125th Anniversary Events

Held in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, this long-standing tradition included a welcome by Elizabeth Davenport, Dean of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel; music from the University’s Motet Choir; the presentation of the Class of 2019 by Jim Nondorf, Vice President for Enrollment and Student Advancement and Dean of College Admissions and Financial Aid, to Robert J. Zimmer, President of the University; the official presentation of the Class of 2019 banner by an alumni leader; and an address about liberal education at the University delivered by John W. Boyer, Dean of the College. ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you

Join Nobel laureate and acclaimed economist Muhammad Yunus for an in-depth discussion of the challenges of, and solutions to, global poverty. Widely considered the father of both social business and microcredit, Yunus won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for his founding of pioneering microfinance institution Grameen Bank. He is the author of numerous books, including Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Enterprise and Capitalism and Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism that Serves Humanities Most Pressing Needs. Fortune magazine has named him “one of the greatest entrepreneurs of our time.” If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to politics@uchicago.edu.

A panel of eminent members and an affiliate member of the Department of Economics faculty—each a part of University of Chicago economic history himself—shares experiences, memories, influences, and insider views of the unique approach and environment that gave rise to Chicago economics and its world-changing ideas. This panel discussion is part of “The Legacy of Chicago Economics,” an academic conference about the first generation of Chicago economists. If you experience technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to bfi@uchicago.edu.

A translation that does some justice to the Hebrew Bible must make some effort to convey in English the subtlety, the expressive compactness, the precision of word-choice, the evocative use of syntax, and related stylistic features of the Hebrew. All this is challenging because the structure of modern English is so different from that of ancient Hebrew. In this Neubauer Collegium Director's Lecture, Robert Alter demonstrated his own struggles with these issues through examples from his own translation. Opening Remarks delivered by Jonathan Lear, Roman Family Director of the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society and John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor at the Committee on Social Thought and in the Department of Philosophy. Professor Robert Alter (University of California, Berkeley) has written widely on the European novel from the eighteenth century to the present, on contemporary American fiction, and on modern Hebrew literature. He has also written extensively on literary

On October 27, 2015, the University of Chicago Office of Civic Engagement hosted a panel and small group discussions on the University's current activities in the community and the potential for continued engagement going forward. This video features introductory remarks by Derek Douglas, UChicago's Vice President for Civic Engagement, followed by a panel discussion moderated by o William Towns, Assistant Vice President, Neighborhood Initiatives, University of Chicago Office of Civic Engagement.

University of Chicago and Affiliated Laboratory (Argonne, Fermilab and Marine Biological Laboratory) leaders and top scientists discuss how these institutions have a long rich history of groundbreaking research and discovery. The event took place on November 13, 2015 in the William Eckhardt Research center on campus.