Videos

The 2014 Rhoda G. Sarnat Lecture, “Neuroscience, Therapeutic Action, and Clinical Pragmatism: Experiments in Adapting to Need,” was given on October 24, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. The speaker was Wi...

Matt Weinzierl explores the persistently popular "classical" logic of benefit-based taxation, in which an individual's benefit from public goods is tied to his or her income-earning ability, can be incorporated into modern optimal tax theory.   Produ...

Valerie Tiberius argues that there is a third way of understanding the relationship between virtues and well-being that takes well-being to be something fairly subjective and yet attributes value to virtues that is not merely instrumental. Stefanie Sta...

In this discussion, Itai Sher develops a formal approach to evaluating freedom in interactive settings, positing that freedom has an instrumental component–grounded in preferences–and an intrinsic component. Martin van Hees examines "the problem o...

In this discussion, E. Glen Weyl analyzes global wealth transfers manifest in both transfer payments and migration, advancing an argument that addressing global inequality may bring with it vastly increased inequality within individual countries. Chri...

With the help of technology, college-level teaching has expanded well beyond classroom walls. Using a selection of syllabi from her seventeen-year career, Divinity School alumna Joanne Maguire Robinson (PhD, History of Christianity, 1996) will discuss...

It starts with a question: What difference can one idea, one person, one university make? We will find answers—and discover new questions—together. Join the campaign at campaign.uchicago.edu. The University of Chicago Campaign: Inquiry and Impact, ...

Born without legs below his knees, Blake Leeper has defied the odds to become a Paralympic medalist. In this talk at Ratner Athletics Center during the University of Chicago’s Homecoming week, “the American Bladerunner” shares his inspiring stor...

Dr. Gilbert is a microbial ecologist whose ongoing research is focused on exploring how microbial communities assemble themselves in natural and human-made environments. He currently manages the Earth Microbiome Project, which is an ongoing effort to c...

Architect Ann Beha discusses the renovated Saieh Hall for Economics and the role successive generations play in repurposing academic spaces to fit their particular needs. Learn more about the architecture of UChicago architecture.uchicago.edu.