Upcoming Events

Wednesday, May 28
Members of the Women’s Board are invited to visit the Edwardian – era Japanese Tea Garden and Prairie School home of Harlow and Susan Higinbotham east of Joliet, Illinois.

Luncheon – House and Garden Tour of Harlowarden

Wednesday, June 12
A presentation of the 2008-2009 projects funded by the Women’s Board.

Luncheon - Women’s Athletic Club

Past Events

Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Ralph Ubl, Jean and Alan Frumkin Professor of Visual Arts, the Committee on Social Thought, speaking on Eugène Delacroix.

Luncheon – Chicago Club

Thursday, April 17, 2008
Robert Pape, Professor, Department of Political Science
and Director of the Program for International Security Politics.

Dinner buffet - The Arts Club

Thursday, January 24, 2008
Saul Levmore, Dean of the Law School and the William B. Graham Professor of Law.

Annual dinner – Casino Club

Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Charles Newell, Artistic Director of Court Theatre, and lead actress Hollis Resnik for a discussion and select readings from Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus.

Luncheon – The University Club

Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Michael Turner, Bruce V. and Diana M. Rauner Distinguished Service Professor Departments of Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics.

Buffet dinner – The Arts Club of Chicago

Tuesday, October 18, 2007
Jonathan Lear, John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor, The Committee on Social Thought and the Department of Philosophy.

Luncheon - Chicago Club

Thursday, September 27, 2007
William Howell, Associate Professor, the Harris School of Public Policy Studies.

Luncheon – University Club

Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Professor Sir Peter Crane
The John and Marion Sullivan University Professor in the Department of the Geophysical Sciences and the Committee on Evolutionary Biology.

Luncheon – University Club

[Photo: Peter Crane]

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The University of Chicago Women’s Board seeks to develop informed members who strengthen the University both by serving as its advocates and by funding projects benefiting the University.
[Photo: The Women's Board Steering Committee]

The Women's Board Steering Committee


Demographics
The Women's Board has more than 450 members. Our membership is diverse: approximately one third of our members are alumnae of the University, another ten percent are married to alumni and the rest, more than half of our members, are friends of the University. The Women's Board endeavors to maintain this balance in order to effectively expose people with a wide variety of relationships to Chicago to the important and interesting work of the University.

Intellectual Engagement
The Women’s Board is comprised of intellectually curious and dynamic women. We meet in an atmosphere that is both intellectually stimulating and socially welcoming. Our members and their guests enjoy an “inside” experience and connection with the vibrant University of Chicago community, through luncheon and evening presentations featuring the University’s extraordinary faculty.

Philanthropy
The Women's Board raises substantial funds from its membership each year. One hundred percent of the money received is used to fund academic programming and research, projects that enhance student life and University initiatives that benefit surrounding communities. All of these projects are chosen by Women's Board members serving on our Projects Committee.

Governance
The Chair of the Women's Board is appointed by the President of the University. The Steering Committee, appointed by the Chair, seeks to enhance the ways in which the Women's Board may be most valuable to its members and the University, and acts as the general policy-determining body of the Women's Board. The Projects Committee, convened by the Chair each spring, reviews and selects the projects to be funded by the Women's Board during the following fiscal year. The Women's Board fiscal year runs from July 1 through June 30.