University of Chicago/Little Earth

The U of C's campus has grown steadily over the years. It is now located just outside Skytrack's northeast leaf.
Magical studies were incorporated into the University of Chicago's philosophy department in 2028. Less flashy than the programs at Texas A&M&M and MIT&T because of the lack of industrial, or "practical," application, the program is actually more important because it incorporates magic into our view of the universe.
Shortly after the CAS formed, the Atlantean Foundation donated funds to the U of C to develop a research park out on Lake Michigan. It seems the lakefront area is alive with free air and water spirits. The research park was viewed as a boon to students studying detection and Illusion, concentrations of magic important to the Atlantean Foundation. Other corporations kicked in, and Elemental Hall was floating off the shore of Lake Michigan by 2034. Magician philosophers quickly assembled, giving the program a reputation for producing some of the subtlest. if laziest, magical theorists around.
Elemental Hall is located half a kilometer off the shore of Lake Michigan. The four-story building sits atop a concrete foundation set In the bottom of the lake. The building has a courtyard In Its center, and a ten-by-ten-meter section of the courtyard has been cut out for access to the lake. The pool is heated In the winter so that the lake is always available for study. The Hall has 30 students and twelve professors as permanent residents, and other students sail out for classes and research. I don't know much about this stuff, but last I heard, the Hall's library was considered the best magical research library in the midwest.
The University has also become a mecca for the fringe elements of the magical world. Those who don't make the cut for the U, or who just want to gather with others who share their particular point of view, have taken over an area near the campus. It's called Little Earth, a term taken from the Middle Earth books by Tolkien. (I hear the U of C still gets flak about that from the local metahuman rights groups.) Any theory you've got about magic will find a sympathetic ear in this neighborhood. A fair share of artisans and antitech pollclubs have also settled here.