Editing University of Chicago (section)

=== Arts ===
[[File:University of Chicago USA3.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Saieh Hall for Economics, houses the Department of Economics and the [[Becker Friedman Institute]].]]

The University of Chicago Arts program joins academic departments in the Division of the Humanities and the college, student art programs, and professional organizations including the [[Court Theatre (Chicago)|Court Theatre]], the [[Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures]], the [[Smart Museum of Art]], and the [[Renaissance Society]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arts Institutions & Programs |url=https://www.uchicago.edu/life-at-uchicago/arts |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=www.uchicago.edu |language=en}}</ref> The university has an artist-in-residence program, which has supported over 32 individual artists as of May 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Artists-in-Residence Program {{!}} Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture {{!}} The University of Chicago |url=https://csrpc.uchicago.edu/programs/artists_programs/artists_in_residence/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=csrpc.uchicago.edu}}</ref> The university offers graduate degrees in music, cinema and media studies, visual arts, and the humanities, among other subjects.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Master's Programs |url=https://www.uchicago.edu/education-and-research/graduate-programs/masters-programs |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=www.uchicago.edu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Doctoral Programs |url=https://www.uchicago.edu/education-and-research/graduate-programs/phd-programs |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=www.uchicago.edu |language=en}}</ref> It also offers bachelor's degree programs in visual arts, music, art history, cinema and media studies, and theater and performance studies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Undergraduate Programs |url=https://www.uchicago.edu/education-and-research/undergraduate-programs |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=www.uchicago.edu |language=en}}</ref> The college's general education core includes an arts requirement, which can be fulfilled by taking classes in subjects such as art history, creative writing, or music.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arts Core {{!}} The College {{!}} The University of Chicago {{!}} The University of Chicago |url=https://college.uchicago.edu/academics/core/arts-core |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=college.uchicago.edu |language=en}}</ref> Several thousand major and non-major undergraduates enroll annually in creative and performing arts classes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://arts.uchicago.edu/content/background-and-history |title=Background and History of UChicago Arts |publisher=Arts.uchicago.edu |date=August 5, 2012 |access-date=July 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110215036/http://arts.uchicago.edu/content/background-and-history |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> The university was home to the improvisational [[Compass Players]] student comedy troupe, which evolved into [[The Second City]] in 1959.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-10 |title=The Compass Players: How the First Improv Theater Changed Comedy |url=https://blog.crowdwork.com/the-compass-players/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=CrowdWork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Alumni - The Second City |url=https://www.secondcity.com/history |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=www.secondcity.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts opened in 2012, five years after a $35 million gift from alumnus David Logan and his wife Reva. The center includes spaces for exhibitions, performances, classes, and media production. The Logan Center was designed by [[Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects|Tod Williams and Billie Tsien]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History —Logan Center |url=https://www.logancenter.uchicago.edu/history |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=LOGAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS |language=en-US}}</ref> 

On April 9, 2025, under the Paul Alivisatos presidency, the University of Chicago merged the Division of the Humanities and University of Chicago Arts to establish the new Division of the Arts & Humanities.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-09 |title=UChicago announces unified Division of the Arts & Humanities {{!}} University of Chicago News |url=https://news.uchicago.edu/story/uchicago-announces-unified-division-arts-humanities?utm_source=WWW&utm_medium=NewsModule |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=news.uchicago.edu |language=en}}</ref>