Art and Architecture

A Close Look at the Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Collection

In 2021, the press announced a new series born from a gift awarded by the Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable Foundation. This series, the Abakanowicz

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Author Essays, Interviews, and Excerpts

Read an Excerpt from “Human Capital for Humans: An Accessible Introduction to the Economic Science of People” by Pablo A. Peña

University of Chicago economist Gary Becker won the Nobel Prize largely for his advancement of human capital theory—the idea that investing in a person’s knowledge

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Author Essays, Interviews, and Excerpts

Read an Excerpt from “This Is Rhythm: Ella Jenkins, Children’s Music, and the Long Civil Rights Movement” by Gayle F. Wald

The University of Chicago Press is celebrating Pride Month with a reading list of recent books from Chicago and our client publishers that help illuminate

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