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The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) [12] 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 .
James O. McKinsey, founder of McKinsey & Company in 1926, pioneered budgeting as a management tool Ronald S. Burt , professor of sociology and strategy, known for his study of brokerage in social networks and the social structure of competitive advantage; author of Brokerage and Closure: An Introduction to Social Capital
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business traces its roots to 1898 when university faculty member James Laurence Laughlin chartered the College of Commerce and Politics, [6] which was intended to be an extension of the school's founding principles of "scientific guidance and investigation of great economic and social matters of everyday importance."
This list of University of Chicago faculty contains administrators, long-term faculty members, and temporary academic staffs of the University of Chicago.The long-term faculty members consists of tenure/tenure-track and equivalent academic positions, while that of temporary academic staffs consists of lecturers (without tenure), postdoctoral researchers, visiting professors or scholars ...
Academic administration is a branch of university or college employees responsible for the maintenance and supervision of the institution and separate from the faculty or academics, although some personnel may have joint responsibilities. Some type of separate administrative structure exists at almost all academic institutions. Fewer ...
Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. The term was coined in the 1950s to refer to economists teaching in the Economics Department at the University of Chicago, and closely related academic areas at the university such as the Booth School of Business, Harris School of Public Policy and the Law School.
TTIC is located on the University of Chicago campus and has a close relationship with the University of Chicago Computer Science Department. [6] An agreement between the University of Chicago and TTIC allows cross-listing of computer science course offerings between the two institutions, providing students from each institution the opportunity to register in the other's courses.
IME was established in 2011, after three years of discussion and review. It was the largest academic program founded by the University of Chicago since 1988, when the Harris School of Public Policy Studies was established. [10] Matthew Tirrell was appointed founding Pritzker Director of IME in July 2011. The Pritzker Directorship honors the ...