Law & Policy

Historic election grips community

Campus celebrates Obamas’ journey from South Side to White House.


Steve Kloehn

Greg Borzo

Campus community counts down to election

Panels and parties to mark the end of a memorable presidential campaign.


Steve Kloehn

On a mission for Burma

Cristina Moon, AB’ 05, began as a student activist. Now she dedicates her career to the plight of the Burmese people.


Libby Ellis

Citizenship for sale?

The University of Chicago Nobel laureate Gary Becker proposes putting a price tag on immigration.


Patricia Houlihan

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

Sudhir Venkatesh: Not your average sociologist

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


University of Chicago Magazine

Ethan Bueno de Mesquita

Title: Sydney Stein Professor and Deputy Dean for Research & Strategic Initiatives at the Harris School of Public Policy

Expertise: Terrorism

Departmental website: https://harris.uchicago.edu/directory/ethan-bueno-de-mesquita

Steven N. Durlauf

Title: Steans Professor of Educational Policy, Harris School of Public Policy; Director, Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility

Expertise: Inequality, Poverty

Departmental website: https://harris.uchicago.edu/directory/steven-durlauf

Katherine Baicker

Title: 15th Provost of the University of Chicago

Expertise: Affordable Care Act, Medicaid

Departmental website: https://harris.uchicago.edu/directory/katherine-baicker