President Barack Obama, senior lecturer in the Law School for 12 years, has personal, family, intellectual and professional links to the University, as do many of his top advisers.
Obama administration has strong University roots
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President Barack Obama, a former Law School Senior Lecturer, wins Nobel Peace Prize
U. S. President Barack Obama, whose personal, family and professional ties to the University of Chicago include his 12 years as a Senior Lecturer at the Law School, will receive the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on Oct. 9.
University hosts D.C. forum on health care, education
A high-level policy forum sponsored by the University on Sept. 10 offered a glimpse of how rigorous research can shape responses to the nation’s most challenging problems.
Rowley 'overwhelmed' after receiving nation's highest civilian honor
President Barack Obama honored the University of Chicago’s Janet Rowley with the Presidential Medal of Freedom—the highest civilian honor in the United States—on Wednesday, Aug. 12 at the White House.
From 59th Street to Pennsylvania Avenue, Lab alumni maintain connections
Many Lab Schools alumni are now working for federal agencies, in the White House, or in other positions around Washington, D.C.