Announcements Archive | Sociology | The University of Chicago

Jul 12, 2017 - Chicago Sun Times: Once a city of neighborhoods, Chicago’s now about making the scene
Jun 27, 2017 - Washington Post: No, the Government Did Not Pay for Mitch McConnell’s Polio Care. Charity Did.
May 2, 2017 - Gender & Society: Gender inequality and the two-body problem by PhD candidate Jaclyn Wong (Sociology)
Mar 29, 2017 - Chicago Tonight: PhD student Anjanette Chan studies how violence affects childhood friendships
Mar 15, 2017 - SD Union-Tribune: Americans today are having less sex, finds San Diego Prof. Jean Twenge (AB'93, AM'93)
Feb 20, 2017 - Sociology PhD candidate Jaclyn Wong explains importance of good grooming
Jan 25, 2017 - Newsweek: Sociologist Forrest Stuart warns "sending in the Feds" could spark more violence in Chicago
Oct 19, 2016 - Chicago Tribune: Sociologist Sharon Hicks-Bartlett explains lingering effects of racist housing practices
Oct 5, 2016 - Chicago Reader: Sociologist Forrest Stuart's book warns against 'broken windows' policing, contra CPD plans
Sep 19, 2016 - Chicago Magazine: Sociologist Forrest Stuart dishes on drill rap and Chicago gang violence
Jul 31, 2016 - Mother Jones: Sociologist Forrest Stuart discusses research on LA's hyper-policed skid row
Jul 11, 2016 - Video: Sociologist Forrest Stuart explains catalyzing effects of social media on issues of race, inequality
Jun 29, 2016 - Video: Sociologist Forrest Stuart discusses research on social media, gangs, and "drill rap" in Chicago
May 30, 2016 - Nine Social Sciences Graduate students win Fulbright Fellowships for international research
May 20, 2016 - Washington Post: Soc. PhD student's research relates attractiveness, 'grooming' to income
May 19, 2016 - Washington Post: Sociology doctoral student's research relates attractiveness and 'grooming' to income.
Apr 20, 2016 - Associate Professor of Sociology James Evans, and family, joins Campus North as Resident Master
Jan 12, 2015 - How the sociologist Howard Becker studies the conventions of the unconventional
Dec 29, 2014 - Sociology PhD student explains "What it means to be an American" in Time
Jul 29, 2014 - Crain's: Andrew Papachristos, MA'00, PhD'07, shows Chicago isn't "murder capital of the US"
Feb 14, 2014 - AAAS 2014: Research on poor neighborhoods must recognize differences among cities