The University of Chicago Symposium on Gun Violence

Open to the public 

The symposium will bring together expertise from across the University of Chicago and from community partners to highlight multi- and interdisciplinary initiatives addressing the complexities of gun violence. This event is hosted by UChicago Law School.

Agenda

Note: panel topics and participants are subject to change.

• Breakfast
• Welcome
• Legal Issues
  • Moderated by Thomas J. Miles, Dean and Clifton R. Musser Professor of Law and Economics, The University of Chicago Law School
  • Darrell Miller, Melvin G. Shimm Professor of Law, Duke University Law School
  • John Rappaport, Assistant Professor of Law, Ludwig and Hilde Wolf Research Scholar, The University of Chicago Law School
  • Aziz Huq, Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law, Mark Claster Mamolen Teaching Scholar, The University of Chicago Law School
• Politics and Policy Issues
  • Moderated by Katherine Baicker, Dean and Emmett Dedmon Professor, The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
  • Jens Ludwig, Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor, The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, Director of the University of Chicago’s Crime Lab, Co-Director of the Education Lab, and Co-Director of the National Bureau of Economic Research’s Working Group on the Economics of Crime
  • Valerie Jarrett, Distinguished Senior Fellow, The University of Chicago Law School
  • Ben Gibson, Vice President of Governmental Affairs, University of Chicago Medicine and Senior Advisor for State Government Relations for the University of Chicago
  • Kris Brown, President, Brady 
• Medical and Public Health Initiatives
  • Moderated by Dr. Kenneth Polonsky, President of the University of Chicago Health System, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, Dean, Division of the Biological Sciences Division and Dean, Pritzker School of Medicine; Richard T. Crane  Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine
  • Dr. John Sakran, Director, Emergency General Surgery and Assistant Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine
  • Dr. Selwyn Rogers, Professor of Surgery; Chief, Section for Trauma and Acute Care Surgery; Founding Director, Trauma Center; Executive Vice President for Community Health Engagement
  • Dr. Jennifer Cone, Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine
• Lunch
• Research Initiatives in Education and Behavioral Science
  • Moderated by Deborah Gorman-Smith, Dean and Emily Klein Gidwitz Professor, The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration
• The Role of Philanthropy and Businesses
  • Moderated by Madhav Rajan, Dean and George Pratt Schultz Professor of Accounting, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
  • Nina Vinik, Director, Gun Violence Prevention & Justice Reform Program, The Joyce Foundation
  • Rob Gertner, Joel F. Gemunder Professor of Strategy and Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; John Edwardson Faculty Director Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation
• Concluding Remarks by Dean Thomas J. Miles
• Reception