Harper Lecture with Mark Philip Bradley: Defining Human Rights
Our consensus on what constitutes a human right dates back only to the 1940s, when the global human rights imagination first began to take shape. In this lecture, Mark Philip Bradley chronicles the complex histories that have formed our contemporary un...
Gregor Matvos: Selling Failed Banks
Gregor Matvos, Associate Professor of Finance at Chicago Booth, explains his study of the recent episode of bank failures and offers simple facts to better understand who acquires failed banks and which forces drive the losses that the FDIC realizes fr...
Wednesday Lunch: Improv Comedy with Piebenga Plumbing
End-of-the-quarter fun: Improv Comedy with Piebenga Plumbing. Mark and Scott Piebenga, sons of Grand Rapids MI, have been performing improvisation and comedy for the bulk of the last two decades. Scott has performed in Crawlspace Eviction (Kalamazoo),...
"The Problem of Evil and the Relation between Heaven and Human in Classical Chinese Philosophy" - Part 3
Part three of "The Problem of Evil and the Relation between Heaven and Human in Classical Chinese Philosophy." Franklin Perkins is Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University and former director of DePaul’s Chinese Studies Program. His main teach...
Wednesday Lunch with Jan Deckenbach on the work of the Hyde Park/Kenwood Hunger Programs
Jan Deckenbach is the Pantry Coordinator for the Hyde Park/Kenwood Hunger Programs. In this video, Deckenbach discusses the history and work of the programs. The Divinity School community also presents their toiletries drive to benefit the program. Wed...
"The Problem of Evil and the Relation between Heaven and Human in Classical Chinese Philosophy" - Part 2
Part two of "The Problem of Evil and the Relation between Heaven and Human in Classical Chinese Philosophy." Franklin Perkins is Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University and former director of DePaul’s Chinese Studies Program. His main teachin...
Sixth Annual Professional Services Symposium: Building Relationships and Expanding Opportunities
In 2009, the University of Chicago held the first symposium dedicated to creating opportunities for minority- and women-owned professional service firms. The Professional Services Symposium is a first-of-its-kind program within higher education and is...
"The Problem of Evil and the Relation between Heaven and Human in Classical Chinese Philosophy" - Part 1
Part one of "The Problem of Evil and the Relation between Heaven and Human in Classical Chinese Philosophy." Franklin Perkins is Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University and former director of DePaul’s Chinese Studies Program. His main teachin...
Millennial Goals: What’s Happened? What’s Next?
At the turn of the millennium, the United Nations set a list of eight Millennium Development Goals, to be accomplished over 2001-15. In 2015 it will pick a new slate of goals. Nancy Stokey, the Frederick Henry Prince Distinguished Service Professor in ...
Wednesday Lunch: Ecumenism 101 with Aaron Hollander
"Ecumenism 101" with Aaron Hollander. Division among Christians is as old as Christianity, but from the early Church to the present day there have been sustained attempts to find understanding and reconciliation. Now in its third year, UChicago 101 o...