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"Harris taught me to apply an appropriate level of complexity to policy problems. Part of the complications always involve imperfect data, which Harris did a good job of emulating in our coursework."

“It feels good to be using my Harris toolkit to help people in any way I can.”

Calls for the reimagining of the role of police in public safety have coincided with a surge in gun violence nationwide – by nearly 30% since 2019 – making the search for ways to reduce violence without exacerbating the harms of policing more urgent.

Funded through a $5 million donation from the James M. & Cathleen D. Stone Foundation, the Stone Center will take a dynamic, multidimensional view of inequality that studies intergenerational mobility and wealth inequality around the globe.

“Large-scale problems, such as environmental ones, require interdisciplinary solutions. The adaptability of my public policy degree is preparing me to tackle those challenges."

The James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation has made a generous $5 million gift to the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy to establish the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility.