Is social science research trustworthy? The economist Noah Smith raises this question in a recent piece entitled “How many of our ‘facts’ about society health, and the economy are fake?” As he points ...

AI—or artificial intelligence—is often used as a way to summarize data and improve writing. But AI tools also represent a powerful and efficient way to analyze large amounts of text to search for ...

The Tuesday after spring break, students from Purdue University’s Computational Social Science Lab eagerly gathered in the Joe and Maggie Kernan Social Science Research Lab on Beering Hall’s second ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called UChicago Class Visits, spotlighting transformative classroom experiences and unique learning opportunities offered at UChicago. A career advancement ...

Durham youths live every day of their lives dealing with economic, social, health, racial and judicial issues that shape their communities. If they want to gain experience studying those issues in ...

Crain’s recent coverage of the Brookings Institution study highlighting Chicago as a key “star hub” for artificial intelligence development correctly identifies our city’s strengths in talent, ...

On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy informed the National Academy of Sciences that it should terminate all work on this activity. This activity has ended, and a final product was not released.

Sustainability science is an emerging field of academic research. Sustainability scientists focus on understanding and addressing the complex interactions between humans and the natural world from an ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called UChicago Class Visits, spotlighting transformative classroom experiences and unique learning opportunities offered at UChicago. From butterfly wings to ...

The Frost Center Social Science Research Lab is a fully equipped computer research lab designed to support social science faculty and student research. In fall 2025, the Frost Center launched a new ...