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In op-ed, Prof. Jerry Coyne argues that the actions of criminals are determined by genetics and circumstance

Article cites Prof. Craig Futterman, who argues that without transparency, police are least effective in black neighborhoods

Prof. James Heckman argues that public investments in early learning should go to disadvantaged children first

Article cites Tim Knowles, chairman of UEI, who says suggestion that CPS file for bankruptcy is an attempt to change behavior of teachers’ union, school district leaders

Article cites Assoc. Prof. Gerald N. Rosenberg, who says backlash against gay marriage movement has been softened by a change in public opinion

Youth/Police Project co-founded by Mandel Legal Aid Clinic at Law School aims to explore, improve relationship between police and minority youth

Assoc. Prof. Elisabeth Moyer argues that furor over the debate of climate change hurts the possibility of rational discourse

Research accelerator helps scholars launch interdisciplinary research projects

Article profiles University of Chicago Prof. Willard Libby, who discovered technique for carbon dating in 1947

Authors cite Prof. Kerwin Charles, who finds that absent black men disrupt family formation, leading to low marriage rates, higher rates of childbirth outside marriage