2024Announcements Faculty Political Science
Big Brains Ep. 130: Why shaming other countries often backfires, with Rochelle Terman
This article was originally published by UChicago News. Read the story on their site here. Scholar examines the geopolitical impacts of confronting...
February 22, 2024Political Science Faculty Student Announcements
Professor Mark Hansen researches the untold story of Cora Belle Jackson, AB 1896, UChicago’s first Black graduate.
The University of Chicago student body was racially integrated on the very first day of classes in 1892, but just barely. Its first cohort included a ...
February 19, 2024Faculty Political Science Announcements
A professor’s unique position helps him unravel the early days of the pandemic in a new book
Dali L. Yang’s exploration of China’s institutional dynamics and political considerations, among other factors, helps explain how COVID-19 could have ...
February 19, 2024Announcing the 2024-25 CISSR Faculty Fellows
UChicago’s Center for International Social Science Research, under the Division of the Social Sciences, has announced the 2024-2025 cohort of Faculty ...
February 6, 2024New postdoc program offers industry experience
The collaboration between SSD and Morningstar launched this year, providing a look at the overlap between academic and industry research. By Sarah ...
November 27, 2023Politics play a role in the efficacy of international shaming for improving human rights
A new book explores why governments shame others, when it works, and why it can backfire. By Sarah Steimer The decision by the international com...
November 2, 2023Education and Resilience in Kyiv
Under siege, the Kyiv School of Economics has managed to expand, track Russia’s war debt, and build bomb shelters for schoolchildren. Two University o...
January 8, 2024Announcements Faculty Political Science RDI
Prof. Adom Getachew named Freedom Scholar for work advancing racial, economic justice
This story was originally published by UChicago News. Read the article on their site here. The Marguerite Casey Foundation has named University of ...
October 10, 2023