Education & Social Service

Students undeterred in careers as future journalists

Rigorous Chicago training, professional programs bolster career chances amid tough market.


William Harms

Fulbright fellows learn about themselves and world

From tortilla making in Mexico to drumming in Sri Lanka, international studies spark ideas.


Carmen Marti

Fans of French novel stage marathon reading

In Les Misérables, students and faculty find echoes of current economic woes.


Susie Allen

Scholars work to make Defender collection public

University helps a great Chicago family make a great gift to the city.


Josh Schonwald

Alums take SSA training back to schools

Internships lead to full-time public school posts, where grads teach a new group of interns.


Greg Holden

The sisters who sparked SSA

In its centennial year, the school celebrates the Abbotts' deep legacy.


Greg Holden

Chicago’s hidden Renaissance

Jacqueline Goldsby explores a little-known African American literary movement at the University's 30th annual Humanities Day Oct. 25.


Josh Schonwald

Politics of the hip-hop generation

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


Josh Schonwald

Battling economic inequality in the classroom

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


Greg Holden

Sudhir Venkatesh: Not your average sociologist

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


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