Nobel laureate physicist Yoichiro Nambu dies at 94
Article remembers Prof. Emeritus Yoichiru Nambu, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his groundbreaking discovery of spontaneous broken symmetry
The Asahi Shimbun
The Fields That Students Flock to During Recessions
Article cites study co-authored by Asst. Prof. Benjamin Keys on shifts in undergraduate majors during recessions
Growth Fantasy of Tax Cuts and Small Government
Article cites Prof. John Cochrane's list of proposed economic reforms necessary to achieve high GDP growth
David M. Raup, Who Transformed Field of Paleontology, Dies at 82
Article hails late Prof. Emeritus David Raup as ‘audacious theorist widely viewed as among the most singular thinkers in his field’
The Iran deal: President Obama’s legacy to the Syrian people
In op-ed, Lect. Azeem Ibrahim writes that Syrian president gains while Syrian people lose from Iran nuclear deal
Al Arabiya
Is there a teaching/scholarship trade-off in law schools?
Article examines paper by Profs. Tom Ginsburg and Thomas Miles, which studies relationship between scholarly output and teaching quality
Here’s What’s in Alice Goffman’s Dissertation
Article cites Prof. Harold Pollack, who says crime field data often can be ‘embellished, incomplete, one-sided, undermined by human mistakes, or simply untrue’
New York Magazine
David Raup, influential University of Chicago paleontologist, dead at 82
Article remembers Prof. Emeritus David Raup, who transformed discipline of paleontology with quantitative modeling
Results of President Obama’s Race to the Top
In op-ed, Prof. William Howell discusses study that finds Race to the Top initiative created significant momentum for states’ education reforms
Education Next
U. of C. professor on the power of hashtags in black activism
In Q&A, Prof. Cathy Cohen explains the power and limits of digital media for black activists
