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Getting a master’s degree from UChicago is a transformative journey. Learn more about how UChicago is deepening its program offerings, ranging from finance to the digital humanities, to empower students to change our world. ms.spr.ly/6011SdrtB

"As you can imagine, there’s lots of variation in the home environments of children who participate in Head Start," Ariel Kalil of BIP Lab says. "If you don’t account for long-term impacts, you’re really undervaluing the value” of Head Start. har.rs/4j1Biuv

Why do students leave college, and how can we help them return? Lesley Turner (Harris Policy) shares findings from a mentoring study and explores how federal grad loan policies affect access and tuition. Listen to this episode of The Pie here🎙️: ow.ly/6Enn50VVQVH

On a new episode of Economics, Applied, Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Steven Davis speaks with Harris Policy Professor Jens Ludwig about his new book on gun deaths in America. They explore low-cost policy solutions—like pocket parks, predictive policing, and programs that help people

1/3 New research from Anjali Adukia (Harris Policy) and Emileigh Harrison finds that public school textbooks from Texas and California contain broadly similar content, but religious school textbooks differ significantly. ow.ly/29KJ50VWEyX

Where do the City of Chicago's finances stand? According to Justin Marlowe: "They are in much worse shape than they were a couple budget cycles ago and in much worse shape vis-a-vis other big cities." More in the Chicago Tribune: har.rs/4kriHJs

First-year Harris students now have a new way to explore career paths and prepare for job recruitment through non-credit, on-transcript courses designed to provide real-world career insight. Read more: har.rs/42OSJtm

Professor Oeindrila Dube has been appointed to the Anthropic Economic Advisory Council, to provide expert guidance on the economic implications of artificial intelligence. Congratulations! har.rs/4mpEnYc

In a new Q&A, Professor Scott Gehlbach describes the evolving nature of the war in Ukraine. Learn his insights on the war's trajectory, the resilience of the Ukrainian people, and the geopolitical stakes involved. har.rs/4j9oBhq

Michigan may scrap property taxes for seniors (without income limits), but at what cost? In Newsweek, Chris Berry warns it could gut school funding and saddle younger residents with the bill. Tax relief sounds nice – but someone else has to pay for it. har.rs/43fadhB

"Private water delivery is filling the gap where governments fall short." Prof. Fiona Burlig's field experiment in India reveals how pricing strategies and subsidies influence access to clean drinking water. Listen to the whole thing on Resources Radio: har.rs/4k5K2kQ

Medicaid saves lives, Bruce D. Meyer and Angela Wyse find in a new paper that is the most extensive and definitive on the topic yet, The New York Times reports. har.rs/3YSlS4G

Human death rates rose over 4% in vulture-suitable districts after vulture decline, with evidence of more rabies, feral dogs, and worsened water quality in those areas. Research from Eyal Frank (Harris Policy) and Anant Sudarshan 🐦 ow.ly/5m7550VYOZW #EconTwitter

📆 3 June @ 16:00 CEST The Spring 2025 VDEV/CEPR/BREAD seminars finish with Oeindrila Dube Harris Policy presenting the paper "Does Contact Reduce Conflict? Experimental Evidence from #Nigeria" Moderator: Garance Genicot ow.ly/EY5s50VZ2QK

Consult expert perspectives on how tariffs will influence public finance in this week’s edition of Public Money Policy: A Harris Newsletter. Subscribe for the latest insights on fiscal choices, economic policy, and markets. har.rs/3WW1fnm

What mobile data can tell us about religion in conflict zones Last month on VoxDev, Oeindrila Dube (Harris Policy), Joshua Blumenstock (Berkeley School of Information) & Michael Callen (LSE Department of Economics) used mobile phone data to shed light on religious adherence in Afghanistan: voxdev.org/topic/institut…

The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program helps make certain jobs more accessible. What could happen to medical students if the program is changed? Assistant Professor Dmitri Koustas (Dmitri Koustas) explains to Medscape: har.rs/4kbU6IS

🆕 Clean water in India: Is delivering water a viable solution? Today on VoxDev, Fiona Burlig (Harris Policy Energy Policy Institute at UChicago), Amir Jina & Anant Sudarshan (Warwick Economics) provide evidence on an understudied approach to delivering clean water in rural India: voxdev.org/topic/health/c…

NEW podcast 👇 What do the right and left get wrong about gun violence? The University of Chicago Harris Policy's Jens Ludwig talks about his new book and America’s failure to tackle gun violence. ms.spr.ly/6013SiP3T

Explore new research on how different admissions criteria influence how students apply to college in this edition of Harris on Education. Subscribe to explore academic scholarship on how different schools respond to challenges on these and other fronts. har.rs/3Uez5BO