University of Chicago
Private university in Chicago
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| 2025 | University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt list is published online at the official URL https://scavhunt.uchicago.edu/assets/lists/2025.pdf |
| April 2025 | Executive MBA program renamed the 'Sokolov Executive MBA Program' after a $100 million gift from alumnus Konstantin Sokolov (MBA 2005). |
| April 9 2025 | Merged the Division of the Humanities and UChicago Arts to establish the new Division of the Arts & Humanities. |
| 2025 | Undergraduate class composition included 53% male students, 47% female students, with 27% identifying as Asian, 19% as Hispanic, and 10% as Black. Eighteen percent of the class was international. |
| 2024 | University enrolled 7,569 undergraduate students, 10,968 graduate students, and 750 non-degree students, with the undergraduate class of 2025 representing a diverse student body. |
| 2024 | Chicago Booth plans to begin offering Master in Finance and Master in Management degrees for recent college graduates from humanities, arts, social sciences, biological sciences, and physical sciences backgrounds. |
| 2024 | University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt list document published, continuing the long-standing annual tradition |
| 2024 | James A. Robinson awarded Nobel Prize in Economics for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity. |
| 2024 | University of Chicago Magazine won the Bronze Award in the Circle of Excellence competition from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. |
| 2024 | Men's Rugby was ranked 15th in the country at the end of the Fall 15s season, and lost to Montana State 19-48 in the Sweet Sixteen NCR DII playoff round. |
| 2024 | Pritzker School of Medicine students entering the class achieved an average MCAT score of 519, placing them in the 97th percentile. |
| 2024 | University opened the John W. Boyer Center in Paris, designed by Studio Gang, which nearly triples the size of the original 2003 Paris Center. |
| May 7 2024 | The University of Chicago Police Department cleared the student encampment on the main quad. |
| May 1 2024 | The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center hosted a 'Meet the Founders' panel on the eve of Scav 2024, featuring original founders Dr. Chris Straus, Cassie Scharff, Diane Kelly, Rick Jeffries, and Nolan McCarty discussing the origins of the Scav Hunt. |
| April 29 2024 | Students set up an encampment on the university's main quad in support of Palestine as part of a nationwide movement at higher education institutions. |
| 2023 | NORC introduced AmplifyAAPI, its first representative survey panel specifically focusing on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, with funding support from NORC, AARP, and initial funding from The Rockefeller Foundation. |
| 2023 | Alireza Doostdar becomes the director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies |
| 2023 | U.S. News & World Report continues to rank Chicago Booth as the #1 business school in the United States, also ranking its executive MBA and part-time programs #1 in the U.S. |
| 2023 | University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt list document published, returning to more traditional event format |
| 2023 | Manasi Deshpande is named a Sloan Fellow, recognizing her contributions as a labor economist. |
| 2023 | University of Chicago Magazine won the Gold Award for Design in the Circle of Excellence competition from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. |
| 2023 | University of Chicago implemented a new housing policy requiring students to live on campus for their first 2 years of enrollment, changing the previous policy of only requiring first-year students to live in university housing. |
| 2023 | University's undergraduate college acceptance rate reached a record low of 4.7%, reflecting its increasing selectivity since 1996. |
| 2023 | The university agreed to pay $13.5 million to settle a lawsuit alleging conspiracy with other universities to limit financial aid to students. |
| 2023 | Moungi Bawendi and Claudia Goldin receive Nobel Prizes (in Chemistry and Economics respectively) |
| October 2023 | NORC reaches a conciliation agreement with the United States Department of Labor, agreeing to pay $95,000 in back wages and interest to 107 Asian applicants and commit to reviewing its hiring policies to eliminate discrimination. |
| October 1 2023 | Physicist Nadya Mason was appointed Dean of the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, succeeding Founding Dean Matthew J. Tirrell. |
| April 2023 | Ross Stevens donated $100 million to support Chicago Booth's PhD program, which was subsequently renamed the Stevens Doctoral Program. |
| March 2023 | Katherine Baicker was appointed as the new provost of the University of Chicago. |
| 2022 | U.S. News & World Report ranks Chicago Booth as the #1 business school in the United States. |
| 2022 | Chicago Maroons won Women's Cross Country, Women's Tennis, and Men's Tennis championships |
| 2022 | Chicago Maroons win Men's Soccer championship. |
| 2022 | Douglas Diamond awarded Nobel Prize in Economics for research on banks and financial crises. |
| 2022 | Voices in Your Head a cappella group competed at the ICCA finals. |
| 2022 | Men's Rugby began competing in the Division II Great Midwest Conference under National Collegiate Rugby. |
| 2022 | University experienced a significant financial decline, with total assets decreasing by $1.6 billion, primarily due to a $1.4 billion loss in the endowment's investments. |
| September 2022 | University of Chicago enrolled 10,546 graduate students across four academic divisions and eight professional schools in the autumn quarter, including 569 in Biological Sciences, 612 in Humanities, 2,103 in Physical Sciences, 972 in Social Sciences, and 6,290 in professional schools. |
| February 3 2022 | Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 34th annual session was held virtually from February 3-6, adapting to pandemic restrictions while continuing the conference tradition. |
| 2021 | The Scav Hunt continued to be held virtually due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. |
| 2021 | University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt list document published, potentially with modified format due to ongoing pandemic |
| 2021 | University of Chicago Magazine won the Silver Award for Design in the Circle of Excellence competition from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. |
| 2021 | Placed 9th worldwide in the QS World University Rankings, continuing its reputation as one of the most prestigious universities in America. |
| 2021 | Ransom Notes a cappella group competed at the ICCA finals. |
| 2021 | University enrolled 7,559 undergraduate students, 10,893 graduate students, and 449 non-degree students in the Fall semester. |
| November 2021 | Student protests occurred in response to the fatal shooting, with more than 300 faculty members signing an open letter to university leadership addressing campus safety concerns. |
| November 2021 | A university graduate was fatally shot on a sidewalk near campus in Hyde Park, marking one of three student gun-related deaths that year. |
| September 1 2021 | Paul Alivisatos, a chemist, assumed the role of president of the University of Chicago, succeeding Robert Zimmer who transitioned to the role of chancellor. |
| August 2021 | The period of alleged hiring discrimination against Asian applicants for coronavirus contact tracer positions ends. |
| 2020 | Orit Bashkin begins her second term as director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies |
| 2020 | Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Scav Hunt was held virtually for the first time. |
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