University of Chicago

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The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago renowned for its rigorous academics, influential scholarship across disciplines, and significant contributions to economics, law, and the social sciences.

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instanceOf nonprofit organization
private research university
university
academicCalendar quarter system
affiliatedWith Argonne National Laboratory
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
surface form: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (historically)
athleticsConference NCAA Division III
University Athletic Association
campusLocation Hyde Park, Chicago
cityCampus urban
colors maroon
white
country United States of America
surface form: United States
endowmentCurrency USD
formerAthleticsConference Big Ten Conference
foundedBy John D. Rockefeller
foundingDate 1890
governingBody Board of Trustees
hasAcademicDivision Division of Biological Sciences (UC Berkeley L&S)
surface form: Biological Sciences Division

Booth School of Business
University of Chicago self-linksurface differs
surface form: College of the University of Chicago

Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Divinity School
Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies
Harris School of Public Policy
Humanities Division
Law School
Physical Sciences Division
Pritzker School of Medicine
Social Sciences Division
hasMascot Phoenix
hasNotableAlumniField economics Nobel laureates
law and judiciary
politics and government
hasNotableFacultyField economics
philosophy
physics
sociology
knownFor Chicago School economics
surface form: Chicago school of economics

Chicago School economics
surface form: Chicago school of sociology

economics
influential scholarship across disciplines
law
rigorous academics
social sciences
locatedIn Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago

Illinois
memberOf Association of American Universities
Big Ten Academic Alliance
surface form: CIC (Big Ten Academic Alliance predecessor)

Universities Research Association
motto Crescat scientia; vita excolatur
mottoLanguage Latin
mottoTranslation Let knowledge grow from more to more; and so be human life enriched
openedDate 1892
operates Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics
Harris School-based research centers
Institute for Molecular Engineering (Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering)
Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation
University of Chicago Medical Center
University of Chicago Press
religiousAffiliation nonsectarian
researchStrength biological sciences
economics
law
physical sciences
social sciences
sportsNickname Maroons
symbol phoenix rising from flames
type private

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University of Chicago Department of Economics campus University of Chicago
this entity surface form: University of Chicago Hyde Park campus
Edith Farnsworth educatedAt University of Chicago
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Nicholas Metropolis employer University of Chicago
University of Chicago public art collection location University of Chicago
this entity surface form: University of Chicago campus
Regenstein Library vicinity, University of Chicago partOf University of Chicago
this entity surface form: University of Chicago campus
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Heckman employer University of Chicago
subject surface form: James J. Heckman
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Albert Rees employer University of Chicago
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Larry educatedAt University of Chicago
subject surface form: Larry Ellison
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Antoni Zygmund employer University of Chicago
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subject surface form: Kevin M. Murphy
Fama educatedAt University of Chicago
subject surface form: Eugene Fama
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James McGill Buchanan Jr. educatedAt University of Chicago
subject surface form: James M. Buchanan
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