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Anonymous comments with racist, sexist and abusive messages that were posted for years on an an obscure, anonymous jobs-related website for economists originated from numerous leading U.S. universities, according to research released Thursday

Two women, 32 and 53, were shot multiple times in the abdomen, Chicago police said. Both women were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where the younger woman died.

CHICAGO — Chicago’s life sciences industry is about to get another much-needed shot in the arm. The University of Chicago signed a partnership agreement with CIC, a Massachusetts-based operator of shared workspaces and labs, to incubate dozens of faculty-led startup companies within the university’s leased space in Hyde Park Labs,…

Confidence in the scientific community declined among U.S. adults in 2022, a major survey shows, driven by a partisan divide after the covid-19 pandemic

Can we build a quantum computer whose information unit is, colloquially speaking, sound? According to a paper published in Science this month, it should be possible. The problem is that researchers can manipulate electrons using electric currents, magnetic fields, etc., and they can manipulate photons with mirrors, lenses, etc. –…

Confidence in the scientific community declined among U.S. adults in 2022, a major survey shows, driven by a a partisan divide that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic

Justices may ban the consideration of race, which could have ripple effects beyond who gets admitted to college.

University of Chicago research finds support for violence to achieve political goals and general distrust of democracy

James Crown is leading the multimillion-dollar strategy, asking CEOs to find jobs for thousands as part of an ambitious effort to cut the number of killings in Chicago to fewer than 400 a year within five years.

In June, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to bar universities from considering race when selecting students. This is likely to prompt schools to consider ending other practices that favor white, wealthier students at the expense of historically disadvantaged ones.

The University of Chicago’s computing ambitions took a quantum leap forward Sunday with a commitment of $150 million in funding from IBM and Google to build the world’s most powerful computer.