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(6 of 7) America and Chicago's Health Safety Net: A Century of Continuity and Change

This symposium reflects on the role of various health care reform approaches—what they are and ought to be—for vulnerable populations. ·      Lu Ann Aday, PhD, Lorne D. Bain Distinguished Professor Emerita in Public Health and Medicine at th...

(5 of 7) America and Chicago's Health Safety Net: A Century of Continuity and Change

This symposium reflects on the role of various health care reform approaches—what they are and ought to be—for vulnerable populations. ·      Lu Ann Aday, PhD, Lorne D. Bain Distinguished Professor Emerita in Public Health and Medicine at th...

(4 of 7) America and Chicago's Health Safety Net: A Century of Continuity and Change

This symposium reflects on the role of various health care reform approaches—what they are and ought to be—for vulnerable populations. ·      Lu Ann Aday, PhD, Lorne D. Bain Distinguished Professor Emerita in Public Health and Medicine at th...

(3 of 7) America and Chicago's Health Safety Net: A Century of Continuity and Change

This symposium reflects on the role of various health care reform approaches—what they are and ought to be—for vulnerable populations. ·      Lu Ann Aday, PhD, Lorne D. Bain Distinguished Professor Emerita in Public Health and Medicine at th...

(2 of 7) America and Chicago's Health Safety Net: A Century of Continuity and Change

This symposium reflects on the role of various health care reform approaches—what they are and ought to be—for vulnerable populations. ·      Lu Ann Aday, PhD, Lorne D. Bain Distinguished Professor Emerita in Public Health and Medicine at th...

(1 of 7) America and Chicago's Health Safety Net: A Century of Continuity and Change

This symposium reflects on the role of various health care reform approaches—what they are and ought to be—for vulnerable populations. ·      Lu Ann Aday, PhD, Lorne D. Bain Distinguished Professor Emerita in Public Health and Medicine at th...

Poetry Reading by Eliot Weinberger

Author, editor, and translator Eliot Weinberger gave a reading of his work in early April of 2009.

“God: Theological Accounts and Ethical Possibilities” by William Schweiker

“God: Theological Accounts and Ethical Possibilities.” A conference at the University of Chicago Divinity School. William Schweiker, Edward L. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor and Director of the Martin Marty Center, on “God and the Human...

Capital Ideas - Minding the Racial Wage Gap

For a long time, economists doubted that racial bias of white employers was a significant factor in explaining black workers' lower wages relative to whites. New research revisits this issue and finds evidence as to why prejudice deserves more weight i...

Capital Ideas - The Power of TV

Emily Oster, assistant professor of economics at the University of Chicago Department of Economics explains how turning on the television can be a simple yet influential way of improving a woman's standing in rural India.