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UChicago News: Thirty-one UChicago faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships in 2024
Thirty-one members of the University of Chicago faculty have received distinguished service professorships or named professorships. Profs. Clifford...
July 2, 2024![Cathy Cohen](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2022-03/cohen_crop_1380_v2.png?itok=5TqMz753)
NBC Chicago – Cathy Cohen discusses young voter’s opinions on US presidential candidates
Young voters may be the ones who decide the 2024 election. They will be key in November, but right now, they aren't thrilled with their choices for pr...
July 1, 2024![Eve Ewing](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2024-06/eve_ewing.jpg?itok=zFWOvl4k)
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Incite: With ten writers, in ten regions, America's elders make history
The stories of Black, Latine, Asian, Indigenous, and queer elders in America have been inadequately preserved by institutional archives, and award-win...
June 6, 2024![Pictured with artwork at Arts + Advocacy Community Conversation: Arsima Araya, Savannah Bowman, Amanda Williams, and Patric McCoy](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2024-05/artsadvocacy-feature.png?itok=yq1Kh6lA)
Growing connections and reflecting the legacy of Timuel D. Black
Undergraduate Arsima Araya developed the UChicago Black Council’s Community Conversation series, which fosters a network of students, faculty, alumni,...
May 29, 2024![Students in Afrofuturism(s) course.](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/15980006.jpg?itok=7dth5RTx)
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A community-engaged format brought the learning environment to life in Professor Ewing’s Afrofuturism(s) course
The course brought enrolled Uchicago students and community members together as they explored the dynamic genre. By Sarah Steimer Afrofuturi...
May 20, 2024![Michael Dawson](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2024-03/michael-dawson.jpg?itok=hLGKFwWB)
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April 7 Symposium will celebrate Michael Dawson’s career and retirement
With a legacy that includes impactful research on race and politics, along with the founding of the university’s Center for the Study of Race, Politic...
March 24, 2024![W. Allison Davis](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2024-03/allisondavis-headshot.jpg?itok=1I9SrwqK)
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Honoring Professor W. Allison Davis in an inaugural symposium
“This is a moment for us to step back and really celebrate the brilliance and the incredible accomplishments of Professor Davis.” By Sarah Stei...
March 4, 2024![Photo of Adom Getachew](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2023-10/getachew-web_cropped.jpg?itok=zCBaqfFc)
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Prof. Adom Getachew named Freedom Scholar for work advancing racial, economic justice
This story was originally published by UChicago News. Read the article on their site here. The Marguerite Casey Foundation has named University of ...
October 10, 2023![Portrait of Adom Getachew](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2023-08/adomgimage.png?itok=TdYr13lO)
History’s Presence
In the August 17 issue of the Review, the political theorist Adom Getachew writes about Howard French’s Born in Blackness, a radical reexamination of ...
August 22, 2023![Eve Ewing](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing_featured_image/public/2022-10/eve-ewing.jpg?itok=Zg4lGslZ)
RDI Faculty Alumni Announcements
Eve L. Ewing on her Hopes for the new Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity
“Getting the chance to build a brand new department from the ground up is a historic opportunity,” says the professor and author. In conversation w...
October 10, 2023