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University of Chicago launches construction of new Center in Paris
<p>The University of Chicago held a Nov. 9 groundbreaking ceremony to launch the expansion of its Center in Paris, which aims to serve as an important regional hub for ambitious education, research and collaboration across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The new expanded facility, designed by architectural firm Studio Gang, will nearly triple the size of UChicago’s current Center to accommodate increased demand among faculty, students, alumni and partners to study, conduct research and convene...</p>
U.S.-China Forum on Nov. 16-18 will explore approaches to inequality, social welfare
<p>The University of Chicago will host its sixth annual U.S.-China Forum on Nov. 16-18. This year’s event will bring together academic and policy leaders from both countries to discuss the provision of social welfare and the ways in which inequality is being addressed in the U.S. and China, as well as a series of related topics including mental health, disability services and care for children. Hosted by the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice in partnership with UChicago...</p>
Examining the coronavirus’ economic costs
<p>In recent weeks, the outbreak of the coronavirus has commanded the world’s attention, presenting a new and pressing threat to global public health. Experts across fields are scrambling to minimize the impact of the respiratory disease known as COVID-19 on individuals, medical systems and the global economy. “What you see is that big parts of the Chinese economy have shut down,” said Chang-Tai Hsieh, the Phyllis and Irwin Winkelreid Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School...</p>
U.S.-China Forum, exhibition to explore Chinese contemporary art
The University of Chicago will convene artists and scholars from around the world on Feb. 6 for the U.S.-China Forum , a one-day symposium that will examine how the countries intersect, interact and overlap through the arts. Held at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, the public event will feature performances, lectures and in-depth conversations between distinguished UChicago scholars and renowned artists such as Xu Bing and Miao Ying. The closing keynote address will be delivered by...
U.S.-China Forum, exhibition to explore Chinese contemporary art
<p>The University of Chicago will convene artists and scholars from around the world on Feb. 6 for the U.S.-China Forum, a one-day symposium that will examine how the countries intersect, interact and overlap through the arts. Held at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, the public event will feature performances, lectures and in-depth conversations between distinguished UChicago scholars and renowned artists such as Xu Bing and Miao Ying. The closing keynote address will be delivered by...</p>
UChicago Hong Kong campus wins international architectural design award
The Hong Kong Jockey Club University of Chicago Academic Complex | The University of Chicago Francis and Rose Yuen Campus in Hong Kong has won the prestigious Prix Versailles international design award. The campus, which opened in 2018 , was awarded the Special Prize for Interior in the Prix Versailles Campuses category, in recognition of its innovation, creativity, energy efficiency, reflection of local, natural, and cultural heritage, and its promotion of the values of social interaction and...
Urban October at University of Chicago to focus on urgent challenges facing global cities
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...
Prof. James Heckman receives prestigious honor from Chinese government
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...
A century later, John Dewey’s travels to China influence a new generation
A year after traveling across China together, a group of 10 students recently shared their distinct journey of retracing the steps taken by pioneering educator John Dewey a hundred years earlier. The high schoolers—from the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools , the UChicago Charter Schools , and from Lab’s Beijing partner high school, RDFZ—spoke with educators, policymakers and scholars during the Centennial Colloquium on Dewey: Then & Now. They discussed how even though they could learn...
Education, nutrition improve language skills for children in rural China
A groundbreaking study by University of Chicago scholars could have a profound impact on the lives and futures of children in poverty-stricken communities of rural China. Prof. James Heckman, a pioneering economist and Nobel laureate, led an innovative early childhood trial that evaluated the long-term impact of providing nutritional support and psychosocial stimulation to at-risk children in China—tens of millions of whom are left alone in their rural communities when their parents travel to...

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Safety and Security Update for the Global Community

Leaders from the University of Chicago held a webinar for the global community on November 18 to address campus safety and security following recent shootings in the Hyde Park neighborhood. The event was held a week after the murder of UChicago graduate Shaoxiong “Dennis” Zheng, who was killed November 9 during a robbery near campus.
Nov 18, 2021
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