Videos

The Road Not Taken-Twice: Of Courage and the Choice Between the Literary and the Legal Life

Michael Blumenthal, formerly Director of Creative Writing at Harvard and a 1974 graduate of the Cornell Law School, is the author, most recently, of the memoir All My Mothers and Fathers (Harper Collins, 2002), and of Dusty Angel (BOA Editions, 1999),...

Milton Friedman Memorial Service

Speakers at the event included Gary Becker, University Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago; Arnold Harberger, Professor in Economics at UCLA and the Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Economics at t...

Translations of Cesar Vallejo

  The poet Clayton Eshleman has been translating Cesar Vallejo's poetry since 1958, when he was a student at Indiana University. Clayton Eshleman apprenticed himself to poetry while in Kyoto, Japan, in the early 1960s, by committing to a translat...

Poetry Reading by Michael Palmer

A poetry reading by Michael Palmer as part of the Poem Present series at The University of Chicago. Copyright 2006 The University of Chicago.

In Company:On Artistic Collaboration and Solitude

A lecture by Michael Palmer as part of the Poem Present series at The University of Chicago. Copyright 2006 The University of Chicago.

Poetry Reading by Charles Bernstein

A poetry reading by Charles Bernstein as part of the Poem Present series at The University of Chicago. Copyright 2006 The University of Chicago.

International Child Welfare Conference: Global Issues Facing Youth, Keynote Address

Irene Rizzini, Professor, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio, Department of Social Work), delivers the Keynote Address at the International Child Welfare Conference.

International Child Welfare Conference: Global Issues Facing Youth, Honoree Address

Dr. Harold Richman, University of Chicago Hermon Dunlap Smith Professor of Social Welfare Policy Emeritus, delivers the Honoree Address at the International Child Welfare Conference.

Youth in Low-Income Communities in Rio de Janeiro: Education and Job Prospects

Lecture by Malcolm Bush, President of the Woodstock Institute, for the International Child Welfare Conference.