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Student with Elizabeth Warren

The Data Primary: MSCAPP in the 2020 Election

MSCAPP students apply big data to big problems, and some MSCAPP alumni are using it to help presidential candidates.

UChicago Data and Policy Summer Scholar Program Information Session with Austin Wright

William Howell

Professor William Howell Discusses Trump’s Impeachment

The impeachment and the acquittal of President Trump has a lot in-store for the America’s political future. Professor Howell discusses the pertinent after effects.
Poverty Lab

University of Chicago’s Poverty Lab Develops Tools to Predict Homelessness

University of Chicago’s Poverty Lab and UCLA researchers have devised a digital tool to predict homelessness to be used in California, the state with the largest unsheltered population.
Anthony Fowler

Associate Professor Anthony Fowler Discusses Democratic Candidates and Ideology

As the Democratic Party prepares for the last leg of the democratic primaries, Associate Professor Anthony Fowler argues ideology would play a vital role in the outcomes
Jens Ludwig

Professor Jens Ludwig Discusses Crime and Poverty in Chicago

Addressing the high crime rate in Chicago, Professor Jens Ludwig unravels the connection between poverty and gun violence in the city.
William Howell

Professor William Howell Discusses Trump’s State of The Union Address

Right in between the impeachment hearing and the Iowa Caucuses, Professor Howell argues the State of the Union address holds significant impact for President Trump.
Jeffrey Grogger

Professor Jeffrey Grogger Discusses Wage Penalty Imposed by Regional Accents

Regional accents affect employment opportunities and income for German works as per the study by Professor Jeffrey Grogger.
data

How a Team of First-Years Won Harris<Hack>

Tianming (Timmy) Yang, Master of Public Policy (MPP) Class of 2021, and Harris Country Ambassador, writes about his team’s experience creating an app that won the Data Analytics team’s hackathon, Harris.
Inauguration

Research Sheds Light on the Effect of Divisive Primaries on Political Parties

A paper by Assistant Professor Alexander Fouirnaies of the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, along with Professor Andrew B. Hall of Stanford University, concludes that divisive and prolonged primaries do in fact have a negative effect.

Axelrod in the U.K.