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  2. Jewish Autonomous Oblast - Wikipedia

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    The Jewish Autonomous Oblast(JAO)[a]is a federal subjectof Russiain the far eastof the country, bordering Khabarovsk Kraiand Amur Oblastin Russia and Heilongjiangprovince in China.[13] Its administrative centeris the townof Birobidzhan. The JAO was designated by a Soviet official decree in 1928, and officially established in 1934.

  3. Birobidzhan - Wikipedia

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    Birobidzhan (Russian: Биробиджан, IPA: [bʲɪrəbʲɪˈdʐan]; Yiddish: ביראָבידזשאַן, IPA: [ˌbɪrɔbɪˈdʒan]), also spelt Birobijan (/ ˌ b ɪr ə b ɪ ˈ dʒ ɑː n / BIRR-ə-bih-JAHN), is a town and the administrative centre of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia, located on the Trans-Siberian Railway, near the China–Russia border.

  4. University of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    In Fall 2021, the university enrolled 7,559 undergraduate students, 10,893 graduate students, and 449 non-degree students. [ 188 ] The college class of 2025 is composed of 53% male students and 47% female students. Twenty-seven percent of the class identify as Asian, 19% as Hispanic, and 10% as Black.

  5. History of the University of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The University of Chicago was an entirely new university founded in 1891, using the same name as a defunct school founded in the 1850s which closed in 1886. See Old University of Chicago. Supporters of a new university raised money, selected a new campus in Hyde Park, and opened its doors in 1890. Most of the original financing came from oil ...

  6. Jews and Judaism in Siberia - Wikipedia

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    First, it portrays the Jewish Autonomous Oblast as a place of great riches, showing productive collective farms with plenty of wheat and cattle, as well as a river full of fish. [51] Although the JAO is clearly still a work in progress, the film depicts the building of skyscrapers, a sign of advancement and potential. [ 51 ]

  7. University of Chicago Booth School of Business - Wikipedia

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    chicagobooth.edu. The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (branded as Chicago Booth) is the graduate business school of the University of Chicago, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1898, Chicago Booth is the second-oldest business school in the U.S. and is associated with 10 Nobel laureates in the ...

  8. Yerkes Observatory - Wikipedia

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    1897 photo of the 40 in (100 cm) refractor at the Yerkes Observatory. Yerkes Observatory (/ ˈjɜːrkiːz / YUR-keez) is an astronomical observatory located in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, United States. The observatory was operated by the University of Chicago Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics [2][3] from its founding in 1897 until 2018.

  9. Pritzker School of Medicine - Wikipedia

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    The Pritzker School of Medicine is the M.D. -granting unit of the Biological Sciences Division of the University of Chicago. It is located on the university's main campus in the historic Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago and matriculated its first class in 1927. The medical school offers a full-time Doctor of Medicine degree program, joint ...