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For street medicine doctors in Chicago and nationwide, compassion is a calling
Huggett and other clinicians work in shelters and among an estimated 150 street medicine programs nationwide. Street medicine ...
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Study by UChicago scientists finds four tiny planets around one of our nearest stars
Astronomers have revealed new evidence that there are not just one but four tiny planets circling around Barnard’s Star, the ...
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Remembering Jewel Stradford Lafontant, JD’46, barrier-breaking attorney
Lafontant was born Jewel Carter Stradford in 1922 to a prominent African American family. Her father, C. Francis Stradford, ...
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Roland Winston, pioneer in solar energy, engineering and physics, 1936–2025
Roland Winston, SB’56, SM’57, PhD’63—a pioneer in solar energy, engineering, and physics—died Feb. 8 at his home in ...
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Former CIA Director William J. Burns to discuss America’s role in the world at April 16 UChicago event
The Chicago Project on Security and Threats (CPOST) will host a discussion between former CIA Director William J. Burns and ...
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James A. Robinson to present 2025 Ryerson Lecture on April 23
A UChicago tradition since 1972, the Ryerson Lecture features prominent UChicago faculty members who have made “research ...
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Physical gestures can counteract stereotypes introduced by subtle linguistic cues
New UChicago research finds that children who saw an ‘equal’ gesture were more likely to express egalitarian beliefs ...
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UChicago scientists study the hidden cost of Netflix’s autoplay
A new study from researchers in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Chicago, which builds on prior work, sheds light on the unintended consequences of autoplay features, revealing ...
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Scientists create ‘odd’ objects that adapt and move over obstacles
Locomotion, the ability to move from one place to another, is an essential survival strategy for virtually every organism. Adapting to the unpredictable terrain they run into, cells, fungi and ...