Besides economics....

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<p>About engineering…

The lack of an engineering program differentiates the U of C from other universities, said Neil Shubin, a professor of biology and anatomy.
“[The departments] are all basic science, and that works for and against us. I’d say that right now, it is primarily working against us. We lack the kind of expertise that links science to new technologies,” Shubin said.

[Committee</a> debates engineering plan](<a href=“Alcohol bans felt at third of campuses nationwide – Chicago Maroon”>Alcohol bans felt at third of campuses nationwide – Chicago Maroon)</p>

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We believe that this trend will continue and will make it increasingly difficult for universities with outstanding science departments, but an absence of engineering, to remain leaders in the traditional sciences.

[Report</a> of the Ad Hoc Faculty Committee on Molecular Engineering](<a href=“http://provost.uchicago.edu/pdfs/MolecularEngineeringReport.Final.pdf]Report”>http://provost.uchicago.edu/pdfs/MolecularEngineeringReport.Final.pdf)</p>

<p>(This was strongly endorsed by the committee, as it turned out, and the goal is to have 25 new faculty members in this area.)</p>