Significant Gift to University from David M. Rubenstein, '73, Will Build Rubenstein Forum
Rubenstein Forum to Create Vital Space for Collaboration
The University of Chicago will build an innovative facility designed to foster convening and collaboration and to serve as a physical hub for a broad array of University activities. In recognition of a significant new gift from alumnus and University Trustee David M. Rubenstein, JD’73, the facility will be named the David M. Rubenstein Forum.
This new building, slated for completion in 2018, will host academic conferences, workshops, lectures, meetings, ceremonies and other types of gatherings that entail formal and informal interaction and that benefit from a dynamic, technologically advanced environment. As a hub, it will bring together members of the University community along with visiting scholars, distinguished guests, alumni and others.
“The regular and rigorous exchange of ideas that is a hallmark of the University of Chicago will soon be aided by a much needed physical space in which people from all parts of campus, the broader University community and visitors from around the world may gather, collaborate and interact. By offering new physical capacity for convening and exchange, the David M. Rubenstein Forum will contribute significantly to the University’s character as an intellectual destination,” said President Robert J. Zimmer. “We are deeply grateful for David Rubenstein for his leadership and support.”
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