The best Econ department in the world just got even better! How many living Nobels are now on faculty in Econ or Booth at Chicago? Thaler, Larsen, Fama, Kremer, etc.? Kremer appointed as University Professor, arguably the highest title available at UChicago: https://news.uchicago.edu/story/nobel-winning-economist-michael-kremer-join-uchicago-faculty-university-professor
Last year, Chicago snagged a Yale quantum professor: https://jianggroup.yale.edu
This year, the CS department expanded even further with 4 new junior faculty.
Love seeing Chicago selectively grow its faculty when its peers are budget cutting and freezing headcount across the board.