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University of Chicago Health Lab Releases Evaluation of Washtenaw County Co-Response Unit Pilot

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The report highlights both the promise and the practical challenges of pairing law enforcement and behavioral health professionals to respond to crisis calls, and offers recommendations for strengthening and sustaining the model going forward.
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Cyber Policy Initiative: Hacker Research Illuminates Solutions to Threats from Offensive AI, Cyber Crime, and Despots

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New Hackers’ Almanack Shows Governments are Falling Behind Pace of Cyber Threats and Their Real World Impacts
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Shaoda Wang Named 2026 Sloan Research Fellow

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Assistant Professor Shaoda Wang has been selected as a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow, one of the most prestigious honors available to early-career scholars in the social sciences and sciences.
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$20 Million Gift from Thomas Francis Dunn, AB’81, MBA’86 and Susan Knapp Dunn, AB’82, Launches a New Lab at the Harris School to Advance Emerging Field of Algorithmic Public Policy

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With an extraordinary gift from University of Chicago Trustee Thomas Francis Dunn, AB’81, MBA’86, and Susan Knapp Dunn, AB’82, the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy is establishing the Bike Shop @UChicago.
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Former NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth E. Corey Named Executive Director of the Policing Leadership Academy

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The University of Chicago Crime Lab today announced that Kenneth E. Corey has been appointed Executive Director of its Policing Leadership Academy (PLA).
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Doomsday Clock ticks down to 85 seconds to midnight in 2026—closest ever to apocalypse

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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced on Jan. 27 that the hands of the Doomsday Clock moved forward four seconds and now sits at 85 seconds to midnight—the closest the symbolic clock has ever been to apocalypse.