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<p>The University of Chicago celebrated the fifth anniversary of its Center in Delhi on Nov. 1 with programs showcasing the innovative research, partnerships and policy impact that the center has helped foster in India. The center builds on a long history of intellectual collaboration between the University and India, and has greatly expanded that work over the last five years. Since opening in 2014, the center has hosted 590 events with more than 140 collaborators and 30,000 participants. The...</p>
<p>Editor’s note: The following is part of Urban October at UChicago—an initiative of the University of Chicago Urban Network. Throughout the month, University scholars will convene key stakeholders and present new research and collaborations that confront urban challenges around the globe. UN-Habitat and the University of Chicago’s Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation are hosting a symposium Oct. 23-25 focused on how neighborhoods around the world can tackle imminent challenges—including...</p>
<p>Editor’s note: The following is part of Urban October at UChicago—an initiative of the University of Chicago Urban Network. Throughout the month, University scholars will convene key stakeholders and present new research and collaborations that confront urban challenges around the globe. Urban scientists at the University of Chicago’s Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation on Oct. 23 launched the Million Neighborhoods Map—a groundbreaking visual tool that provides the first comprehensive look...</p>
<p>Editor’s note: The following is part of Urban October at UChicago—an initiative of the University of Chicago Urban Network. Throughout the month, University scholars will convene key stakeholders and present new research and collaborations that confront urban challenges around the globe. Dipak Bishwokarma has spent years helping communities in his native Nepal adapt to climate change. Along the way—working with local residents, non-profits and government agencies—the University of Chicago...</p>
Climate change results in warmer ocean temperatures, melting glaciers and more extreme weather patterns. Scientists have also observed its effects on the clams, snails, worms, crabs, urchins, starfish and more living on and in the deep seafloor off Alaska, as the ecosystem shifted from arctic to sub-arctic within the last few decades. Now, scientists at the University of Chicago and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences have found that seashells from these creatures show...
<p>Renowned experts from politics, academia and civil society will gather Oct. 18-19 in Berlin for the Pearson Global Forum, entitled “Beyond Walls | Deconstructing Conflict.” Inspired by the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the forum will discuss lessons learned from the German experience and research-based solutions to help prevent, de-escalate and resolve current global conflicts. The University of Chicago’s Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts will...</p>
<p>University of Chicago Nobel laureate James J. Heckman has received the Friendship Award, the highest honor issued by the Chinese government to foreign experts. A world-renowned expert on the economics of human development, Heckman was one of 42 recipients of this year’s award, chosen for outstanding contributions to China’s economic and social progress. The Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, Heckman is director of the Center for the Economics of Human Development at the...</p>
<p>Walk around a corner in the Oriental Institute Museum, and you’ll see a 2,900-year-old stone relief fragment showing the head of an Assyrian king. What’s even more striking is everything surrounding the artifact: outstretched arms made of brown newspaper ads, a bow composed of blue cracker wrappers and a gold-foiled sword hanging from the hip. Those dazzling colors represent what was destroyed four years ago by the Islamic State, surviving only in memory and imagination. Michael Rakowitz’s...</p>
<p>Nearly three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, University of Chicago scholar James A. Robinson has co-authored a new book exploring why liberty thrives in certain states but falls to authoritarianism or anarchy in others. In The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies and the Fate of Liberty, Robinson and co-author Daron Acemoglu of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology argue for the existence of a narrow corridor to liberty—one which stays open only through a fundamental and incessant...</p>
<p>The University of Chicago is preparing to host Urban October at UChicago in collaboration with UN-Habitat. The monthlong initiative brings together policy leaders, public officials, community members and leading researchers from Chicago and around the world to focus on some of the most profound challenges facing global cities. Today, 4.3 billion people live in urban areas. That number is projected to expand to 5.1 billion within 10 years and 6.6 billion within 30 years. Already challenging urban...</p>
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President Sung-Chul Shin of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) visited the University of Chicago on May 6, 2019.
May 06, 2019
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The University of Chicago's Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practices collaborates with Chinese institutions to advance social work education
May 03, 2019
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Academic Exchange with Fei Xiaotong (Fei Hsiao-Tung)’s Followers
May 02, 2019
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The University of Chicago (UChicago) and The University of Hong Kong (HKU) announced the renewal of two memoranda of understanding (MoU) related to research and student exchange for three years until 2021, in a move to strengthen collaboration between the two universities.
Jan 10, 2019
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Hernandez shares her love of research with Mexican students
Jul 28, 2018
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Each year the Sci-ROI Annual Event convenes delegates from academia, government, and industry in India; all are interested in recruiting graduate and postdoctoral talent in science and engineering from the Midwest. The second Sci-ROI Annual Event took place on September 9th and 10th at the Biological Sciences Center at the University of Chicago and was hosted by UChicago Global, Science and Research Opportunities (Sci-ROI), and WINStep Forward.
Sep 10, 2017