Marshall D. Sahlins, an eminent cultural anthropologist of the Pacific known for sparking lively academic debates, died April 5. He was 90. Renowned for his prolific contributions to anthropology, ...

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a document introducing a new nation to the world, composed of 13 “free and ...

In a sea of thousands of Bordeaux wines, UChicago Law analysis offers rare evidence for what trademarks are really worth ...

UChicago researchers highlight how incentives, market structure and public policy guide AI development toward artificial ...

Polsky Center and seven partnering innovation programs launched with events including the Midwest Deep Tech Demo Day ...

Fourteen members of the University of Chicago faculty have received distinguished service professorships or named professorships.

In September 2020, Joanne Lee Molinaro, JD’04, jokingly told her followers, “You have to stop crying at my TikToks. Like, seriously, it’s just a cooking video.” On TikTok for less than two months, she ...

Sometime in the spring of 1936, a thief walked up the stairs of a royal building in the heart of the ancient city of Persepolis and pried off a chunk of a 2,500-year-old parapet. It was a carved stone ...

Peter B. Littlewood, a distinguished condensed matter physicist and internationally recognized leader of research ...

The first time Tarana Burke presented a wellness program for middle school girls in Selma, Alabama, in 2005, she distributed sticky notes to each child. Then she asked the girls to write one of two ...

In August 2021, University of Chicago Prof. Oeindrila Dube began reviewing data on a first-of-its-kind police training program she helped design and implement. Its objective: improve Chicago police ...

From tornadoes and hurricanes to wildfires and floods, weather and climate disasters cause billions of dollars in damage, on top of their steep human toll. Those costs could rise sharply in the years ...