Campaign Initiatives
Faculty Excellence
UChicago is home to fearless scholars who expand human knowledge, shape culture and policy, drive breakthroughs across every field of inquiry, and teach the next generation of leaders and innovators.
Fueling the minds that change the world
Chicago minds begin with extraordinary faculty. At the University of Chicago, scholars cross boundaries, challenge orthodoxies, and pursue bold ideas that reshape fields and deepen human understanding. From breakthroughs in medicine, economics, and quantum science to influential work in the humanities, the social sciences, and the arts, UChicago faculty define the University’s impact on the world. Philanthropic partnership helps attract, sustain, and empower these exceptional thinkers, giving them the freedom, resources, and collaborative environment to pursue the questions that matter most.
Fueled by your support
- Endowed professorships for distinguished faculty leaders
- Named assistant and associate professorships for rising scholars
- Faculty recruitment and retention funds
- Seed funding for breakthrough research and innovation
- Faculty research and teaching funds across disciplines
- Curricular innovation and new academic programs
- Provost, dean, and director discretionary funds supporting faculty excellence
Contact
Katie Malmquist, AM’04
773.612.8366
kmalmquist@uchicago.edu
Featured news
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Two UChicago scientists elected to National Academy of Sciences
Professors Chuan He and Joseph Thornton are honored for their groundbreaking work in biochemistry and biology, respectively.
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Three UChicago scholars elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
These scholars have made breakthroughs in sociology and law, studying issues spanning the rise of interest group politics to constitutional law.
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Forming a faculty cohort to pioneer the use of AI in research across disciplines
$50 million gift from Trustee Rika Mansueto, AB’91, and Joe Mansueto, AB’78, MBA’80
The Mansueto Faculty of Mind and Machine Challenge seeks to generate nearly $200 million to recruit, retain, and support 20 leading scholars.
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Launching an algorithmic policy lab at UChicago’s Harris School of Public Policy
$20 million gift from Thomas Francis Dunn, AB’81, MBA’86, and Susan Knapp Dunn, AB’82
The Bike Shop @UChicago seeks to help solve some of society’s most pressing problems by designing and scaling algorithms that enhance human capacity.
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Supporting faculty research and student advancement at the University of Chicago
$20 million gift from the Gracias Family Foundation
This investment includes endowed professorships at the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics and the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering.
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Creating an institute for theoretical physics at the University of Chicago
$18.4 million gift from the Leinweber Foundation
The new UChicago institute joins a network of research centers that aim to advance inquiry and collaboration across the field of theoretical physics.