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Serving up opportunity: UChicago Local Catering Expo connects South Side vendors with campus buyers

South Side caterers and restaurant owners brought signature dishes and menu samples to campus on October 13 for the UChicago Local South Side Catering Expo.

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10/20/2026
Wendy Walker Williams
Wendy Williams promoted to Assistant Vice President for Community Partnerships

On September 1, Wendy Walker Williams was promoted to Assistant Vice President for Community Partnerships in the Office of Civic Engagement (OCE), recognizing her longstanding leadership and commitment to strengthening relationships between the University and its neighboring communities. 
10/19/2026
Children swarm to build their own small coin batteries under the guidance of UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering researchers at the Amanchukwu Lab's yearly Battery Day event, part of the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry's Science Works STEM fair. (Photo by Paul Dailing)
Battery Day lights up the Museum of Science and Industry

Yearly event has UChicago's Amanchukwu Lab researchers help children build and understand the batteries that power their lives.

10/16/2026
Data Science Institute Gary Youth Comer Center
Cross-sector partnership expands tech pathways on Chicago’s South Side

30 students across Chicago spent a summer building skills, experience, and exposure to data and technology careers in a partnership between UChicago Data Science and other organizations.

10/09/2026
Visitors view Order in Chaos, an interactive installation on exhibition in teamLab: Everything Exists in Infinite Continuity, now on display at the Smart Museum of Art through Feb. 21. Photo by Jason Smith
Enjoy these fall exhibitions across UChicago

From the Declaration of Independence to the Dan Ryan Expressway, UChicago’s autumn lineup is now on display.

10/07/2026
District Rendering Credit ESG Architecture
Plans advance for Washington Park education, health and science campus, to include new clinical lab and job training

At an October 6 community meeting, representatives from UChicago, UChicago Medicine and City Colleges of Chicago shared plans for a clinical laboratory supporting about 550 jobs, as well as Chicago’s first medical laboratory technician program.
10/06/2026
South Side Science Festival
Learning is a blast – and a bang – at the South Side Science Festival

Dancing robots, mutant Legos and rocks that rock mark the fifth annual UChicago STEM community outreach event
10/05/2026
UChicago Medicine leadership, including Mark Anderson, MD, PhD; Krista Curell, JD, RN; Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD; and Tom Jackiewicz, attended the event on Sept. 24.
‘The mission is visible’: UChicago Medicine completes construction phase of AbbVie Foundation Cancer Pavilion

The construction phase of the AbbVie Foundation Cancer Pavilion is complete, and University of Chicago Medicine leaders are ready for the next step: outfitting the space to deliver world-class cancer care to the South Side and beyond.
09/29/2026
The South Pole Telescope, located in Antarctica, was designed at the University of Chicago and scans the skies for clues about the origins of the universe. Photo by Zach Tejral
Free UChicago talks on origins of universe, dark matter and physics to commemorate 50 years of discovery

Celebrate fifty years of discovery in cosmology at the University of Chicago's Enrico Fermi Institute’s annual Compton Lectures series. This fall, nine leading researchers will explore topics ranging from the invisible matter holding galaxies together to the gravitational ripples of colliding black holes. Lectures are free and open to the public.
09/24/2026
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Chicago Public Media and University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy Launch Chicago in Conversation

Harris Public Policy, Chicago Public Media initiative brings together Chicagoans to discuss issues
09/16/2026
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Fifth annual South Side Science Festival returns Oct. 3 with curiosity and fun

Annual community gathering invites the wider community to the UChicago campus for a day of discovery and hands-on science demonstrations
08/21/2026
Malia Parker-Harris
UChicago summer programs prepare 400+ Chicago public high school students for college and careers

Each experience is designed to provide young people with practical early entry points into professional environments.

08/10/2026
Horizon Science Academy McKinley Park High School student Tarik Gencer was one of 10 Chicago high school students who spent six weeks working in University of Chicago labs through the STEM Lab Internship program, a partnership with the nonprofit After School Matters.
High school interns enjoy a summer of science

After School Matters partnership with UChicago brings Chicago high schoolers into lab research roles.
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