In the Media
Chicago Maroon: Newly Launched McKeon Center Looks to Cross Fields and Platform Tough Conversations
November 02, 2023
The McKeon Center seeks to reinvigorate the humanities with programming based on real-world events and plans for new minor.
Announcements
SIFK Cultures & Knowledge Workshop Series to be Postponed
March 13, 2020
SIFK will be postponing the spring installment of our Cultures & Knowledge Workshop SeriesAnnouncements
“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 2021In 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 AcquittalWhat 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 HumanIn 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 ChawlaIn 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.