UChicago News

Martha Nussbaum honored with Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences

Meredith Heagney — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:26 -0500

Martha C. Nussbaum, the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics in the Law School, Philosophy Department and Divinity School, has received the 2012 Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences. The award is given by Prince Felipe of Spain to those whose work in various disciplines “...

Stephen Raudenbush elected to National Academy of Sciences

William Harms — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:34 -0500

Stephen W. Raudenbush, chair of the Committee on Education, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Raudenbush, the Lewis-Sebring Distinguished Service Professor in Sociology and the Harris School of Public Policy Studies, develops and applies quantitative methods for studying child and youth development within social settings such as classrooms, schools...

Four UChicago scholars receive Guggenheim fellowships

Allan Friedman — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:52 -0500

Four UChicago scholars—Alison Bechdel, John H. Cochrane, Adrian Johns, and Don Kulick—have been named 2012 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellows. They are among 181 diverse scholars, artists and scientists selected this year in the 88th annual competition for the United States and Canada.

Chosen from a group of almost 3,000 candidates, the recipients have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the...

Law scholar Richard Epstein receives 2011 Bradley Prize

Sarah Galer — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:29 -0500

Richard Epstein, the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Law and Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School, has been awarded the 2011 Bradley Prize for outstanding achievement.

Known for his influential work on a wide range of constitutional, economic and historical subjects,...

Ariel Kalil awarded MacArthur Foundation grant

David Wang — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:27 -0500

Ariel Kalil, a professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy Studies, has been awarded a $200,000 research grant from the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to study the impact of childhood housing instability on long-term health...

Two UChicago students awarded Marshall Scholarships

Sara Olkon — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:48 -0500

Two University of Chicago students have been awarded prestigious Marshall Scholarships for graduate study in the United Kingdom.

The recipients are Matthew Jones, a biological sciences and Germanic studies major from the Class of 2011, and Ben Umans, who graduated with the Class of 2010 with a degree in biological sciences and economics.

In all, five University students this year have received one of the major competitive scholarships for study in the United Kingdom...

Alumni Award winners span varied careers and achievements, from economics to medicine to winemaking

Fri, 14 May 2010 12:00 -0500

Nobel Prize–winning economist Gary Becker will receive the Alumni Medal, the highest honor the Alumni Association can bestow, while 16 other distinguished alumni will receive awards in a ceremony at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 5 at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel.

The University’s Alumni Board of Governors invites all alumni, faculty, students, parents and friends to attend the event, which recognizes alumni and faculty who have made exceptional contributions to...