In the late 1950s and early 1960s, at a time when the world’s business schools were in crisis, The Chicago Approach—developed by pioneering Booth faculty James Lorie, PhD ’47, and W. Allen ...

Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. 1918: Grace Wilson became the first Black woman to join the Chicago police. She remained on the force for almost 25 years. Tornadoes ...

It’s often comedic, though not always. Inspired by earlier theater forms like commedia dell’arte and cabaret, modern improv began at the University of Chicago in the 1950s. A group of UChicago ...

And if that’s the case, then it makes a lot of sense that Chicago jazz has been at the ... the yowl of Howlin’ Wolf’s electric guitar in a 1950s blues bar; the drummers and dancers pounding ...