University of Chicago facts for kids
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Latin: Universitas Chicaginiensis | |
Motto | Crescat scientia; vita excolatur (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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Let knowledge grow from more to more; and so be human life enriched |
Type | Private |
Established | 1890 |
Academic affiliations
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AAU NAICU URA |
Endowment | $7.928 billion (2018) |
President | Robert J. Zimmer |
Provost | Daniel Diermeier |
Academic staff
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2,859 |
Administrative staff
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15,949 (including employees of the University of Chicago Medical Center) |
Students | 16,445 |
Undergraduates | 6,286 |
Postgraduates | 10,159 |
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United States
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Campus | Urban 217 acres (87.8 ha) (Main Campus) 41°47′23″N 87°35′59″W / 41.78972°N 87.59972°W 42 acres (17.0 ha) (Warren Woods Ecological Field Station, Warren Woods State Park) 30 acres (12.1 ha) (Yerkes Observatory) |
Colors | Maroon and White |
Nickname | Maroons |
Sporting affiliations
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NCAA Division III – UAA |
Mascot | Phil the Phoenix |
The University of Chicago is a university in Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois. It started when the American Baptist Education Society used money from John D. Rockefeller to build it. The university began in 1890. William Rainey Harper was the university's first president in 1891. The first classes were held in 1892.
Background
Many people think it is one of the best universities in the world. Its students get a strong liberal arts education. The university also does important research work. Some of this research work is for the United States government.
The university is known for providing good 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 world's first man-made, self-sustaining nuclear reaction. The University spends $472 million on sponsored research each year.
The University of Chicago has had about 90 Nobel Prize winners. (The Nobel Prize is received for using one's intelligence to contribute meaningfully to society.)
Types of schools
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.
Images for kids
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Some of the University of Chicago team that worked on the production of the world's first human-caused self-sustaining nuclear reaction, including Enrico Fermi in the front row and Leó Szilárd in the second.
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View from the Midway Plaisance.
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Many older buildings of the University of Chicago employ Collegiate Gothic architecture like that of the University of Oxford. For example, Chicago's Mitchell Tower (left) was modeled after Oxford's Magdalen Tower (right).
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Aerial view of Fermilab, a science research laboratory co-managed by the University of Chicago.
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Max Palevsky Residential Commons, a dormitory completed in 2001 designed by postmodernist Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta.
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Physicist Enrico Fermi
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Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens
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Astronomer Carl Sagan in 1980
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Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner Milton Friedman in 2004.
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Snell-Hitchcock, an undergraduate dormitory constructed in the early 20th century, is part of the Main Quadrangles.
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Rockefeller Chapel, constructed in 1928, was designed by Bertram Goodhue in the neo-Gothic style.
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The Gerald Ratner Athletics Center, opened in 2003 and designed by Cesar Pelli, houses the volleyball, wrestling, swimming, and basketball teams.
See also
In Spanish: Universidad de Chicago para niños