University of Chicago
| University of Chicago | |
|---|---|
 Julius Rosenwald Hall |
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| Motto | Crescat scientia; vita excolatur (Latin) |
| Motto in English | Let knowledge grow from more to more; and so be human life enriched[1] |
| Established | 1890 |
| Type | Private nondenominational coeducational |
| Endowment | US $6.31 billion[2] |
| President | Robert Zimmer |
| Academic staff | 2,168[3] |
| Admin. staff | 14,772 (including employees of the University of Chicago Medical Center)[3] |
| Undergraduates | 5,134[4] |
| Postgraduates | 10,304[4] |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois |
| Campus | Urban, 211 acres (85.4 ha)[3] |
| Colors | Maroon White [5] |
| Athletics | NCAA Division III UAA |
| Nickname | Maroons |
| Mascot | Phoenix |
| Affiliations |
Association of American Universities Committee on Institutional Cooperation |
| Website | uchicago.edu |
The University of Chicago is a university in Chicago, Illinois. The American Baptist Education Society started it using money from John D. Rockefeller. It was incorporated in 1890. William Rainey Harper became the university's first president, in 1891. The first classes were held in 1892.
Many people think it is one of the best universities in the world because its students get a strong liberal arts education, and because the university performs important research, sometimes for the United States government.
The university is known most for providing a strong education in economics (the study of the economy), linguistics (the study of language), social science (the study of society), and mathematics (the study of numbers). Physicists at the University of Chicago built the the world's first man-made, self-sustaining nuclear reaction.[6] The University spends $472 million on sponsored research each year.
The University of Chicago says that 87 Nobel Prizes winners were connected to it.[7] This is the most of any institution in the world. (The Nobel Prize is received for using one's intelligence to contribute meaningfully to society.)
The university has six graduate professional schools:
- Divinity School
- Chicago Booth School of Business
- Law School
- Pritzker School of Medicine
- Harris School of Public Policy Studies
- School of Social Service Administration.[8]
[change] References
- ↑ "About the University". The University of Chicago. 2007. http://www.uchicago.edu/uchi/about/. Retrieved April 20, 2007.
- ↑ As of June 30th, 2011. "Office of Investments". University of Chicago. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2011/10/05/university-chicago-reports-188-percent-return-investments-fy-11. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Facts for Journalists". University of Chicago News Office. http://news.uchicago.edu/more/facts.php. Retrieved August 30, 2009.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "The College Facts". The University of Chicago. http://college.uchicago.edu/about-college/facts. Retrieved September 13, 2010.
- ↑ "Traditions". University of Chicago Office of College Admissions. https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/studentlife/activities/traditions.shtml. Retrieved September 10, 2009.
- ↑ Angelo, Joseph A. (November 30, 2004). Nuclear Technology. Greenwood Press. p. 1. doi:10.1336/1573563366. ISBN 1-57356-336-6. http://books.google.com/?id=ITfaP-xY3LsC&lpg=PA1&dq=uchicago%20nuclear%20reaction%20first%20-site%3Awikipedia.org&pg=PP1.
- ↑ "University of Chicago Nobel Laureates, University of Chicago Nobel Laureates"]. http://www-news.uchicago.edu/resources/nobel/. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
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