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CIR Students Explore Geoeconomics and Career Pathways
Recently, CIR students joined an engaging Career Services event featuring Scott Ehrsam (current CIR candidate and former Product Manager at Caterpilla...
CIR hosts Yale Law scholar Yangyang Cheng
CIR students and faculty joined Yangyang Cheng, Research Scholar in Law and Fellow at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center, last Friday for a conv...
Dr. Kara Ann Hooser Named Pedagogy Fellow by Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning
We are pleased to announce that Kara Ann Hooser, Assistant Instructional Professor in the Committee on International Relations, has been selected to j...
CIR Professors to Lead Exploratory Teaching Group on AI and Graduate Learning
The Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning (CCTL) is supporting a new Exploratory Teaching Group (ETG) led by Dr. Linnea Turco, Assistant Instructio...
CIR hosts coffee conversation on civil-military relations
On Thursday, October 16, CIR hosted Fall 2025 Institute of Politics Pritzker Fellow and former Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Alex Wagner and fo...
Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council Delegation Visits CIR for Dialogue and Exchange
Recently, the Committee on International Relations was honored to welcome the Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Delegation and MAC Minister Dr. Ch...
Announcing the 2025 CIR Honors Thesis Award Winners
We are delighted to recognize the 2025 CIR Honors Thesis Award winners, whose projects represent the highest level of achievement in our program. The ...
Celebrating Excellence in Mentorship: Burcu Pinar Alakoc Recognized by Division of the Social Sciences
We are proud to congratulate Dr. Burcu Pinar Alakoc, Instructional Professor in UChicago’s Committee on International Relations, on receiving the 2025...

