Gun Violence Spiked — And Arrests Declined — In Chicago Right After The Laquan McDonald Video Release
Roseanna Ander, executive director of Crime Lab, examines effects of decline in ‘proactive policing’ strategies
Five Thirty Eight
Measurement of Universe's expansion rate creates cosmological puzzle
Prof. Wendy Freedman suggests standard model of measuring speed of universe’s expansion may be incorrect
Nature
Does the path to true police reform run through liability insurers?
In op-ed, Prof. John Rappaport advocates for police reform through liability insurance
Women Write About Family, Men Write About War
In op-ed, Asst. Prof. Richard Jean So examines gender stereotypes in book reviews
New Republic
The Color of Alumni Money Is Changing: Behind a Campus Scholarship Gift
Article highlights alumnus Frank Baker and Laura Day’s $7 million gift in support of Odyssey program
Inside Philanthropy
From handcuffs to a helping hand: CPD reaching out to addicts
Ruth Coffman, executive director of UChicago’s Health Lab, discusses potential impact of drug treatment program for heroin abusers
Theranos Adds Startlingly Well-Qualified Medical Board
Prof. Jerry Yeo calls formation of Theranos’ medical advisory board ‘very encouraging’
Vitriolic Presidential Rhetoric Curbing Economic Uncertainty
Index co-created by Prof. Steven Davis finds public uncertainty about future economic policy has declined
To press his Supreme Court nominee’s case, Obama returns to his academic roots
Prof. Geoffrey Stone discusses potential impact of President Obama’s speech at the Law School
Obama Revisiting Law School to Give a Supreme Court Lecture
President Obama to speak today at Law School to advocate for Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland
