Drawing from University archives, campus maps, academic literature, and news clippings, the Maroon charted the University’s contentious property acquisitions from its charter in 1890 to the present.
The University of Chicago remains a leading institution for economics, with growing student interest, especially after introducing the business economics specialization.
Despite being an imperfect measurement of both political donations and individual beliefs, analyzing which candidates and PACs UChicago faculty donated to over the past five election cycles serves as a meaningful indicator of the collective political leaning of the faculty and their engagement in elections.
The project strives to paint a more nuanced picture of incidents reported to UCPD and any patterns that may exist within the incident data.
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