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University honors excellence in teaching

Awards pay tribute to inspiring teachers of undergraduates and graduate students


How hands do the talking

New Center for Gesture, Sign, and Language launches interdisciplinary project with Neubauer Collegium


Income disparity may affect marital decisions

Prof. Richard Thaler suggests applying 'Roth rule' to marriages to avoid disputes over who earns more


Data contradicts Dove 'Real Beauty Sketches' video

Prof. Nicholas Epley's research shows most people see themselves as more, rather than less, attractive than they really are


Salon.com

Weekly counseling has big impact on at-risk youth

Crime Lab-sponsored program helps inner-city teen boys do better in school and get into trouble less


Dog and human genomes developed together

UChicago researchers find evolution shaped genes in canines and humans for compatibility in diet and behavior


MBA applications surge at Booth School

Stacey Kole, dean of full-time MBA program, says 10 percent application increase to boost numbers of women, international students


Obama campaign's chief data scientist uses skills for good

Rayid Ghani to lead 'best minds of generation' in solving social problems at new Urban Center for Computation and Data


How thinking about thinking reduces crime

Prof. Harold Pollack examines how changing behavior decreases arrests for at-risk teens


Mother Jones

The rise of an unconventional art star

Director of Arts and Public Life Theaster Gates describes how good art can save bad neighborhoods