"In Studio" Series

Forrest Stuart, an assistant professor of sociology at The University of Chicago, examines urban violence, poverty, and social media through research at the street level in places such as Los Angeles and Chicago. With his first book “Down, Out & Under Arrest: Policing and Everyday Life in Skid Row” set for publication by UChicago Press next month, Stuart sat down to discuss the tragedies in Baton Rouge, suburban St. Paul, and Dallas, as well as the growing national focus on policing. ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessi

David Archer drops into the UChicago Creative studio to talk about climate change and the Paris summit. David Archer is Professor of Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago where he has taught since 1993. ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please email digicomm@uchicago.edu.

UChicago Professor Cathy Cohen discusses GenForward, a first-of-its-kind survey of over 1,750 young adults ages 18 to 30 conducted monthly that pays special attention to how race and ethnicity shape how respondents experience and think about the world. Cohen discusses results from the first survey, released July 12, including the views of young voters of the presidential candidates. GenForward is a survey of the Black Youth Project at the University of Chicago with the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Read more about the survey here: Jan 2019 Update: Read more about the GenForward Study: ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on

UChicago Distinguished Service Professor John Mark Hansen discusses picking a vice-presidential running mate, Tim Kaine and the effect of decades of building polarization on the 2016 presidential race. ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please email digicomm@uchicago.edu.

Rayid Ghani, director of the Center for Data Science and Public Policy at the University of Chicago, discusses using data science to predict policing incidents, from excessive force to officer injury. The work of Ghani and the center stretches across government, using predictive analytics, machine learning and other data science tools to improve public health, education, economic development and public safety. Ghani brings a unique perspective to the center, which is a collaboration between the Harris School of Public Policy and UChicago’s Computation Institute, having served as chief scientist for President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter:

James Robinson, University Professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and faculty director of The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts at the University, discusses voters in Colombia on October 2 rejecting a peace deal with the rebel group FARC to end five decades of conflict. ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please email digicomm@uchicago.edu.

Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, discusses a federal court ruling in November that found Wisconsin’s electoral map to be unconstitutional. The suit is based on a new measurement of gerrymandering created by Stephanopoulos and Eric McGhee of the Public Policy Institute of California. ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please email digicomm@uchicago.edu.

David Meltzer, professor at the University of Chicago in the Department of Medicine and at the Harris School of Public Policy, discusses the cost of health care, the future of the Affordable Care Act and challenges to creating increased competition in the nation’s health care system. ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please email digicomm@uchicago.edu.

Anup Malani, the Lee and Brena Freeman Professor at the University of Chicago Law School and Faculty Director of UChicago’s Tata Centre for Development, discusses the decision by the Indian government to end the use of current 500- and 1,000-rupee notes, including a Dec. 30, 2016 deadline to exchange the bills. He also outlines plans by the Tata Centre to study the effects of demonetization through large-scale research projects already underway in India. ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please

James Evans, Professor of Sociology and Director of Knowledge Lab at the University of Chicago, explains a new study using online book sale data to investigate whether readers of liberal and conservative books also read different science books. ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please email digicomm@uchicago.edu.