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A headshot of Katherine Baicker.
She is among 26 university faculty who have been appointed to named or distinguished service professorships, effective July 1, 2025.
A portrait of Rohen Shah
The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy has named Rohen Shah, PhD’25, as one of twenty recipients of its highly competitive 2024–2025 research grants.
Durlauf
Durlauf spoke about threats to higher education, the state of freedom of expression on campus, the status of DEI initiatives nationwide, the merits of the policies aimed at addressing historical injustices in the United States, and more.
A headshot of Katherine Baicker.
Baicker is a leading scholar in the economic analysis of health care policy. Her research focuses on the effectiveness of public and private health insurance, including the effects of health system reforms on the distribution and quality of care.
A picture of Scott Gehlbach
Last month, we sat down with Professor Scott Gehlbach to discuss the state of the war in Ukraine, what about the conflict has surprised him, and where it goes from here.
A portrait of Oeindrila Dube.
UChicago professors designed a first-of-its-kind Chicago Police training that reduces the use of force, racial disparities in arrests and officer injuries. Law enforcement agencies across the Midwest are taking notice.