Editing University of Chicago (section)

=== Main campus ===
{{wide image|UniversityofChicagoPanoramic.jpg|1049px|The campus of the University of Chicago, from the top of [[Rockefeller Chapel]]. The Main Quadrangles can be seen on the left (west), the [[Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa]] and the [[Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics]] can be seen in the center (north) and the [[University of Chicago Booth School of Business|Booth School of Business]] and [[University of Chicago Laboratory Schools|Laboratory Schools]] can be seen on the right (east), as the panoramic is bounded on both sides by the [[Midway Plaisance]] (south).|alt=The campus of the University of Chicago}}

The main campus of the University of Chicago consists of {{convert|217|acre|ha|1}} in the Chicago neighborhoods of [[Hyde Park, Chicago|Hyde Park]] and [[Woodlawn, Chicago|Woodlawn]], approximately {{convert|8|mi|km|spell=in}} south of [[Chicago Loop|downtown Chicago]]. The northern and southern portions of campus are separated by the [[Midway Plaisance]], a large, linear park created for the 1893 [[World's Columbian Exposition]]. In 2011, ''[[Travel+Leisure]]'' listed the university as one of the most beautiful college campuses in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-most-beautiful-college-campuses/27 |title="America's most beautiful college campuses", ''Travel+Leisure'' (September 2011) |publisher=Travelandleisure.com |date=July 10, 2014 |access-date=July 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802110608/http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-most-beautiful-college-campuses/27 |archive-date=August 2, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:John List- Extra footage 3-VPRO-The Mind of the Universe.ogv|thumb|right|Aerial shots from the University of Chicago campus]]

[[File:Harper Quadrangle.jpg|thumb|View of university building from the Harper Quadrangle]]

The first buildings of the campus, which make up what is now known as the Main Quadrangles, were part of a master plan conceived by two University of Chicago trustees and plotted by Chicago architect [[Henry Ives Cobb]].<ref name="famousbldgs" /> The Main Quadrangles consist of six [[quadrangle (architecture)|quadrangles]], each surrounded by buildings, bordering one larger quadrangle.<ref name="goodspeed" />{{rp|221}} The buildings of the Main Quadrangles were designed by Cobb, [[Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge]], [[Holabird & Roche]], and other architectural firms in a mixture of the [[Victorian Gothic]] and [[Collegiate Gothic]] styles, patterned on the colleges of the University of Oxford.<ref name="famousbldgs">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/chicagosfamousbu0000schu/page/246|title=Chicago's Famous Buildings|last1=Schulze|first1=Franz|last2=Harrington|first2=Kevin|edition=5th|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=0-226-74066-8|year=2003|pages=[https://archive.org/details/chicagosfamousbu0000schu/page/246 246–50]|access-date=August 31, 2009}}</ref> (Mitchell Tower, for example, is modeled after Oxford's [[Magdalen Tower]],<ref name="mitchell">{{cite magazine|title=Architectural Details|date=December 2002|magazine=The University of Chicago Magazine|url=http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0212/alumni/arch.html|access-date=April 30, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060518050733/http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0212/alumni/arch.html|archive-date=May 18, 2006|url-status=live}}</ref> and the university Commons, [[Hutchinson Hall]], replicates [[Christ Church, Oxford|Christ Church]] Hall.<ref>{{cite book|last=Robertson|first=David Allan|title=The University of Chicago: An Official Guide |url=https://archive.org/details/universityofchic00univ|access-date=August 31, 2009|edition=3rd|year=1919|publisher=University of Chicago Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/universityofchic00univ/page/48 48]}}</ref>) In celebration of the 2018 Illinois Bicentennial, the University of Chicago Quadrangles<ref>{{cite web |title=AIA Illinois Great Places – University of Chicago Quadrangle |url=http://www.illinoisgreatplaces.com/#detail/university_of_chicago_quadrangle-081/type=educational/city=chicago |access-date=January 26, 2021 |website=www.illinoisgreatplaces.com |language=en |archive-date=October 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031032430/http://www.illinoisgreatplaces.com/#detail/university_of_chicago_quadrangle-081/type=educational/city=chicago |url-status=live }}</ref> were selected as one of the Illinois 200 Great Places by the [[American Institute of Architects]] Illinois component (AIA Illinois).<ref>{{cite news|last=Waldinger|first=Mike|title=The proud history of architecture in Illinois|url=https://springfieldbusinessjournal.com/2018/01/the-proud-history-of-architecture-in-illinois/|access-date=January 30, 2018|newspaper=Springfield Business Journal|date=January 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613084700/https://springfieldbusinessjournal.com/2018/01/the-proud-history-of-architecture-in-illinois/|archive-date=June 13, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Mitchell-Magdalen comparison.jpg|thumb|left|Many older buildings of the University of Chicago employ [[Collegiate Gothic]] architecture like that of the University of Oxford. For example, Chicago's Mitchell Tower (left) was modeled after Oxford's [[Magdalen Tower, Oxford|Magdalen Tower]] (right).]]

After the 1940s, the campus's Gothic style began to give way to modern styles.<ref name="famousbldgs" /> In 1955, [[Eero Saarinen]] was contracted to develop a second master plan, which led to the construction of buildings both north and south of the Midway, including the Laird Bell Law Quadrangle (a complex designed by Saarinen);<ref name="famousbldgs"/> a series of arts buildings;<ref name="famousbldgs"/> a building designed by [[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]] for the university's School of Social Service Administration,<ref name="famousbldgs"/> a building which is to become the home of the [[Harris School of Public Policy]] by [[Edward Durrell Stone]], and the [[Regenstein Library]], the largest building on campus, a [[brutalist architecture|brutalist]] structure designed by [[Walter Netsch]] of the Chicago firm [[Skidmore, Owings & Merrill]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0878/chicago_journal/books.shtml|title=There Will Be Books|last=Puma|first=Amy Braverman|magazine=University of Chicago Magazine|year=2007|access-date=September 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621080611/http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0878/chicago_journal/books.shtml|archive-date=June 21, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> Another master plan, designed in 1999 and updated in 2004,<ref name="twentytwenty">{{cite magazine|url=http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0502/chicagojournal/2020.shtml|title=2020 Vision|magazine=University of Chicago Magazine|last=Braverman|first=Amy M.|date=February 2005|issue=3|volume=27|access-date=September 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621140734/http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0502/chicagojournal/2020.shtml|archive-date=June 21, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> produced the [[Gerald Ratner Athletics Center]] (2003),<ref name="twentytwenty"/> the [[Max Palevsky Residential Commons]] (2001),<ref name="famousbldgs"/> [[South Campus Residence Hall]] and dining commons (2009), a new children's hospital,<ref name="milestones">{{cite magazine | url = http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0878/features/momentum.shtml | title = Of Milestones and Momentum | access-date = September 16, 2009 | magazine = The University of Chicago Magazine | date = July–August 2008 | volume = 100 | issue = 6 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090131175610/http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0878/features/momentum.shtml | archive-date = January 31, 2009 | url-status = live }}</ref> and other construction, expansions, and restorations.<ref>[http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0878/features/on_the_map.shtml The University of Chicago Magazine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131163246/http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0878/features/on_the_map.shtml |date=January 31, 2009 }}. Magazine.uchicago.edu. Retrieved on August 15, 2013.</ref> In 2011, the university completed the glass dome-shaped [[Joe and Rika Mansueto Library]], which provides a grand reading room for the university library and prevents the need for an off-campus book depository.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Site Protection - Verification Required |url=https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/turnstile/challenge/?next=/mansueto/ |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=www.lib.uchicago.edu}}</ref>

The site of [[Chicago Pile-1]] is a [[National Historic Landmark]] and is marked by the [[Henry Moore]] sculpture ''[[Nuclear Energy (sculpture)|Nuclear Energy]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=204&ResourceType=Site|title=Site of the First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction|date=April 16, 2003 |publisher=National Historic Landmarks Program|access-date=September 12, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405180502/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=204&ResourceType=Site|archive-date=April 5, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Robie House]], a [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] building acquired by the university in 1963, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site<ref>[https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/ UNESCO World Heritage Site]</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/07/arts/design/frank-lloyd-wright-unesco.html|title=Unesco AddsFrank Lloyd Wright's Architecture to World Heritage List|work=[[New York Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820035137/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/07/arts/design/frank-lloyd-wright-unesco.html|archive-date=August 20, 2019|date=August 7, 2019}}</ref> as well as a National Historic Landmark,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robiehouse.com/aboutus/aboutus.html |title=About Us |publisher=Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust |access-date=September 8, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219025633/http://robiehouse.com/aboutus/aboutus.html |archive-date=December 19, 2007 }}</ref> as is room 405 of the [[George Herbert Jones Laboratory]], where [[Glenn T. Seaborg]] and his team were the first to isolate plutonium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=735&ResourceType=Building|title=Room 405, George Herbert Jones Laboratory|date=April 16, 2003 |publisher=National Historic Landmarks Program|access-date=September 12, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208100011/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=735&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=February 8, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Hitchcock Hall]], an undergraduate dormitory, is on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nrhp">{{cite web|url=http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreghome.do?searchtype=natreghome|title=National Register of Historic Places NPS Focus database|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|access-date=January 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803035425/http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreghome.do?searchtype=natreghome|archive-date=August 3, 2012|url-status=live}} Resource Name = Hitchcock, Charles, Hall; Reference Number = 74000751</ref>

Adjacent to the campus in Jackson Park is the home of the [[Barack Obama Presidential Center|Obama Presidential Center]], the Presidential Library for the 44th president of the United States<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.obamalibrary.gov/#event-number-86 | title=Barack Obama Presidential Library &#124; Barack Obama Presidential Library }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.obama.org/presidential-center/ | title=About the Obama Presidential Center }}</ref> with expected completion in 2026. The Obamas settled in the university's Hyde Park neighborhood where they raised their children and where [[Barack Obama]] began his political career. [[Michelle Obama]] served as an administrator at the university and founded the university's Community Service Center.<ref>{{cite web | title=University Community Service Center | website=ucsc.uchicago.edu | url=https://ucsc.uchicago.edu/ }}</ref>

<gallery mode="packed" caption="Campus of the University of Chicago">
File:Snell Hitchcock1.JPG|[[Snell-Hitchcock]], an undergraduate dormitory constructed in the early 20th century, is part of the Main Quadrangles. <!-- One of them, Hitchcock Hall, is on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://housing.uchicago.edu/college_houses/hitchcock.shtml|title=Hitchcock House|publisher=University of Chicago Housing and Dining Services|access-date=September 11, 2009}}</ref> -->
File:Rockefeller Chapel Entire Structure.jpg|[[Rockefeller Chapel]], constructed in 1928, was designed by [[Bertram Goodhue]] in the neo-Gothic style.
File:Henry Hinds Laboratory at University of Chicago5.jpg|The Henry Hinds Laboratory for Geophysical Sciences was built in 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://photofiles.lib.uchicago.edu/db.xqy?one=apf2-03501.xml|title=Henry Hinds Laboratory Architect's Drawings|publisher=University of Chicago Archival Photographic Files|access-date=September 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617140204/http://photofiles.lib.uchicago.edu/db.xqy?one=apf2-03501.xml|archive-date=June 17, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>
File:Ratner Athletic Center.jpg|The [[Gerald Ratner Athletics Center]], opened in 2003 and designed by [[Cesar Pelli]], houses the volleyball, wrestling, swimming, and basketball teams.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://athletics.uchicago.edu/facilities/ratner-overview.htm|title=Overview|publisher=The University of Chicago|access-date=October 10, 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080616150245/http://athletics.uchicago.edu/facilities/ratner-overview.htm |archive-date = June 16, 2008}}</ref>
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==== Transportation ====
The university participates in the U-Pass program with the [[Chicago Transit Authority|Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)]], which provides unlimited rides on CTA busses and trains for undergraduate students during the school year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U-Pass - Fare information |url=https://www.transitchicago.com/upass/default.aspx |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=CTA |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CTA U-Pass {{!}} The College {{!}} The University of Chicago {{!}} The University of Chicago |url=https://college.uchicago.edu/student-services/cta-u-pass |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=college.uchicago.edu |language=en}}</ref> The campus is served by the CTA [[Red Line (CTA)|Red Line]] and [[Green Line (CTA)|Green Line]], as well as the [[Metra Electric District|Metra Electric District Line]] and the [[South Shore Line]].<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Public Transportation |url=https://safety-security.uchicago.edu/en/transportation/public-transportation |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=safety-security.uchicago.edu |language=en}}</ref> All of these lines provide access to downtown Chicago.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Metra Electric (ME) {{!}} Metra |url=https://metra.com/train-lines/me |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=metra.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Green Line (Route info, alerts & schedules) |url=https://www.transitchicago.com/greenline/ |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=CTA |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Red Line (Route info, alerts & schedules) |url=https://www.transitchicago.com/redline/ |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=CTA |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Stations & Map |url=https://mysouthshoreline.com/plan-your-trip/stations-map/ |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=South Shore Line |language=en-US}}</ref> The campus is also served by a network of [[CTA bus routes|CTA bus lines]].<ref name=":7" />

The university provides a shuttle program that runs year-round. There are both day-time and night-time routes, most of which operate within Hyde Park.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Shuttle Services |url=https://safety-security.uchicago.edu/transportation/shuttle-services/ |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=safety-security.uchicago.edu |language=en}}</ref> In 2022, the university added a Downtown Campus Connector to its shuttle program, which runs on the weekdays and connects the main Hyde Park campus to the Gleacher Center and downtown UChicago Medicine clinics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Downtown Campus Connector |url=https://safety-security.uchicago.edu/news-alerts/2022-12-20-Downtown-Campus-Connector |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=safety-security.uchicago.edu |language=en}}</ref> There are also a number of [[Divvy]] bike sharing locations on campus.<ref name=":8" />

In 2024, the University unveiled a [[Via Transportation|Via]] program ahead of the 2024-2025 school year, which provides unlimited free rides on campus in shared vans. The program replaced the previous [[Lyft]] Ride Smart Program, which provided students seven rides per month, subsidized up to $10.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ma |first=Amy |title=University Announces New Via Rideshare Service to Replace Lyft Program in September |url=https://chicagomaroon.com/43817/news/university-announces-new-via-rideshare-service-to-replace-lyft-program-in-september/ |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=Chicago Maroon}}</ref>

==== Safety ====
In November 2021, a university graduate was robbed and fatally shot on a sidewalk in a residential area in Hyde Park near campus;<ref name="could be anyone">[https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-university-of-chicago-student-rally-shooting-response-20211117-szbvysl6vvdahbv6qnez4xrfle-story.html University of Chicago international students rally to demand safety upgrades a week after fatal shooting of recent grad. 'The next one ... could be anyone in this crowd.'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215164812/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-university-of-chicago-student-rally-shooting-response-20211117-szbvysl6vvdahbv6qnez4xrfle-story.html |date=February 15, 2022 }} PAIGE FRY, ''CHICAGO TRIBUNE'', November 16, 2021</ref><ref name="Suspect Charged">[https://news.wttw.com/2021/11/13/suspect-charged-death-university-chicago-student Suspect Charged in Death of University of Chicago Student] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214190218/https://news.wttw.com/2021/11/13/suspect-charged-death-university-chicago-student |date=February 14, 2022 }} WTTW/[[Associated Press]], November 13, 2021</ref> a total of three University of Chicago students were killed by gunfire incidents in 2021.<ref name="Suspect Charged" /><ref name="could be anyone" /> These incidents prompted student protests and an open letter to university leadership signed by more than 300 faculty members.<ref>{{cite web |title="We are experiencing an existential crisis": Faculty Letter Calls for Increased Safety and Security Actions in Hyde Park |url=https://chicagomaroon.com/article/2021/11/15/experiencing-existential-crisis-faculty-letter-calls/ |access-date=February 27, 2022 |website=chicagomaroon.com |language=en |archive-date=February 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227181212/https://chicagomaroon.com/article/2021/11/15/experiencing-existential-crisis-faculty-letter-calls/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=November 16, 2021 |title='We Are Here To Learn, Not To Die:' University of Chicago Students, Faculty Protest After Shooting That Killed Dennis Shaoxiong Zheng, Other Violence |url=https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/11/16/university-of-chicago-protest-violence/ |access-date=February 27, 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=December 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220163214/https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/11/16/university-of-chicago-protest-violence/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In response, the university introduced measures including increased foot and vehicular patrols near campus, expanded coordination between the [[University Police Department|university police department]] and the [[Chicago Police Department|CPD]], and greater use of [[Closed-circuit television|security cameras]] and [[Automatic number-plate recognition|license plate readers]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-18 |title=UChicago, Chicago Police Department leaders reaffirm commitment to campus safety {{!}} University of Chicago News |url=https://news.uchicago.edu/story/uchicago-chicago-police-department-leaders-reaffirm-commitment-campus-safety |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=news.uchicago.edu |language=en}}</ref> The university continues to maintain one of the largest private police forces in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kartik-Narayan |first=Ashvini |date=2018-07-17 |title=The Fight Over Chicago's Largest Private Police Force |url=https://southsideweekly.com/the-fight-over-chicagos-largest-private-police-force-university-of-chicago-ucpd/ |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=South Side Weekly |language=en-US}}</ref>