Louise Toppin is a University of Michigan scholar and performer who has received critical acclaim for her operatic, orchestral and oratorio performances in the United States and around the world.
September 30, 2020
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Category Archives: Politics
September 11, 2020
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How are Americans practicing religion during the pandemic?
Divinity School/AP-NORC poll: 9% think in-person services should continue without restrictions An overwhelming majority of people in the United States support restricting or suspending in-person religious services during the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a new poll from the University of … Continue reading
August 26, 2020
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How conspiracy theories emerge – and how their storylines fall apart
UCLA research uses artificial intelligence to analyze differences between a true story and a completely fabricated one A new study by UCLA professors offers a new way to understand how unfounded conspiracy theories emerge online. The research, which combines sophisticated artificial … Continue reading
August 7, 2020
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Fragile fragments: Marina Rustow unpacks daily life in medieval Egypt
Imagine what the stuff of everyday life — personal letters, the deed of a house, a shop owner’s inventory records — might look like in medieval times. Since the late 1990s, historian Marina Rustow has immersed herself in a unique … Continue reading
August 1, 2020
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A conversation with Dan Chirot about his new book ‘You Say You Want a Revolution,’ exploring radical idealism
Those who wish for revolution should be wary, a new book by Dan Chirot warns; they might come to regret that wish should revolution become a violent reality. Chirot is a professor in the University of Washington Jackson School of … Continue reading
May 26, 2020
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‘The Torture Letters’: Laurence Ralph explores Chicago’s dark history
On a hot day in 2004, Laurence Ralph, recently arrived in Chicago to attend graduate school, stood on the corner of Lawndale Avenue and Cermak Road.
May 2, 2020
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New Tool Aims to Assist Military Logistics in Evacuating Noncombatants
Researchers from the U.S. Army and North Carolina State University have developed a computational model that can be used to expedite military operations aimed at evacuating noncombatants, disaster response or humanitarian relief.
April 21, 2020
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Dr. Emily Landon on coronavirus: ‘I don’t understand why the cries from the front line are not being heard’
Assoc. Prof. Emily Landon, the University of Chicago doctor who made national headlines with her public plea for social distancing, believes the nation needs a more robust response to the coronavirus outbreak.