University of Chicago
Midway Plaisance campus
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1890.
It is known for rigorous academics, particularly in economics, law, and the sciences.
The Chicago school of economics, associated with free-market theory, originated there.
Its press publishes the influential *Chicago Manual of Style*.
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