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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.
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
.
[7]
The university spends $472 million on sponsored research each year.
The University of Chicago has had about 90
Nobel Prize
winners.
[8]
(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.
- ↑
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
"About the University"
. The University of Chicago. 2019
. Retrieved
July 2,
2019
.
- ↑
As of June 30, 2018.
"U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2017 to FY 2018"
(PDF)
. National Association of College and University Business Officers and Commonfund Institute. 2018
. Retrieved
2019-07-02
.
- ↑
3.0
3.1
"Faculty and Staff, at a glance"
.
University of Chicago Data
. University of Chicago. Archived from
the original
on March 31, 2019
. Retrieved
March 13,
2019
.
- ↑
"About the University"
. The University of Chicago
. Retrieved
October 14,
2017
.
- ↑
"University of Chicago opens groundbreaking sustainable field station"
.
The University of Chicago
. Retrieved
July 8,
2015
.
- ↑
The University of Chicago Identity Guidelines
(PDF)
. Retrieved
September 18,
2018
.
- ↑
Angelo, Joseph A. (November 30, 2004).
Nuclear Technology
. Greenwood Press. p. 1.
ISBN
1-57356-336-6
.
- ↑
"University of Chicago Nobel Laureates, University of Chicago Nobel Laureates"
. Retrieved
October 13,
2011
.
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