University of Chicago, Humanities

The University of Chicago (U Chicago, Chicago, U of C, or U Chi) 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.

The university is composed of the College of the University of Chicago and four graduate research divisions: Biological Science, Humanities, Physical Science, and Social Science, which also include various organized departments and institutes. In addition, the university has 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.

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.  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.  Advances in chemistry led to the “radiocarbon revolution” in the carbon-14 dating of ancient life and objects.  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.

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