Videos

Friends, colleagues, and students of the late Gary S. Becker gathered October 30, 2014, for dinner and presented warm tributes to this extraordinary economist and scholar. The dinner concluded a two-day conference celebrating Becker’s life and work.  

In a panel moderated by Lars Peter Hansen, Edward Glaeser, Claudia Goldin and Robert Lucas Jr. reflect on how Gary Becker’s work to understand the development of human capital shaped the research agenda in that vein for decades to come.

In a panel moderated by Steven Levitt, William M. Landes, Casey Mulligan and Sam Peltzman reflect on Gary Becker’s legacy of applying microeconomic principles toward better understanding of the motivations driving criminal behavior.

Lucy K. Pick, Director of Undergraduate Studies and Senior Lecturer in the History of Christianity, on “Pilgrimage,” pilgrimage, and writing historical fiction. Lucy Pick is a historian of medieval religious thought and practice. Her current res...

A panel of philosophers and economists discuss the interplay between normative ethics and welfare economics, and how the two disciplines can yield insight the ethics and norms dictating how we choose to act. 

Sang Yoon Lee takes equality of opportunity definitions that have appeared in the philosophical literature on distributive justice, and applies them to a formal economic model which incorporates human capital investment and luck within and across gene...

SSA faculty and staff discuss the impact that Ricardo Estrada, AM '93 makes on the city of Chicago as the president and CEO of the human services agency Metropolitan Family Services, which serves more than 53,000 people annually in and around Chicago ...

SSA faculty and staff discuss the impact that Michael Rodriguez, AM ’07 has had on the Little Village community in Chicago and at Enlace, a human services agency where he is the executive director. Rodriguez received the Elizabeth Butler Award for 2...

The UChicago School of Social Service Administration Dean of Students Celia Bergman, master’s students and scholarship recipients JoLynn Cunningham, Leah Eggers, Floyd Stafford, and alumnus Ricardo Estrada, AM ’93 discuss the importance of scholars...

Eight former University of Chicago athletes were inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame. The inductees were introduced by a former coach, faculty, friend, or family member via pre-recorded video. Lester Munson served as master of ceremonies. Each ind...