October 18, 2024
UIC video excels in Science megastudy on political polarizationResearchers explore media interventions to reduce partisanship
September 29, 2022
Research explores how biased perceptions may drive erosion of democratic values in USBased on two surveys of nationally representative panels of Americans
September 8, 2022
Retiring political scientist Dick Simpson reflects on 55 years at UICFormer Chicago alderman established himself as an authority on political matters of all kinds
August 26, 2022
UIC researchers’ video named a top intervention to address toxic polarizationExperiment aimed to reduce Americans’ anti-democratic attitudes, partisan animosity and support for political violence
August 4, 2022
Study examines voters’ threshold for transgressions by political candidatesUIC researchers explore voters’ decisions when they learn their favored candidates have committed moral transgressions
September 9, 2021
2021 Constitution Day LectureKeynote speaker is former senator and UIC alumna Carol Moseley Braun
July 23, 2021
Studies examine different understandings, varieties of diversityInvestigates connection between political ideology, attitudes, and beliefs toward diversity
June 29, 2021
Survey measures whites’, Blacks’ views on American identity, guns, political violenceFinds considerable disagreement on the use of violence in certain settings
March 18, 2021
UIC earns voter-friendly campus designation againUIC is one of 235 colleges and universities across 37 states and the District of Columbia to receive the accolade
March 11, 2021
New book considers democracy’s future, improving governanceDraws on interviews conducted with everyday citizens of more than 30 countries