| James A. Robinson, the Reverend Dr. Richard L. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies and University Professor in the Harris School of Public Policy and the Department of Political Science, was among three scholars awarded the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for research on global wealth inequality. More ➞ |
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| Physicist turned chemist John Jumper, SM’12, PhD’17, was awarded a share of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on protein structure prediction. More ➞ |
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| The MacArthur Foundation honored Ling Ma, AB’05, with a 2024 fellowship, praising her ability “to throw into relief the surreal aspects of our contemporary condition” with her blend of realist and speculative fiction. More ➞ |
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| On the Big Brains podcast, political scientist Cathy Cohen digs into the GenForward Survey, a research project she created to investigate how young people of color see the world, and how the survey’s results shed light on the youth vote in the 2024 election. More ➞ |
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| The longest-serving editor of the University of Chicago Magazine, Mary Ruth Yoe, celebrated her retirement with some lighthearted repartee, sharing the best (and, simultaneously, the worst) advice she’s received, why former New York Times senior writer Margalit Fox should write her life story—or her epitaph—and more. More ➞ |
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