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University of Chicago

Not to be confused with University of Illinois Chicago.

The University of Chicago
Latin: Universitas Chicaginiensis[1][2]
MottoCrescat scientia; vita excolatur (Latin)
Motto in English
"Let knowledge grow from more to more; and so be human life enriched"[3]
TypePrivate research university
Established1890 (1890)[4]
FounderJohn D. Rockefeller
AccreditationHLC
Academic affiliations
Endowment$10 billion (2023)[5]
PresidentA. Paul Alivisatos
ProvostKatherine Baicker
Academic staff
2,859[6]
Administrative staff
15,949 (including Medical Center)[6]
Students18,452
Undergraduates7,559[7]
Postgraduates10,893[7]
Location
Chicago
,
Illinois
,
United States

41°47′23″N 87°35′59″W / 41.78972°N 87.59972°W / 41.78972; -87.59972
CampusLarge city[9], 217 acres (87.8 ha) (main campus)[7]
Warren Woods Ecological Field Station, Warren Woods State Park, 42 acres (17.0 ha)[8]
Other campuses
NewspaperThe Chicago Maroon
Colors  Maroon[11]
NicknameMaroons
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division III –
MascotPhil the Phoenix
Websiteuchicago.edu

The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi)[12] is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, near the shore of Lake Michigan about 7 miles (11 km) from the Loop.[13][14]

The university is composed of the undergraduate College of the University of Chicago and four graduate research divisions: Biological Science, Humanities, Physical Science, and Social Science, which also include various organized institutes. In addition, the university includes eight professional schools, which also house academic research: the Booth School of Business; Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice; Divinity School; Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies; Harris School of Public Policy; Law School; Pritzker School of Medicine; and Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering. The university has additional campuses and centers in London, Paris, Beijing, Delhi, and Hong Kong, as well as in downtown Chicago.[15][16]

University of Chicago scholars have played a major role in the development of many academic disciplines, including economics, law, literary criticism, mathematics, physics, religion, sociology, and political science, establishing the Chicago schools of thought in various fields.[17][18][19][20][21] Chicago's Metallurgical Laboratory produced the world's first human-made, self-sustaining nuclear reaction in Chicago Pile-1 beneath the viewing stands of the university's Stagg Field.[22] Advances in chemistry led to the "radiocarbon revolution" in the carbon-14 dating of ancient life and objects.[23] The university research efforts include administration of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory, as well as the Marine Biological Laboratory. The university is also home to the University of Chicago Press, the largest university press in the United States.[24]

The university's students, faculty, and staff has included 101 Nobel laureates.[25] The university's faculty members and alumni also include 10 Fields Medalists,[26] 4 Turing Award winners, 52 MacArthur Fellows,[27] 26 Marshall Scholars,[28] 54 Rhodes Scholars,[29] 27 Pulitzer Prize winners,[30] 20 National Humanities Medalists,[31] 29 living billionaire graduates,[32] and 8 Olympic medalists.

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  2. ^ Anderson, Peter John (1907). Record of the Celebration of the Quatercentenary of the University of Aberdeen: From 25th to 28th September, 1906. Aberdeen, United Kingdom: Aberdeen University Press (University of Aberdeen). ASIN B001PK7B5G. ISBN 9781363625079.
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  5. ^ As of June 30, 2023. "University of Chicago endowment ended FY23 at $10 billion". The University of Chicago. December 8, 2023. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
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  22. ^ Angelo, Joseph A. (November 30, 2004). Nuclear Technology. Greenwood Press. p. 1. ISBN 1-57356-336-6.
  23. ^ "Radiocarbon Dating". American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on August 4, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  24. ^ "Duffy is named Director of the University Press". The University of Chicago Chronicle. April 27, 2000. Archived from the original on February 24, 2011. Retrieved April 30, 2006.
  25. ^ "Nobel Prizes". www.uchicago.edu. Archived from the original on October 22, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  26. ^ "Fields Medal". University of Chicago. Archived from the original on April 7, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
  27. ^ "MacArthur Fellows". The University of Chicago. Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  28. ^ "Statistics". Marshallscholarship.org. Archived from the original on January 26, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  29. ^ "Rhodes Scholarships". University of Chicago. Archived from the original on February 22, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  30. ^ "Pulitzer Prize Winners". Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  31. ^ "National Humanities Medalists". Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
  32. ^ "Wealth-X Billionaire Census 2018" (PDF). Wealth-X. August 19, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 29, 2018. Retrieved August 19, 2020.

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