A new national survey finds that while young people express strong support for marriage equality, they also believe the push for same-sex marriage has diverted too much attention from other important issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered individuals. The study shows that young people differ along racial and ethnic lines in setting priorities for advancing LGBT rights.
Scientists have long known that a molecule’s behavior depends on its environment. Taking advantage of this phenomenon, a group of researchers at the University of Chicago developed a new technique to map microscopic environments using the vibrations of molecules.
The University of Chicago Model U.N. team won first place on the college circuit for 2013-2014, earning the title “#1 in North America” from Best Delegate, the New York-based organization that promotes Model U.N. participation and ranks its winners.
Thirteen teams participated in the first University of Chicago Data Visualization Challenge, a competition to create insightful, novel and well-designed visual representations of raw social science data.
The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research has released the results of a major survey examining the public’s opinions about what it means to be a quality health care provider in the United States. The survey, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, sheds new light on how American adults perceive the quality of their health care and doctors, as well as the information they use and trust when making health care decisions. The survey produces new and actionable data during a crucial period of Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation. Interviews were conducted with 1,002 adults age 18 and over.
A new study by University of Chicago researchers suggests the difference between love and lust might be in the eyes. Specifically, where your date looks at you could indicate whether love or lust is in the cards. The new study found that eye patterns concentrate on a stranger’s face if the viewer sees that person as a potential partner in romantic love, but the viewer gazes more at the other person’s body if he or she is feeling sexual desire.
A Q and A with a University of Chicago Law School expert on the current child immigration crisis along the US-Mexico border
The University of Chicago is creating a new professorship in tissue engineering to promote innovative work at the University’s Institute for Molecular Engineering and the Marine Biological Laboratory, supported by a $3.5 million donation from the Millicent and Eugene Bell Foundation.
A new study shows that some shark species may be able to cope with the rising salinity of Arctic waters that may come with rising temperatures.
The politically expedient way to mitigate climate change is essentially no way at all, according to a comprehensive new study by University of Chicago climatologist Raymond Pierrehumbert.
Paulina Rincon-Delgadillo graduated June 14 with the first doctoral degree in molecular engineering from the University of Chicago. A dual-degree student, Rincon-Delgadillo is receiving a second doctorate, in electrical engineering, from Belgium’s Catholic University of Leuven.
Examining factors such as how much children gesture at an early age may make it possible to identify and intervene with very young children at risk for delays in speech and cognitive development, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Chicago.
After months of consultation with a broad set of community and university partners, the University of Chicago submitted a proposal on June 16 to the Barack Obama Foundation in support of locating the Barack Obama Presidential Library on Chicago’s South Side.
Computer simulations that reveal a key mechanism in the replication process of influenza A may help defend against future deadly pandemics.
In a hall full of scientists and artists, Qin Xu, Ivo Peters and Iddo Aharony were the ones who broke the ice during a presentation last month at the University of Chicago’s Logan Center for the Arts. Xu, Peters and Aharony were collaborating graduate students in the arts and science.
Professor David Nirenberg has been appointed dean of the Social Sciences Division for a five-year term, President Robert J. Zimmer and Provost Eric D. Isaacs announced today (June 12). Nirenberg’s appointment takes effect on July 1.
A new report has found that early childhood programs, shown to give significant, long-term cognitive and economic benefits to children in the United States, also can greatly benefit children in developing nations.
The programming team “Conjurers of Cheap Tricks” has earned a chance to take part in the finals of the world’s oldest and largest programming contest—the Association for Computing Machinery’s International Collegiate Programming Contest.
A new report from the University of Chicago's Cultural Policy Center examines public funding for the arts in 13 metro regions in the U.S. between 2002 - 2012. The study provides information about how much money comes to the nonprofit arts from national, state and local arts agencies.
Astrophysicists have established that cosmic turbulence could have amplified magnetic fields to the strengths observed in interstellar space.
More than 1,000 students in the College at the University of Chicago will work in paid internships this academic year through the Jeff Metcalf Internship Program, a new height for the program that has seen exponential growth since its creation 17 years ago.
Birds come in astounding variety—from hummingbirds to emus—and behave in myriad ways: they soar the skies, swim the waters, and forage the forests. But this wasn’t always the case, according to research by scientists at the University of Chicago and the Field Museum.
A study by Anderson Economic Group commissioned by the University of Chicago to analyze the economic impact of a Barack Obama Presidential Library on Chicago’s South Side, has concluded that the library “can provide a significant economic boon to the neighborhood and the city.”
Jeff Deutsch, a respected bookseller with two decades of bookstore experience, will be the next director of the Seminary Co-op Bookstore, the Co-op’s Board of Directors announced May 21. He will begin his new position on July 1.
Kimberly P. Taylor, a partner of Hilton & Bishop P.C. in Falmouth, Mass., will become the University of Chicago’s vice president and general counsel effective Aug. 1, University President Robert J. Zimmer announced today.
The National Geographic Society has selected University of Chicago paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim to its 2014 class of Emerging Explorers. This year’s class comprises “a group of 14 visionary, young trailblazers from around the globe.
The University of Chicago’s Institute for Molecular Engineering will lead a team of researchers from five universities in an ambitious five-year, $6.75 million project to create a new class of quantum devices that will allow communication among quantum computers.
Daniel Diermeier, an internationally recognized scholar in political institutions, formal political theory, and the interaction of business and politics, as well as an expert in crisis and reputation management, has been appointed the next dean of the Harris School of Public Policy Studies.
The University of Chicago will formally launch the public phase of a comprehensive campaign this fall to raise $4.5 billion. The priorities of the campaign, the most ambitious in the University’s history, include support for faculty and researchers who are shaping fields of inquiry, distinctive educational opportunities for students at all levels, and innovative programs to enhance the University’s local and global reach and impact.
A new University of Chicago project will expand and test a community development model that supports arts and culture to help transform communities and promote local growth and vibrancy. The Place Project, which builds on pioneering work by Theaster Gates, is supported by $3.5 million from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
The recent crisis in Ukraine has spurred a new round of thinking about the region’s political and economic situation by UChicago scholars Eric Posner and Stanislav Markus.
Young mothers are more likely to breastfeed and have positive relationships with their babies when they have another woman “mothering” them in the delivery room, according to new research at the University of Chicago on the value of doulas—women who help with deliveries and early care for mothers and babies. The assistance from doulas is particularly valuable to young mothers from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Jerry M. Melillo, Distinguished Scientist at the Ecosystems Center of the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) will join John Holdren, Assistant to the U.S. President for Science and Technology, and other administration officials, to release the Third National Climate Assessment at the White House today, Tuesday, May 6.
An Italian computer engineer has solved a 150-year-old literary mystery found in a rare edition of Homer’s Odyssey at the University of Chicago Library. The 1504 Venetian edition contains handwritten annotations in a previously unknown script. In hopes of cracking the code, the Library’s Special Collections Research Center publicized a $1,000 prize for the first person to identify the script, provide evidence to support the conclusion and execute a translation of selected portions of the marginalia.
Nobel Laureate Gary S. Becker, 83, of the University of Chicago, died May 3 following complications from a recent surgery. He made historic changes to the study of economics and the social sciences.
A project at the University of Chicago’s Yerkes Observatory, which enables the visually impaired to almost literally touch the stars, will take flight May 5 and 7 aboard the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy.
Four University of Chicago faculty members and a scientist at the affiliated Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., have been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.
Sociologist William Julius Wilson will deliver the keynote address at a May 8 conference focused on the challenges young people in cities face when they finish school, and scholarship that can help promote success in the workplace and other aspects of adult life. The event will be held from 3-5 p.m. in the Max Palevsky Cinema at Ida Noyes Hall and is open to participants who register in advance.
University of Chicago climate scientist Elisabeth Moyer will offer her insights regarding the multiple threats that climate change poses to national security during a panel discussion starting at an April 30 panel discussion. The event also will be live-streamed at C2st.org.
Would you sacrifice one person to save five? Such moral choices could depend on whether you are using a foreign language or your native tongue. A new study from psychologists at the University of Chicago and Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona finds that people using a foreign language take a relatively utilitarian approach to moral dilemmas, making decisions based on assessments of what’s best for the common good.
Sen. Rand Paul, former Vice President Al Gore and former Sen. Rick Santorum will visit the University of Chicago in the coming weeks as part of the Institute of Politics’ spring speaker series. Although the talks are sold out, each can be viewed via webcast at UChicago Live.
A free, massively open online course (MOOC) on Understanding the Brain: The Neurobiology of Everyday Life will begin Monday, April 28, and it will include what may become the world’s largest memory experiment.
Eight students in the College will spend their summer as research interns at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Massachusetts, marking a new phase in the affiliation between the lab and the University of Chicago that will allow students to pursue significant scientific projects.
Where you live matters. That’s the common theme for geographers, sociologists, urban planners and other scholars gathering in April for the 2014 Urban Forums, titled Neighborhoods: The Measure and Meaning of an Urban Ideal, hosted by the University of Chicago Urban Network.
Four University of Chicago College students have received Harry S. Truman Scholarships—the most in school history, and tying a record that only two other institutions have attained since 2001.
The University of Chicago’s Institute for Molecular Engineering will build a major new facility for nanoscale fabrication within the William Eckhardt Research Center, supported by a $15 million gift from the Pritzker Foundation.
Paul J. Sally, Jr., of the University of Chicago has been awarded the first American Mathematical Society Award for Impact on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics, the society announced today.
University of Chicago researchers and their colleagues at University College London have performed a proof-of-concept experiment that will aid the future development of programmable quantum computers.
The University of Chicago's International Human Rights Clinic has given students the opportunity to work on both local and international projects and cases, which represent some of today’s most pressing human rights concerns.
The famed Tianjin Peking Opera Company will perform April 12 at the University of Chicago's Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts.
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