Chicago and the University of Chicago

U.S. lab says electronic voting machines easy to hack

Jon Warner and Roger Johnston of Argonne's Vulnerability Assessment Team question security of systems


Voice of America

'Occupy Wall Street' inspires protests in other cities

Prof. James Heckman says that while upping taxes on rich wouldn't greatly impact deficit, it would create a 'society of inclusion'


J. Parker Hall III, 1933-2011

Investment manager, whose family had deep UChicago ties, was life trustee at University


Nobels give econometrics pioneers their due

Prof. Lars Peter Hansen lauds economists, including former UChicago professor Thomas Sargent


Freak success

Prof. Steven Levitt to talk about creative thinking amid the economic crisis during talk at Singapore Writers Festival


The Straits Times (Singapore)

Law-economics pioneer U. of C. looks to push envelope with new institute

Dean Michael Schill says initiative aims "to re-create the same bubbling caldron of ideas that gave rise to the first law and economics movement"


Mansueto Library emerges as a Chicago icon

Oct. 11 dedication at Harper Memorial Commons celebrates new library’s central role in campus life and scholarship.


Susie Allen

When leaders die, terror still thrives

Jenna Jordan, postdoctoral scholar at Chicago Harris, writes that Anwar al-Awlaki's death won't destroy al Qaeda


Students study insects as 'green' food

Undergraduate-led company sees bugs as sustainable alternative to traditional meat. Can they convince consumers?


Sara Olkon