“Authority in the Classroom” with Professor Sarah Hammerschlag
Sarah Hammerschlag, Assistant Professor of Religion and Literature at the University of Chicago Divinity School, leads a discussion about the role of authority in the classroom, the various ways in which a teacher might construct it, and how to negotia...
Roger Myerson: On Moral Hazard and Macroeconomics
Nobel Laureate Roger Myerson shares views on how incentives and hidden information add risk in the financial sector.
Stability and Self-Sufficiency for Low-Income Families
Chapin Hall Child and Family Policy Forum How Do We Promote Stability and Self-Sufficiency for Low-Income Families with Safety Net Programs? The University of Chicago January 16, 2014 Low-income families must overcome a number of obstacles in order to ...
Covert Affairs: Communicating Our Nation's Deepest Secrets
Press Secretary George Little for an inside look at national security Tommy Vietor, Institute of Politics Visiting Fellow and former National Security Council Spokesman for the Obama administration, will join his colleague and former Pentagon communica...
25th Annual MLK Celebration Highlights: What Does Justice Look Like?
Highlights from the University of Chicago’s 25th annual MLK Celebration, featuring Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr. and special guests Ernest G. Green and Adam P. Green. See the full event here: (https://news.uchicago.edu/multimedia/uchicago-mlk-celebr...
“Defining Religion and Civilization in Imam Bayezidof’s Refutuation of Islam,” by Monica M. Ringer
A Mellon Islamic Studies Initiative public lecture by Monica M. Ringer, Visiting Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern History at Amherst College F...
Wednesday Lunch at the Divinity School with David Woodhouse, FAIA, and special guests
David Woodhouse, FAIA, of David Woodhouse Architects, speaking. Mr. Woodhouse founded his firm in 1987; recognized as the American Institute of Architect (AIA) Chicago's Firm of the Year in 2007, it also recently won a national competition to design th...
2014 Diversity Leadership Award Winners
The Diversity Leadership Awards seek to recognize University staff members who display leadership in fostering diversity both on campus and within the surrounding community and to highlight, in concert with the University of Chicago Board of Governors,...
MLK on Love and Public Service
Excerpts from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1956 speech, "Facing the Challenge of a New Age," and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick's keynote speech at the University of Chicago's 2014 MLK Celebration.
UChicago MLK Celebration 2014 with Deval Patrick
The University of Chicago's annual MLK Celebration at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel honors diversity and the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This year's event featured a keynote address by Deval Patrick, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...