The University of Chicago Chicago and the Presidency

• Campaign 2008
• Election 2008
• Creating the new administration
• Inauguration 2009
• Hyde Park



Hyde Park

The 2008 presidential campaign and subsequent election of Barack Obama put a new spotlight on the neighborhood of Hyde Park, home of the University of Chicago and what some are now calling the Midwestern White House.

Hyde Park: A User’s Guide for Students

• Seven miles south of downtown, Hyde Park/South Kenwood is home to 43,000 people, including more than 60 percent of the University’s faculty and a great majority of its students.

Hyde Park in the news

• Chicago Magazine, June 26, 2009:
  “The President's Neighborhood”
• Washington Post, Oct. 15, 2008:
  “Uncommon Ground: Yes, Obama Lives There. But Chicago’s Hyde Park Is a Place All Its Own”
• Chicago Tribune, Sept. 8, 2008:
  “Obama’s own small-town values”
• Chicago Tribune, June 25, 2008:
  “Obama’s Chicago”