Videos

Printing was the new media of the European Renaissance; during the Protestant Reformation of the early 1500s, religious reformers employed print media to disseminate their ideas. Jeremiah Dittmar explains a model of how religious content was transmitte...

Ali Yurukoglu examines the persuasive effects of cable news channels with a particular political slant, and how that slant might affect partisan voting. Given the wide viewership of channels like Fox News and MSNBC, his findings suggest that even small...

Alon Eizenberg explains a tricky problem that radio stations must to navigate: how do they avoid duplicating radio programming that already exists in a local market?

When might an information gatherer or producer dislike information or technology sharing? Benjamin Golub explains a model for the limitations of sharing information between experts can make for less effective recommendations overall.

Matthew Tirrell, Professor and Founding Pritzker Director of the new Institute for Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago, discusses his research, after short introductions by Sharon Feng and Dennell Reynolds. P4 medicine is shorthand for a...

In this talk, senior University of Chicago lecturer Susan Gzesh examined the situation of asylum seekers, stateless persons, and migratory workers in the contemporary world. She discussed various models for striking the balance among the duties of citi...

Sarah Thomas, Vice President for the Harvard Library, delivers the Inaugural Judith Nadler Vision Lecture at the University of Chicago, supported by the Judith Nadler Vision Fund.

A Dean's Forum on “On Hinduism” (Delhi: Aleph Book Company, 2013) by Wendy Doniger, the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions. With responses from colleagues Bruce Lincoln, the Caroline E. Haskell Distingui...

Evan Osnos speaks about the rise of the individual and the clash between aspiration and authoritarianism in China at The Paulson Institute China Speakers Series.

In a talk to MBA students, Eric Budish, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, discusses the arms race between high-frequency traders and whether the ceaseless drive for faster connection speeds encourag...