President Alivisatos and Provost Baicker convened a Committee on Advancing Computing and AI at UChicago on February 23, 2024, charging them to consider a plan for computing and artificial intelligence for the future. The Report of the Advancing Computing and AI Committee reflects their findings and recommendations, as delivered to the President and Provost on May 21, 2024.
The Committee on Graduate Education, comprised of faculty and PhD students, was appointed by Provost Diermeier in April 2018 to assess PhD education at the University in light of our commitment to excellence in research and teaching and in the context of a changing landscape of higher education.
On 17 April 1974, President Levi requested the Committee on the Criteria of Academic Appointment to propound its views on the standing and rights of persons who are invited by The University of Chicago, through appropriately constituted appointive bodies, to lecture or conduct seminars on particular occasions. The Committee concluded that deliberate frustration of this activity is an illegitimate abrogation of the powers of invitation and appointment, which are absolutely crucial to the University's execution of its proper functions.