8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 11 External links History[edit]

8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 11 External links History[edit]

1.1 Founding–1910s
1.2 1920s–1980s
1.3 1990s–2010s
2 Campus
2.1 Satellite campuses
3 Administration and finances
4 Academics
4.1 Undergraduate college
4.2 Graduate schools and committees
4.3 Professional schools
4.4 Associated academic institutions
4.4.1 Library system
4.5 Research
4.6 Arts
5 People
5.1 Student body
5.2 Alumni
6 Athletics
7 Student life
7.1 Student organizations
7.2 Fraternities and sororities
7.3 Student housing
7.4 Traditions
8 See also
9 Notes
10 References
11 External links
History[edit]

Main article: History of the University of Chicago


An early convocation ceremony at the University of Chicago
Founding–1910s[edit]
The University of Chicago was created and incorporated as a coeducational,[18] secular institution in 1890 by the American Baptist Education Society and a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller on land donated by Marshall Field.[19] Organized as an independent institution legally, it replaced the first Baptist university of the same name, which had closed in 1886 due to extended financial and leadership problems.[20] William Rainey Harper became the modern university's first president on July 1, 1891, and the university opened for classes on October 1, 1892.[20]
The business school was founded in 1898,[21] and the law school was founded in 1902.[22] Harper died in 1906,[23] and was replaced by a succession of three presidents whose tenures lasted until 1929.[24] During this period, the Oriental Institute was founded to support and interpret archeological work in what was then called the Near East.[25]
In the 1890s, the University of Chicago, fearful that its vast resources would injure smaller schools by drawing away good students, affiliated with several regional colleges and universities: Des Moines College, Kalamazoo College, Butler College, and Stetson University. Under the terms of the affiliation, the schools were required to have courses of study comparable to those at the University,

1.1 Founding–1910s
1.2 1920s–1980s
1.3 1990s–2010s
2 Campus
2.1 Satellite campuses
3 Administration and finances
4 Academics
4.1 Undergraduate college
4.2 Graduate schools and committees
4.3 Professional schools
4.4 Associated academic institutions
4.4.1 Library system
4.5 Research
4.6 Arts
5 People
5.1 Student body
5.2 Alumni
6 Athletics
7 Student life
7.1 Student organizations
7.2 Fraternities and sororities
7.3 Student housing
7.4 Traditions
8 See also
9 Notes
10 References
11 External links
History[edit]

Main article: History of the University of Chicago


An early convocation ceremony at the University of Chicago
Founding–1910s[edit]
The University of Chicago was created and incorporated as a coeducational,[18] secular institution in 1890 by the American Baptist Education Society and a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller on land donated by Marshall Field.[19] Organized as an independent institution legally, it replaced the first Baptist university of the same name, which had closed in 1886 due to extended financial and leadership problems.[20] William Rainey Harper became the modern university's first president on July 1, 1891, and the university opened for classes on October 1, 1892.[20]
The business school was founded in 1898,[21] and the law school was founded in 1902.[22] Harper died in 1906,[23] and was replaced by a succession of three presidents whose tenures lasted until 1929.[24] During this period, the Oriental Institute was founded to support and interpret archeological work in what was then called the Near East.[25]
In the 1890s, the University of Chicago, fearful that its vast resources would injure smaller schools by drawing away good students, affiliated with several regional colleges and universities: Des Moines College, Kalamazoo College, Butler College, and Stetson University. Under the terms of the affiliation, the schools were required to have courses of study comparable to those at the University,

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Academic staff    2,168[3]
Admin. staff    14,772 (including employees of the University of Chicago Medical Center)[3]
Students    12,297[4]
Undergraduates    5,369[4]
Postgraduates    6,928[4]
Location    Chicago, Illinois
Campus    Urban, 211 acres (85.4 ha)[3]
Colors    Maroon      White     [5]
Athletics    NCAA Division III UAA
Nickname    Maroons
Affiliations   
Association of American Universities
Committee on Institutional Cooperation
Website    uchicago.edu
The University of Chicago Logo
The University of Chicago (U of C, UChicago, or simply Chicago) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The university consists of the College of the University of Chicago, various graduate programs and interdisciplinary committees organized into four divisions, six professional schools, and a school of continuing education. The university enrolls approximately 5,000 students in the College and about 15,000 students overall. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the world's top 10 universities.[6][7][8] The U of C tied Stanford University for 5th place in the 2014 U.S. News & World Report "Best National Universities Rankings".[9]
University of Chicago scholars have played a major role in the development of various academic disciplines, including: the Chicago school of economics, the Chicago school of sociology, the law and economics movement in legal analysis,[10] the Chicago school of literary criticism, the Chicago school of religion,[11] the school of political science known as behavioralism,[12] and in the physics leading to the world's first man-made, self-sustaining nuclear reaction.[13] The university is also home to the University of Chicago Press, the largest university press in the United States.[14]
The University of Chicago is affiliated with 89 Nobel Laureates (including 10 current faculty),[15] 49 Rhodes Scholars[16] and 9 Fields Medalists.[17] It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890. William Rainey Harper became the university's first president in 1891, and the first classes were held in 1892.
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Academic staff    2,168[3]
Admin. staff    14,772 (including employees of the University of Chicago Medical Center)[3]
Students    12,297[4]
Undergraduates    5,369[4]
Postgraduates    6,928[4]
Location    Chicago, Illinois
Campus    Urban, 211 acres (85.4 ha)[3]
Colors    Maroon      White     [5]
Athletics    NCAA Division III UAA
Nickname    Maroons
Affiliations   
Association of American Universities
Committee on Institutional Cooperation
Website    uchicago.edu
The University of Chicago Logo
The University of Chicago (U of C, UChicago, or simply Chicago) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The university consists of the College of the University of Chicago, various graduate programs and interdisciplinary committees organized into four divisions, six professional schools, and a school of continuing education. The university enrolls approximately 5,000 students in the College and about 15,000 students overall. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the world's top 10 universities.[6][7][8] The U of C tied Stanford University for 5th place in the 2014 U.S. News & World Report "Best National Universities Rankings".[9]
University of Chicago scholars have played a major role in the development of various academic disciplines, including: the Chicago school of economics, the Chicago school of sociology, the law and economics movement in legal analysis,[10] the Chicago school of literary criticism, the Chicago school of religion,[11] the school of political science known as behavioralism,[12] and in the physics leading to the world's first man-made, self-sustaining nuclear reaction.[13] The university is also home to the University of Chicago Press, the largest university press in the United States.[14]
The University of Chicago is affiliated with 89 Nobel Laureates (including 10 current faculty),[15] 49 Rhodes Scholars[16] and 9 Fields Medalists.[17] It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890. William Rainey Harper became the university's first president in 1891, and the first classes were held in 1892.
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Richard Heck, Chemistry, 2010;[153] Elinor Ostrom, Economic Sciences, 2009;[154] and Randy Schekman, Medicine, 2013.[155] Fifty-two UCLA professors have been awarded Guggenheim Fellowships, and eleven are MacArthur Foundation Fellows. Mathematics professor Terence Tao

Richard Heck, Chemistry, 2010;[153] Elinor Ostrom, Economic Sciences, 2009;[154] and Randy Schekman, Medicine, 2013.[155] Fifty-two UCLA professors have been awarded Guggenheim Fellowships, and eleven are MacArthur Foundation Fellows. Mathematics professor Terence Tao

bad House at a university.[144][145] In 1980, three students died in a fire in the original building of the UCLA Chabad House. The present building was erected in their memory. The building, completed in 1984, was the first of many Chabad houses worldwide designed as architectural reproductions of the residence of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, New York.[144]
Faculty and alumni[edit]

See also: List of University of California, Los Angeles people
Fifteen Nobel laureates are associated with UCLA: eight professors[17] and seven alumni.[18] The professors are Lloyd Shapley, Economic Sciences, 2012;[146] Louis Ignarro, Physiology or Medicine, 1998;[147] Paul Boyer, Chemistry, 1997;[148] Donald Cram, Chemistry, 1987;[149] Julian S. Schwinger, Physics, 1965;[150] and Willard Libby, Chemistry, 1960.[151] Two other faculty members winning the Nobel Prize were Bertrand Russell and Al Gore,[152] who had a short stay at UCLA. The alumni Nobel laureates include Richard Heck, Chemistry, 2010;[153] Elinor Ostrom, Economic Sciences, 2009;[154] and Randy Schekman, Medicine, 2013.[155] Fifty-two UCLA professors have been awarded Guggenheim Fellowships, and eleven are MacArthur Foundation Fellows. Mathematics professor Terence Tao was awarded the 2006 Fields Medal.[156]
Society    Faculty membership
American Academy of Arts and Sciences    120
American Association for the Advancement of Science    114
American Philosophical Society    16
Institute of Medicine    37
National Academy of Engineering    22
National Academy of Sciences    50
National Academy of Education    7
Geography professor Jared Diamond won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for his book Guns, Germs, and Steel.[157] Two UCLA history professors have each won 2008 Pulitzer Prizes for general nonfiction and history. Saul Friedländer, professor of history and noted scholar of the Nazi Holocaust, won the prize for general nonfiction for his 2006 book, The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939–1945, and Professor Emeritus Daniel Walker Howe won for his 2007 book, What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848.
A number of UCLA alumni are notable politicians. In the U.S. House of Representatives, Henry Waxman ('61, '64) represents California's 30th congressional district and is Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.[158] U.S. Representative Judy Chu ('74) represents California's 32nd congressional district and became the first Chinese American woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 2009.[159] Kirsten Gillibrand ('91) is U.S. Senator from the State of New York and former U.S. Representative for New York's 20th congressional district.[160] UCLA boasts two Mayors of Los Angeles, Tom Bradley (1937-1940), the city's only African-American mayor, and Antonio Villaraigosa ('77), who served as mayor from 2005 to 2013.
Computer scientist Vint Cerf ('70, '72) is Vice Pre

bad House at a university.[144][145] In 1980, three students died in a fire in the original building of the UCLA Chabad House. The present building was erected in their memory. The building, completed in 1984, was the first of many Chabad houses worldwide designed as architectural reproductions of the residence of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, New York.[144]
Faculty and alumni[edit]

See also: List of University of California, Los Angeles people
Fifteen Nobel laureates are associated with UCLA: eight professors[17] and seven alumni.[18] The professors are Lloyd Shapley, Economic Sciences, 2012;[146] Louis Ignarro, Physiology or Medicine, 1998;[147] Paul Boyer, Chemistry, 1997;[148] Donald Cram, Chemistry, 1987;[149] Julian S. Schwinger, Physics, 1965;[150] and Willard Libby, Chemistry, 1960.[151] Two other faculty members winning the Nobel Prize were Bertrand Russell and Al Gore,[152] who had a short stay at UCLA. The alumni Nobel laureates include Richard Heck, Chemistry, 2010;[153] Elinor Ostrom, Economic Sciences, 2009;[154] and Randy Schekman, Medicine, 2013.[155] Fifty-two UCLA professors have been awarded Guggenheim Fellowships, and eleven are MacArthur Foundation Fellows. Mathematics professor Terence Tao was awarded the 2006 Fields Medal.[156]
Society    Faculty membership
American Academy of Arts and Sciences    120
American Association for the Advancement of Science    114
American Philosophical Society    16
Institute of Medicine    37
National Academy of Engineering    22
National Academy of Sciences    50
National Academy of Education    7
Geography professor Jared Diamond won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for his book Guns, Germs, and Steel.[157] Two UCLA history professors have each won 2008 Pulitzer Prizes for general nonfiction and history. Saul Friedländer, professor of history and noted scholar of the Nazi Holocaust, won the prize for general nonfiction for his 2006 book, The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939–1945, and Professor Emeritus Daniel Walker Howe won for his 2007 book, What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848.
A number of UCLA alumni are notable politicians. In the U.S. House of Representatives, Henry Waxman ('61, '64) represents California's 30th congressional district and is Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.[158] U.S. Representative Judy Chu ('74) represents California's 32nd congressional district and became the first Chinese American woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 2009.[159] Kirsten Gillibrand ('91) is U.S. Senator from the State of New York and former U.S. Representative for New York's 20th congressional district.[160] UCLA boasts two Mayors of Los Angeles, Tom Bradley (1937-1940), the city's only African-American mayor, and Antonio Villaraigosa ('77), who served as mayor from 2005 to 2013.
Computer scientist Vint Cerf ('70, '72) is Vice Pre