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The first president of the University of Chicago, William Rainey Harper was a leading figure in the development of the modern university in the United States. He was born in New Concord, Ohio, and was considered an academic prodigy, enrolling at age ten as a freshman at Muskingum College where he studied language and music. After graduation at age fourteen, he went to Yale and earned a Ph.D. in Philology in three years. While in graduate school he courted Ella Paul, daughter of the president of Muskingum College. They were married a few months after Harper completed his Ph.D.
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On Tuesday, May 12, 1998--two days after Mother's Day--53-year-old, triple-transplant patient Forrest Powers of Chicago will be discharged from the University of Chicago Hospitals. On April 5, 1998--Palm Sunday--after three months of waiting in the hospital, Powers became the sixth person in the United States to receive a transplanted heart, kidney, and pancreas. This was the second time this combination of surgical procedures has ever been performed in Illinois. The first heart-kidney-pancreas transplant in the state was ... performed at the University of Chicago Hospitals, on May 14, 1995--Mother's Day.
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Founded in 1870 as the St Ignatius College on Chicago's West Side. In 1908 the School of Law was established as the first of the professional programs. St Ignatius College changed its name to Loyola University in 1909, while ... adding the Stritch School of Medicine. 1923 saw the affiliation of the Chicago College of Dental Surgery with Loyola University, later to be known as Loyola University School of Dentistry (no longer open). In 1934 West Baden College affiliates itself with Loyola University, later to be known as the Bellarmine School of Theology then the Jesuit School of Theology in Chicago. Loyola University established the School of Nursing in 1935, the first fully accredited collegiate school of nursing in the state of Illinois.
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Public Transportation: The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) offers fast, direct train service from both airports to downtown. Route, fare and schedule information: 312-836-7000, daily 5 a.m.-1 a.m. (CT). Fare for one ride: $1.50. For heavy CTA use, visitor passes are available for: 1-Day ($5), 2-Day($9), 3-Day($12) and 5-Day($18), -- unlimited rides on buses and trains. Purchase passes at airports and visitor information centers, Union Station and select Chicago locations; or purchase cards in advance at 888-968-7282.
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In 1983, the University of Chicago implemented the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project, a comprehensive mathematics program for students from kindergarten through twelfth grade. Today, an estimated 3.5 to 4 million students in elementary and secondary schools in every state and virtually every major urban area are now using UCSMP materials.[27]
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On Monday, March 2, 1998, 45-year-old Stephen Trenka of Chicago received a very welcome surprise--a new heart and liver. The procedure has been performed only 10 times in the United States, including three times at the University of Chicago Hospitals. Both previous UCH patients are alive, at home, and doing well.
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