Sociology

Higher air pollution in low-income areas affects early childhood development A group of cars sitting in traffic surrounded by clouds of vehicle exhaust

Higher air pollution in low-income areas affects early childhood development

Why focusing COVID vaccination efforts on least advantaged populations benefits everyone A nurse administers vaccine to a man on the street

Why focusing COVID vaccination efforts on least advantaged populations benefits everyone

New documentary reinterprets archives to illuminate trans lives Still frame from ‘Framing Agnes’

New documentary reinterprets archives to illuminate trans lives

How companies can be legal, but unethical Miniature figures standing on money

How companies can be legal, but unethical

In Aims of Education address, Kimberly Kay Hoang discusses joy of intellectual community Assoc. Prof. Kimberly Kay Hoang delivering the Aims of Education address to first-year students.

In Aims of Education address, Kimberly Kay Hoang discusses joy of intellectual community

What historical homicide waves reveal about Chicago policy Chicago police car parked under L tracks

What historical homicide waves reveal about Chicago policy

Richard P. Taub, esteemed sociologist who studied Chicago neighborhoods, 1937–2020 Prof. Emeritus Richard Taub

Richard P. Taub, esteemed sociologist who studied Chicago neighborhoods, 1937–2020

‘Conditions were ripe for a moment like this’: How current protests expose deeper racial inequalities George Floyd Protests

‘Conditions were ripe for a moment like this’: How current protests expose deeper racial inequalities

Study: In some African countries, more than half of women have lost a child Close-up of a child's hand being held by mother

Study: In some African countries, more than half of women have lost a child

Data science predicts which failures will ultimately lead to success Broken lightbulbs

Data science predicts which failures will ultimately lead to success