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Founded by Baptists in 1890, along with oil baron John D. Rockefeller, the University of Chicago occupies 211 acres in the Hyde Park neighborhood south of downtown Chicago. It has 4,400 undergraduates and 9,000 graduate, professional and other students. Its athletic teams are called the Maroons. Although the university was founded by Baptists, it was nondenominational from the start and enrolled women and minorities at a time when many universities did not. The College, for undergraduates, has five divisions: Biological Sciences Collegiate Division; Humanities Collegiate Division; New Collegiate Division; Physical Sciences Collegiate Division; and Social Sciences Collegiate Division. Its six...
Founded by Baptists in 1890, along with oil baron John D. Rockefeller, the University of Chicago occupies 211 acres in the Hyde Park neighborhood south of downtown Chicago. It has 4,400 undergraduates and 9,000 graduate, professional and other students. Its athletic teams are called the Maroons. Although the university was founded by Baptists, it was nondenominational from the start and enrolled women and minorities at a time when many universities did not. The College, for undergraduates, has five divisions: Biological Sciences Collegiate Division; Humanities Collegiate Division; New Collegiate Division; Physical Sciences Collegiate Division; and Social Sciences Collegiate Division. Its six professional schools are: Divinity School; Graduate School of Business; Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies; Law School; Pritzker School of Medicine; and School of Social Service Administration. The four graduate divisions are: Division of the Biological Sciences; Division of the Humanities; Division of the Physical Sciences; and Division of the Social Sciences. Also connected with the university are the Adler Planetarium, the Argonne National Laboratory; the Chapin Hall Center for Children; the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the Field Museum; the Toyota Technological Institute; the Yerkes Observatory; and the Oriental Institute. More than 70 Nobel Prize winners have been associated with the university as faculty members, students or researchers.
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'The Hijabi Monologues' speaks to Muslims and others too
Tribune reporterAs she takes the stage and picks up the microphone, Sahar Ullah becomes the voice of Muslim-American women who wear the hijab, better known as hijabis. At times, she is hilarious when ranting about Muslim men and their pick-up lines. Other moments, she...Tags: University of Florida, Colleges and Universities, La Grange, Georgetown, Road Accidents
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Classical Corner
Andrew Brownell, Piano: In works by Messiaen, Ravel, Franck. 12:15 p.m. Wednesday at Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. Free; 312-744-6630. Chicago Chamber Orchestra: Dieter Kober, the ensemble's music director...Tags: Opera, Music, Chicago Symphony, Classical Music, Music Industry
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Check It Out
8 THURSDAY ↑ Elvis' 74th Birthday Celebration Whether you believe the king of rock 'n' roll is dead or alive, we think fans on both sides of the debate should be able to agree to celebrate his birthday together. This bash features live covers...Tags: Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Penelope Cruz, Music Industry, Woody Allen, Dining and Drinking
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Barack Obama asks longtime University of Chicago professor Cass Sunstein to join his administration
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — Cass Sunstein, a longtime University of Chicago legal scholar and prominent author, is set to take up a key cause in the Barack Obama administration: regulation. The president-elect is expected to name Sunstein—his friend and...Tags: Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Thurgood Marshall, Litigation and Regulation, Colleges and Universities, Felix Frankfurter
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Obama friend, scholar in line for regulation post
WASHINGTON Cass Sunstein, a longtime University of Chicago legal scholar and prominent author, is set to take up a key cause in the Barack Obama administration: regulation. The president-elect is expected to name Sunstein - his friend and informal adviser...Tags: Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Litigation and Regulation
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Final 3 bidders for Chicago Cubs
Tribune reporterAnd then there were three. The sale of the Chicago Cubs has come down to three finalists, nearly two years after the team's owner, Tribune Co., put the storied franchise and Wrigley Field on the market. Originally there were 10 interested parties....Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Baseball, Dining and Drinking, Rahm Emanuel , Albertson's Incorporated
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Here's Clam Dip That Started All The Clamor
According to Sylvia Lovegren's affectionate paean to American dining fads since the 1920s, Fashionable Food ( University of Chicago Press, 2005), this is the dip that allegedly launched a million chips. It was first presented in the 1950s, on Kraft Music...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Salt, Clams, Dining and Drinking, Garlic
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Obama takes another Chicagoan to WH
The SwampBy John McCormick Barack Obama is taking another Chicagoan with him to the White House and this one happens to be his wife's former boss. A transition aide said this afternoon that Susan Sher will be named associate counsel to......Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Colleges and Universities, The White House, Loyola University Chicago, Heads of State
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3 kids die screaming in fire
Tribune reportersWhen relatives and neighbors saw flames shooting from a South Chicago apartment and heard young children crying Wednesday morning, they ran up the wooden stairs to the top floor of the three-story building. Heavy, black smoke hampered their efforts....Tags: South Chicago, Fires, Police
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Death of Travolta's son raises medical questions
AP Medical WriterMillions of children and adults have seizures in the United States, but dying from one is rare. That only adds to the confusion and mystery surrounding the life and death of Jett Travolta, the 16-year-old son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston....Tags: Cleveland Clinic, Justice System, Diseases, Jett Travolta, Scientology
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Another trauma for Obama: Youth crime
As if President-elect Barack Obama doesn't have enough waiting for him at the White House, a new juvenile violence report offers something new for him to tackle: the color of crime. Remember the backlash he stirred up last year with a speech at a...Tags: New York Times, FBI, Minority Groups, Crimes, Murder
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Obama's kind of town
Chicago Tribune Staff WriterNot everyone can make it to Washington for the inauguration, but can we find another way to pass a winter weekend and still feel some of that presidential pizazz? Yes we can. And Chicago is just the place to do it. As President-elect Barack Obama...Tags: Hyde Park, South Shore, 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, Classical Music, Cook County Board
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