Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society

Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
Established 2012
Location 5701 S. Woodlawn Ave
Chicago, Illinois 60637
United States
Website neubauercollegium.uchicago.edu

The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society is an educational center located on the campus of the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.

History

The Neubauer Collegium was established in June 2012.[1][2] It was founded with a gift of $26.5-million from Joseph Neubauer, former CEO and chairman of Aramark Corporation, and Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer, founder of the Philadelphia marketing and communications firm, J.P. Lerman & Company.[3] A second major gift came from Emmanuel Roman, CEO of the Man Group and a University of Chicago graduate in whose honor the head of the Collegium is named the Roman Family Director.[4][5]

The inaugural cohort of 18 faculty research projects were announced in March 2013 and represent faculty from 17 departments, as well as the Chicago Booth School of Business, the Divinity School, the Law School, the Pritzker School of Medicine, and the Oriental Institute.[6]

Campus

The collegium occupies an historic 16,000 sq. ft. Collegiate Gothic style building erected in 1933 as the home of the Meadville Lombard Theological School, adjacent to the campus of the University of Chicago in Hyde Park which was purchased by the University in 2011 and was renovated by Kliment Halsband Architects.[7][8][9][10]

Leadership

Jonathan Lear, the John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor at the Committee on Social Thought and in the Department of Philosophy, was named Roman Family Director of the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society in October, 2014.[11]

An advisory board comprising faculty from across the University works closely with the director. Members of the advisory board are:


Past members of the advisory board have included:

References

  1. "Interdisciplinary Collegium launches with multi-genre performance". The Chicago Maroon.
  2. Allen, Susie. "Landmark Initiative Reimagines Humanistic Inquiry". University of Chicago.
  3. Chronicle of Philanthropy
  4. Gift from Emmanuel Roman, MBA'87, to support Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society (University of Chicago)
  5. "University of Chicago (via noodls) / Gift from Emmanuel Roman, MBA'87, to support Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society". Noodls.com. 2012-06-27. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  6. Allen, Susie. "Neubauer Collegium selects inaugural research projects". University of Chicago.
  7. University of Chicago Selects Kliment Halsband Architects to Design Home for Neubauer Collegium, University Business, May 2, 2013
  8. Meadville Lombard sells main building, Unitarian Universalist World, January 1, 2011,
  9. University of Chicago Construction Kicks Into Gear as Weather Breaks, DNA info, April 3, 2014
  10. Inside the future home of the Neubauer Collegium, Campus Review, July 19, 2013
  11. UChicago News Jonathan Lear named Roman Family Director of Neubauer Collegium

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