On June 24, University of Chicago President Paul Alivisatos announced that Joel Hamernick, associate vice president for civic engagement, will assume the role of interim vice president for civic engagement and external affairs as of August 1, 2022.
The winner of this year’s Edwardson SNVC, together.science, uses digital tools to help students learn math in a simple, intuitive way.
Family-friendly movies and themed activities will be offered Wednesday nights July 6 through August 10
When the pandemic shut down a Woodlawn industrial robotics training program, the partnership between the Bishop Arthur M. Brazier Foundation and the University enabled trainees to keep learning.
More than a dozen college students from underrepresented backgrounds will be spending the summer conducting quantum information science and engineering research in labs across the Midwest thanks to the Open Quantum Initiative Undergraduate Fellowship.
Four decades and much painstaking archival research later, University of Chicago alum Edward T. Cotham Jr. uncovers the heart of Juneteenth in his book, Juneteenth: The Story Behind the Celebration.
The 2022 On Board Chicago conference hosted by the Chicago Booth’s Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation discusses how nonprofits and foundations scale innovative solutions in Chicago, how you can succeed as part of a nonprofit board, and what the best strategies to approach diversity and inclusion are.
Los Angeles' ubiquitous street tacos inspired Taylor Mason to launch Taylor's Tacos along with her wife, Maya Mason. The business, an alum of the Polsky Center’s Small Business Growth Program, includes a catering service, taco truck, and event space.
A curated selection of Rose Blouin's Washington Park photographs is now on display at the University of Chicago Medicine as part of the medical center’s Healing Arts program, which shares fine arts and music with patients, visitors, staff and the surrounding community.
Inspired by the historic Provident Hospital and Training School, the nonprofit provides scholarships and ongoing mentorship
On June 6, University of Chicago President Paul Alivisatos announced that Vice President for Civic Engagement and External Affairs Derek Douglas would be leaving his role, effective July 29.
The Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation are pleased to announce the winners of the John Edwardson, ’72, Social New Venture Challenge (SNVC), the social impact track of the University of Chicago’s nationally ranked business launch program, the New Venture Challenge.
Five years ago, Ann Jackson, DPT, MPH began a Feed1st food pantry for cancer patients. Since the establishment of the pantry, almost 12,500 individuals from 4,325 households have turned to this resource.
