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In 2007, economist Jens Ludwig, Ph.D., moved to the South Side of Chicago to research two big questions: Why does gun violence happen, and is there […]

An Olympic athlete. An award-winning novelist. A successful entrepreneur. All raised under one roof. What can we learn from those families whose children aim high and […]

What do you do when faced with a big, important question that keeps you up at night? Many people, understandably, seize answers dispensed by “experts,” influencers, […]

How can ordinary people fight for social justice? Can individual actions change structural inequality? In Change the Wallpaper: Transforming Cultural Patterns to Build More Just Communities, […]

Whether it’s anxiety about going to the doctor, boiling rage when we’re stuck in traffic, or devastation after a painful break-up, our lives are filled with […]

Is artificial intelligence going to take over the world? Have big tech scientists created an artificial lifeform that can think on its own? Is it going […]

The emotional questions we face can define our lives. If you’re expecting an interaction to go wrong, that expectation can make it so. That’s spiraling down. […]

Seventeen years ago, when family medicine and public health physician Rebecca Thompson, MD endured a string of life-threatening pregnancy losses and rare medical conditions, her training […]

The working homeless. In a country where hard work and determination are supposed to lead to success, there is something scandalous about this phrase. But skyrocketing […]

New York Times bestselling author and poet Maggie Smith (FAN ’20, ’23) believes creativity is our birthright as human beings. Yes, all of us—no matter our […]

With so many competing priorities pulling us in different directions every day―family, friends, work, our health―it can feel difficult to make decisions that are aligned with […]