 The front of Breckinridge house Breckinridge House is currently a dormitory serving the University of Chicago. One of the smaller dormitories on campus, it houses on average 90 undergraduates, though has been known in the past to serve as the residence for graduate students. A prominent feature of Breckinridge house, as with many other dorms of the University of Chicago, is its overwhelming number of single rooms, which comprise approximately 2/3 of the building. A typical American college dorm room Another typical not-so-clean college dorm room Watterson Towers, Illinois State University Potomac Hall, second-largest dormitory at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. ...
The University of Chicago is an elite private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. ...
In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ...
A graduate student (also, grad student or grad in American English, postgraduate student or postgrad in British English) is an individual who has completed a bachelors degree (B.A., B.S./B.Sc. ...
History of Breckinridge House
For more information, see Sophonisba Breckinridge Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge (April 1, 1866-July 30, 1948), American activist. ...
When Breckinridge House became part of the University of Chicago housing system, it originally was an all female dorm, and to this day retains many qualities of the days of old, as it remains the only dorm in the housing system to have single sex floors.
During the later years of the twentieth century, the University began to have a surplus of beds and sleeping space, so Breckinridge Hall was closed for several years, and the residents were sent to live in Hoover House of Max Palevsky Residential Commons. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar (often from (1900 to 1999 in common usage). ...
Undergraduate Life Residents (colloquially known as "Breckies") of Breckinridge House dine at the Burton-Judson Courts, along with residents of the Shoreland and Burton-Judson. This is sometimes seen as an inconvenience to residents of Breckinridge, as the dining hall is approximately a 10-15 minute walk from the dorm, and during the winter, many opt to order food rather than go to the dining hall. There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...
The Shoreland The Shoreland Hotel is an officially registered historical site (on the National Register of Historic Places) in the U.S. state of Illinois, and has been registered thus since 1986. ...
Undergraduates living in Breckinridge house are generally known for having a very tight sense of community, and this is indicative of late night soccer games on the Midway, love of lengthy philosophical discussions, and other social events that take place in either of the two main lounges. Midway Plaisance is a linear park located near Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois approximately 5 miles from the downtown Loop area. ...
There are several house traditions at Breckinridge. The most notable, perhaps, is "Sophie Day", named in honor of Sophonisba Breckinridge (who actually preferred the nickname "Nisba"), which is a cocktail party in the lounge of the dorm to which the residents invite their favorite professors or TAs. Another tradition more relevant to the day-to-day life of the dorm is the claim that the girls' bathroom is haunted. The meaning of the word professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) varies. ...
A teaching assistant (TA) is a junior scholar employed on a temporary contract by a college or university for the purpose of assisting a professor by teaching students in recitation or discussion sessions, holding office hours, grading homework or exams, supervising labs (in science and engineering courses), and sometimes teaching...
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Scav Hunt For the University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt, Breckinridge House is currently teamed up with Hoover house of Max Palevsky Residential Commons, due to the historical ties shared as a result of the relocation of ex-Breckies when the dorm was shut down. Qwazy Quad Rally: Wacky Races against Judges Dick Dastardly and Muttley! Scav Hunt 2005, item #38. ...
| University of Chicago | | Academics The University of Chicago is an elite private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. ...
The University of Chicago is an elite private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. ...
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Professional Schools
Divinity School • Graduate School of Business • Harris School of Public Policy Studies • Law School • Pritzker School of Medicine • School of Social Services Administration The University of Chicago Divinity School is a graduate institution at the University of Chicago dedicated to the training of academics and clergy across religious boundaries. ...
The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, also known as Chicago GSB, or simply The GSB, is one of the world’s leading business schools and the second oldest in the United States. ...
The Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies is one of the nations leading graduate schools devoted to public policy research, analysis, and training. ...
The University of Chicago Law School is a part of the University of Chicago. ...
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The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA) is one of the worlds leading school’s for the training of social worker’s, ranking 3rd (US News) and 1st according to the (Gourman Report). ...
Other Academic/Research Institutions
The College • Argonne National Laboratory • Graham School of General Studies • Fermilab • Laboratory Schools • University of Chicago Hospitals • Yerkes Observatory Many offices and classes of the College are located in the heart of the campus. ...
Aerial photo of the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory. ...
Fermilabs Tevatron Robert Rathbun Wilson Hall Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), located in Batavia near Chicago, Illinois, (Google Sat Map) is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory specializing in high-energy particle physics, operated for the Department of Energy by the Universities Research Association (URA). ...
The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools (also Lab School and abbreviated UCLS; the upper classes are nicknamed U-High) is a private, co-educational day school in Chicago, Illinois. ...
The University of Chicago Hospitals are a set of hospitals located in Chicago, Illinois. ...
1897 photo of the 102 cm (40 inch) refractor at the Yerkes Observatory. ...
| | Campus The University of Chicago is an elite private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. ...
| Breckinridge • Burton-Judson Courts • Chicago Theological Seminary • Gerald Ratner Athletics Center • Hutchinson Hall • John Crerar Library • Midway Plaisance • Oriental Institute • Quadrangle Club • Regenstein Library • Robie House • Rockefeller Chapel • Seminary Co-op • Shoreland Hotel • Snell-Hitchcock There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...
Chicago Theological Seminary is an ecumenical seminary of the United Church of Christ. ...
The Gerald Ratner Athletics Center is a $51 million state-of-the-art athletics facility within the University of Chicago campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood. ...
Interior of Hutchinson Hall Hutchinson Hall at the University of Chicago is modelled, nearly identically, on the hall of Christ Church, one of Oxford Universitys constituent colleges. ...
The John Crerar Library at the University of Chicago is recognized as one of the best libraries in the country for research and teaching in the sciences, medicine, and technology. ...
Midway Plaisance is a linear park located near Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois approximately 5 miles from the downtown Loop area. ...
The Art-Deco doors of the Oriental Institute Head of a bull that once guarded the entrance to the Hundred-Column Hall in Persepolis The Oriental Institute (OI), established in 1919, is the University of Chicagos archeology museum and research center for ancient Near Eastern studies. ...
Quadrangle Club is the name of the faculty club at the University of Chicago. ...
The Joseph M. Regenstein Library is the main library of the University of Chicago, named after industrialist and philanthropist Joseph Regenstein. ...
The Robie House The Robie House, as featured on a USPS stamp The Robie House is a residential masterpiece designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1910. ...
Rockefeller Chapel is the tallest building on the campus of the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. ...
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The Shoreland The Shoreland is a former hotel in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. ...
Snell-Hitchcock comprises two residence halls at the University of Chicago. ...
| | History The University of Chicago is an elite private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. ...
| Chicago Pile 1 • George Herbert Jones Laboratory • Metallurgical Laboratory • Notable Faculty and Alumni • Old University of Chicago • Stagg Field On December 2, 1942, the worlds first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction took place in the worlds first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile Number One, shortened as CP-1, built on a racquets court under the abandoned west stands of the Alonzo Stagg Field stadium on the University...
The George Herbert Jones Laboratory, at 5747 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, is a facility building of the University of Chicago. ...
The Metallurgical Laboratory or Met Lab at the University of Chicago was part of the World War II–era Manhattan Project, created by the United States to develop an atomic bomb. ...
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The University of Chicago, now known as the Old University of Chicago, was a Baptist college founded in 1857 by Stephen Douglas. ...
Stagg Field was a stadium in Chicago, Illinois. ...
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| Maroons • Big Ten Conference • Wave the Flag • O-Week • Scavenger Hunt • Summer Breeze • University Athletic Association The University of Chicagos intercollegiate sports teams are called the Maroons (after the color), and they compete in the NCAAs Division III. They are primarily members of the University Athletic Association and were co-founders of the Big Ten Conference in 1895. ...
The Big Ten Conference is the United States oldest Division I college athletic conference. ...
Wave the Flag (For Old Chicago) is the fight song for the University of Chicagos athletic teams, the Maroons. ...
Qwazy Quad Rally: Wacky Races against Judges Dick Dastardly and Muttley! Scav Hunt 2005, item #38. ...
Note: For the 1972 famous album of duo Seals and Crofts, see Summer Breeze (album) For the eponymous famous song, see Summer Breeze (song). ...
The University Athletic Association (UAA) is an athletic conference which competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Associations (NCAA) Division III. Member teams are located in Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio and New York. ...
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| The Chicago Maroon • Chicago Weekly • The Midway Review • Doc Films • FOTA • Hype • The Second City • University Theater • WHPK-FM The Chicago Maroon, known as the independent student newspaper of the University of Chicago since 1892, is a semi-weekly publication with a circulation of 7,500. ...
Doc Films, or the Documentary Film Group, is on record with the Museum of Modern Art in New York as the longest running student-film group in the United States, founded in 1929 at the University of Chicago. ...
The Second City Logo The Second City is a long-running improvisational comedy troupe based in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, with offshoot troupes in other cities, most notably Toronto. ...
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