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Professor Beth Richie is Featured in a Huffington Post article

A Huffington Post article about the trial of a woman accused of killing her allegedly abusive ex-boyfriend includes comments from Beth Richie, professor of African American studies; Criminology, Law, and Justice; and History…

Professor Deirdre McCloskey Is Featured in The Chronicle

Deirdre McCloskey, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Economics, History, English, and Communication, is the subject of the feature article in the Chronicle Review of the Chronicle of Higher Education. Read more about Professor McClosekey…

Latino Caucus Demands John Escalante Get Top Cop Job

ABC 7 News interviewed Dennis Rosenbaum, professor of Criminology and Law and Justice in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, for a story about the search for a new Chicago police superintendent.…

Professor Roy Plotnick featured in Science Magazine

Roy Plotnick, paleontologist and professor of Earth and Environmental Science in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, emphasizes the crucial importance of researching modern day extinctions, as if they were in fossil…