UChicago News

Professors at public research universities help UChicago graduate students plan next move

Dianna Douglas, UChicago News — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:10 -0500

University of Chicago graduate students looking for a teaching position at a public research university recently got an insider’s look into that hiring process and work environment. Almost 100 students gathered in Ida Noyes Hall last month to hear the advice of UChicago graduate alumni who now work as professors in public universities. They shared what it takes to land a job and how to develop the teaching, research, and other professional skills necessary to succeed at that job....

Women leaders nourish students’ confidence while teaching networking skills

Tyler Leeds, UChicago News — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:16 -0500

The University of Chicago Women’s Board and the Urban Education Institute volunteer committee welcomed nearly 60 young women from the University of Chicago Charter School’s Woodlawn Campus to the Quadrangle Club on Wednesday, May 8 for an opportunity to network with female leaders in Chicago.

The program, titled Pearls with Power Tea, was as much about learning how to network as it was about networking. Nycole Buckner, a counselor at the Woodlawn Campus, emphasized how...

UChicago to evaluate effects of increased math tutoring in Chicago Public Schools

William Harms, UChicago News — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:54 -0500

Up to 1,000 adolescent boys in 12 Chicago Public Schools will receive individualized, daily math tutoring in their regular school day beginning next fall, as part of a new UChicago-supported program designed to boost school performance and reduce violent crimes.

The University of Chicago’s Urban Education Lab and Crime Lab will partner with Match Education, a national tutoring program, in...

Psychopaths are not neurally equipped to have concern for others

William Harms, UChicago News — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:47 -0500

Prisoners who are psychopaths lack the basic neurophysiological “hardwiring” that enables them to care for others, according to a new study by neuroscientists at the University of Chicago and the University of New Mexico.

“A marked lack of empathy is a hallmark characteristic of individuals with psychopathy,” said the lead author of the study, Jean Decety, the Irving B. Harris Professor in Psychology...

Series of research conferences on urban issues to begin April 25

William Harms, UChicago News — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:56 -0500

The University of Chicago Urban Network has scheduled four research conferences beginning April 25 as part of its 2013 Urban Forums series. They will focus on several key issues facing cities today, including managing urban infrastructure and built environments, immigration, health inequality and access to care, and political networks.

The Urban Network, a community of UChicago faculty, students, policymakers and others interested in...

Pastora San Juan Cafferty, distinguished scholar of Hispanics, 1940-2013

William Harms, UChicago News — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:06 -0500

Pastora San Juan Cafferty, one of the nation’s leading scholars of race and ethnicity and a specialist on Hispanics, died April 16 in her Near North Side home in Chicago. Cafferty, professor emerita at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, was 72.

In addition to her research, she was heavily involved in Chicago civic life. She was appointed to the founding board of directors of the Regional Transportation Authority, serving from 1974 to 1977...

CPS students infrequently use technology for school, study finds

Emily Krone, UChicago News — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:17 -0500

At a time when technological proficiency is a prerequisite for most careers, about half of sixth- through 12th-graders in Chicago Public Schools report using technology for school less than once a week, according to a new report from the University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research.

Between 20 and 30 percent of students report never or rarely using technology for school—at most once or twice a semester, the report found. At the same time, 92 percent report having...

Center for Health Administration Studies to celebrate 50 years with April 12 conference

William Harms, UChicago News — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:34 -0500

The Center for Health Administration Studies, based at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a conference titled, "Equity and Choice in Health Care Access,” from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 12, at the University of Chicago Gleacher Center.

“Since the founding of CHAS, its goal has been to promote active, interdisciplinary collaboration...

Prescription for double-dose algebra proves effective

Chelsea Leu, UChicago News — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:30 -0500

Martin Gartzman sat in his dentist’s waiting room last fall when he read a study in Education Next that nearly brought him to tears.

A decade ago, in his former position as chief math and science officer for Chicago Public Schools, Gartzman spearheaded an attempt to decrease ninth-grade algebra failure rates...

Faculty members recognized for outstanding research with new professorships

Michael Drapa, UChicago News — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:10 -0500

Fourteen UChicago faculty members—Clifford Ando, Isaam A. Awad, David Awschalom, Omri Ben-Shahar, Philip G. Berger, Matthew Gentzkow, James K. Liao, Elizabeth McNally, Thomas J. Miles, ...