Announcements

SIFK Cultures & Knowledge Workshop Series to be Postponed

March 13, 2020

SIFK will be postponing the spring installment of our Cultures & Knowledge Workshop Series
Announcements

“Future of the Human” to be Postponed

March 13, 2020

SIFK will be postponing "Future of the Human: A Conference on Genetic Medicine & Eugenics" to late summer 2021
In the Media

In Sickness And In Health

March 02, 2020

Conference speaker Yangyang Cheng weighs in on COVID-19 and the Chinese medical system.
In the Media

Sensing an advantage, Democrats dare Trump to talk drug prices during State of the Union

March 02, 2020

SIFK Professor William Howell comments on Trump's State of the Union remarks on lowering prescription drug prices.
In the Media

Why Is Medicine So Expensive?

March 02, 2020

Daniel J. Kevles, who will speak at SIFK's upcoming "Future of the Human" conference, comments on America's rising drug prices.
In the Media

Impeachment, the Constitution and Donald Trump

March 02, 2020

SIFK Faculty Member William Howell on America after Acquittal

What is a Person?

January 15, 2020

Nicolette Bruner asks us who — or what — people really are.
News

The Shortlist for the 2019 Tony Lothian Prize has been Announced

January 09, 2020

SIFK Postdoctoral Fellow Joe Stadolnik was shortlisted for the 2019 Tony Lothian Prize for his book in progress: "The Unsettled Life of Duarte Brandão."
In the Media

What Will the Next Decade Bring in Science?

January 09, 2020

UChicago scientists, including recent Meeting of the Minds participant Ayelet Fishbach, discuss the future of science in the new decade.
In the Media

They Wanted to Save Their 119-Year-Old Village. So They Got Rid of It.

November 26, 2019

A feud over local taxes turned into a referendum on government itself. But Election Day left residents as divided as ever. SIFK Core Faculty member William Howell comments.
In the Media

Introductions Have a Lasting Impact

November 26, 2019

How SIFK Core Faculty member Gary Tubb taught this first-year college student the importance of continually meeting new people and places for personal growth.
In the Media

A Philosopher and a Psychologist Walk into a Panel

November 26, 2019

UChicago Magazine covers the latest installment of SIFK and Booth's event series, A Meeting of the Minds: Business and the Human
In the Media

“We Have To Guard Ourselves Against Gradual Erosion Of Democratic Space”

November 12, 2019

SIFK Core Faculty Member Professor Tom Ginsburg discusses his new book with Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Arvind P. Datar, and Payal Chawla
In the Media

Data Science Predicts Which Failures Will Ultimately Lead to Success

November 07, 2019

SIFK Core Faculty Member James A. Evans discusses how to fail the right way.
Features

SIFK Fellow Wins Modernist Studies Association Prize for an Edition, Anthology, or Essay Collection

October 22, 2019

Postdoctoral Fellow Isaiah Lorado Wilner won the Modernist Studies Association Prize with his book "Indigenous Visions" earlier this month.