Education & Social Service

Bakari Kitwana, the 2007-2008 Artist-in-Residence in the University’s Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, discusses hip hop.

Tinker Visiting Professor Ricardo Paes de Barros gives students tools to tackle poverty, social inequality, and social policy.

Sudhir Venkatesh, AM'92, PhD'97, chronicles the lives of those whose livelihoods are off the books.

History professor Bernard Wasserstein’s new book examines how the 20th century’s march to civilization coincided with “some of the most savage episodes” of violence in history.

James Heckman, the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor and a Nobel Laureate, argues that investing in early education offers the most cost-effective path to a whole range of social benefits.

Vivek Taparia, AB’03; chronicles his experiences raising women in India above the poverty line through microfinancing.

This second-year College student hosts his own radio program.

Martha Roth, PhD, Professor of Assyriology, discusses the final volume of the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary, a comprehensive lexicon of ancient Akkadian dialects 86 years in the making.