Law, Policy & Society

Sept–Oct/14

Maria Woltjen, a children’s rights expert in the Law School, says US policy should prioritize safety.

Summer/14

Social Service Administration professor Sydney Hans studies how home visits from a doula help young mothers and their children.

Oct/45

From our print archive: Our atomic leadership may be only temporary.

July 28, 2014

Chicago Harris grad student Daniel Kay Hertz explores his passion for cities on his blog City Notes.
July–Aug/14

Pulitzer Prize-winning Wall Street Journal columnist Bret Stephens, AB’95, brings a UChicago intellectual spirit to the sword fight of political commentary.

July–Aug/14

Chicago Harris’s Gary Project joins forces with a dynamic new mayor to reframe the Indiana steel town’s future.

July–Aug/14

Dorothee E. Kocks, AB’78, found dignity in humility after her career dropped out from under her.

July–Aug/14

A new book examining the world’s natural landscapes challenges the idea of “the empty and the wild.”

July–Aug/14

A scholar raises questions about the humanitarian claims of some military ventures.

06.18.2014

The evolving approach to cleaning up skid row in Los Angeles offers clues to solving chronic homelessness.
July–Aug/69

From our print archive: In remarks at Alumni Weekend in 1969, Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, AB’38, demonstrates the complexities of covering campus protest in the Vietnam era.

Spring–Summer/14

Graduate student Samuel Perry blends spirituality and sociology.