Rika Mansueto, AB’91, director of the Mansueto Foundation, has been elected to the University of Chicago Board of Trustees . She began her five-year term at the May 2017 board...Read more

I am pleased to announce that at the May 25 meeting of the University of Chicago Board of Trustees Robert J. Zimmer agreed to continue serving as President of the...Read more

David Rockefeller, PhD’40, a prominent philanthropist, banking executive and University trustee whose grandfather, John D. Rockefeller Sr., was the philanthropic founder of the University of Chicago, died on March 20...Read more

Strengthening a campaign that has rapidly surpassed records for fundraising and alumni engagement, the University of Chicago is expanding the fundraising goal of The University of Chicago Campaign: Inquiry and...Read more

A $10.5 million gift from University Trustee John W. Rogers Jr., LAB’76, will support a scholarship fund for Laboratory Schools students and establish a professional development program for under-resourced College...Read more

The University of Chicago endowment ended the year at $7.1 billion as of June 30, 2016, following a negative 1.9 percent return on investments for the preceding year as global...Read more

Trustee Emeritus Barry F. Sullivan, MBA’57, a banking chief and former chair of the University of Chicago Board of Trustees, died Aug. 11 at the age of 85. Sullivan, who...Read more

A prominent business executive and philanthropist, Trustee Emeritus Wallace (Wally) W. Booth, AB’48, MBA’48, died at home in Los Angeles last month at age 93. Booth was the retired chairman...Read more

Jack W. Fuller set a standard of integrity and accomplishment for a generation of Chicago journalists, rising from his first junior job at the Chicago Tribune at age 16 to...Read more

At its recent meeting, the University of Chicago Board of Trustees elected new members Frank A. Baker II, AB’94, co-founder and managing partner of Siris Capital Group, LLC, and Guru...Read more

As a successful venture capitalist, Kathryn Gould, MBA’78, knew the value of hard work and creativity as well as the thrill of nurturing a good idea into a successful business...Read more

One year into the public phase of The University of Chicago Campaign: Inquiry and Impact , the global effort has surpassed 60 percent of its fundraising goal, with alumni, parents,...Read more

The University of Chicago endowment grew to an all-time high market value of $7.58 billion as of June 30, 2015, marking a 4.8 percent return on investments for the preceding...Read more

University of Chicago Trustee Liz Thompson has been appointed governing board chair of the University of Chicago Charter School . As chair, Thompson will lead the UChicago Charter School’s 21-member...Read more

Emmanuel Roman, MBA’87, CEO of the London-based Man Group, has been elected to the University of Chicago Board of Trustees. Roman began his five-year term at the close of the...Read more

The University of Chicago’s Board of Trustees has elected Joseph Neubauer, MBA’65, as its next chairman. Neubauer will begin his three-year term as chairman after the board’s annual meeting on...Read more

Robert M. Halperin, PhB’47, lived in northern California, but the University of Chicago was never far from his mind. As a committed University Trustee, he successfully led multiple alumni and...Read more

In response to an inquiry this week about the University’s credit ratings, Andrew Alper, Chair of the Board of Trustees, provided the following statement to Crain's Chicago Business: “The Board...Read more

The University of Chicago Board of Trustees has elected two new members: Debra A. Cafaro, JD’82, chairman and CEO of Ventas, Inc.; and Kenneth Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel,...Read more

Steven G. Rothmeier, MBA’72, was a risk-taker as a businessman, a decorated Vietnam-era veteran and a Trustee Emeritus at the University of Chicago. Rothmeier died on May 14 at age...Read more