Videos

By many measures, the 2012 presidential election was historic and groundbreaking. Our panel takes a big-picture look at what happened in 2012 and how it may impact the future—for the president, for Congress, for campaigns, and for the political parti...

University of Chicago physicists have succeeded in creating a vortex knot—a feat akin to tying a smoke ring into a knot. Linked and knotted vortex loops have existed in theory for more than a century, but creating them in the laboratory had previous...

University of Chicago physicists have succeeded in creating a vortex knot—a feat akin to tying a smoke ring into a knot. Linked and knotted vortex loops have existed in theory for more than a century, but creating them in the laboratory had previous...

For the first time since the Supreme Court’s landmark Citizens United decision, Super PACs such as Priorities USA and Crossroads GPS were able to put their mark on a presidential election in 2012, through hundreds of millions of dollars in spendi...

For decades or centuries, economists and decision theorists have struggled to use probability to understand how individuals respond to risk and ambiguity. When investors or consumers face a complex economic environment, it is challenging to represent t...

Led by Jonathan Z. Smith, the Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor in the Humanities and Associate Faculty in the University of Chicago Divinity School, and author of the forthcoming collection of essays “On Teaching Religion: Essays by...

From the explosion of Facebook and Twitter to round-the-clock cable news coverage, the 2012 presidential election took place in a media landscape like no other. So how did the Obama and Romney campaigns respond to these new trends and channels? Media s...

Leading media consultants from the 2012 presidential campaigns talk about the ads and messaging they created to move voters and define candidates and opponents in the race.

Our guests take a look at the role technology is playing in the execution of the modern-day political campaign and its impact on the 2012 elections, from microtargeting and fundraising to social media and rapid response.

Our guests take a look at the role technology is playing in the execution of the modern-day political campaign and its impact on the 2012 elections, from microtargeting and fundraising to social media and rapid response.