Partnering for Community Impact

Uchicago Basketball Teams Engage With Nearly 1,000 South Side Students

At UChicago, our commitment to building strong, productive partnerships with our neighbors is shared across the whole university.

Every division and school across our university is engaged with our community, in ways large and small. We work to deepen our connections with our neighbors and build new partnerships that will benefit all of us, here on the South Side and throughout Chicago.

We welcome our neighbors’ input and insights into the issues that matter most to our shared communities and understand that ongoing, open dialogue is essential to forming effective collaborations. Our community partners inform our priorities and shape our actions as we work together to create positive change.

Our combined efforts draw upon our strength as an economic anchor and on the power of education, research, and innovation to create real, lasting impact and opportunity, in all communities.

Public Safety

Through research, evidence-based programming, and direct service, UChicago is working with community partners on the South Side and beyond to build safer communities, save lives, and heal traumatic emotional wounds inflicted by violence.

K-12 Education

We demonstrate our commitment to urban education by developing and investing in programs and initiatives that serve children from pre-K through high school and by working with teachers and principals to improve our city’s school system.

Community Health

UChicago is committed to promoting health equity and improving access to care on the South Side, so all residents have the opportunity to thrive.

Economic Opportunity and Entrepreneurship

We leverage UChicago’s financial resources and expertise to foster entrepreneurship and create economic opportunities for community residents and local businesses.

Civic Infrastructure

To strengthen Chicago’s civic infrastructure, we offer community-based training for emerging leaders and help to build local organizations’ capacity to grow, thrive, and achieve their missions.

Arts and Culture

As a partner in the South Side’s rich and storied arts community, we work to provide cultural opportunities, resources, and programs that reflect our community, resonate across the city, and are renowned around the world.

Urban America Forward convenes leaders to explore local solutions to racial and economic exclusion

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11/06/2019

UChicago College Advising Corps: a real game-changer

During his senior year in high school, Hector Rabadan was savvy about what it takes to impress colleges. He signed up for AP classes, focused on maintaining his grades and showed exceptional leader...

10/10/2019

Women’s Board grant opens Maroon Tutor Match to more South Side students

Abraham Potts made an amazing leap forward last year as a sophomore at Perspectives Charter Academy. After working with UChicago student tutors from the Maroon Tutor Match (MTM) program, his GPA im...

10/07/2019

Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering programs invite students into the world of STEM

Students from kindergarten to college are building their scientific literacy and learning about the applications of STEM research to real-world challenges, thanks to outreach programs at UChicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering.

09/30/2019

Record Number of Students Engage Chicago Through Civic Action

A dozen incoming University of Chicago College students dipped roller brushes into bright red, orange, and gray paint, applying a fresh coat to the Jazz Fence that surrounds the Great Migration Com...

12/06/2019

UCSC's Director Sits Down with Michele Norris to Discuss "The Race Card Project"

In 2010, former NPR journalist Michele Norris founded The Race Card Project. Asking participants to articulate their observations and experiences of race into only six words, Norris wanted to start conversations about race in America – conversations that would elicit sentiments and hard realities that had rarely been expressed aloud.

11/21/2019

OSP Helps Students Access UChicago Internships Within the Computer Science Department

The OSP helps students like Ryan Wong access unique learning experiences and expand their academic experiences.

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Profiles

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Abraham and Karen Potts
Maroon Tutor Match

Abraham Potts turbocharged his GPA last year, boosting it two full points with the help of a UChicago student tutor. On average, kids in the Maroon Tutor Match program improve a full letter grade in the subject area where they receive affordable, one-on-one tutoring.

Akanksha Shah
Maroon Tutor Match

“Maroon Tutor Match helped me learn to work with people — not just students and families, but tutors as well — who were very different from me and had different priorities and struggles. Getting a better understanding of where people are coming from is invaluable.” -Akanksha Shah '17

Baronica Roberson
Civic Leadership Academy

“Where you might not have seen or thought about synergies between organizations, they do actually exist if you dig a little deeper.” -Baronica Roberson

Ben Samuels-Kalow
Neighborhood Schools Program

Working as a teaching assistant in UChicago’s Neighborhood Schools Program convinced Ben Samuels-Kalow ’12 that school should be a place where students are always safe and never bored. This fall, he brought that philosophy to life at Creo College Prep, the charter school he founded in the South Bronx for students in grades 5–8.