May 2026 Noteworthy

May 13, 2026

Jeffrey Ding (Political Science) received a $207,000 grant from Good Ventures Foundation for work on standardized U.S.-China AI cooperation.

Senior Jupiter Kang (Data Science) received the Michael Thacher and Rhonda Rundle Prize for Excellence in Data Science.

Steven Livingston (SMPA) spoke to Georgetown University’s Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service on “The Role of Social Media Disinformation on Modern Warfare.” 

Marc Lynch (Political Science) authored the article “Why Israel’s Post-Oct. 7 Security Doctrine Has Failed” for Foreign Policy.

Jason Osder and William Youman’s (SMPA) screened their film Who Killed Alex Odeh? at the Chicago Palestine Film Festival.

Ethan Porter (SMPA) published the book review “Policy by the People” in Democracy: A Journal of Ideas.

Janet Steele (SMPA) received a Fulbright Specialist Program award from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

Jung Yun (English) released her new novel All the World Can Hold (Simon & Schuster, 2026).