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Largest-ever South Side Science Festival puts UChicago STEM in kids’ hands

Thousands of families from across Chicago came to the University of Chicago campus on Saturday for the yearly South Side Science Festival. This was the largest event in the festival’s four-year history, with more than 700 UChicago scientists and 200+ volunteers from across campus sharing STEM with approximately 4,300 kids and parents from across Chicago, more than half of whom were from South Side communities.

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10/10/2025
College course with Arts + Public Life
Students explore cultural stewardship on Chicago’s South Side

College course with Arts + Public Life links academic study to community-based arts and engagement
10/06/2025
Chicago CTA
Q&A: Justin Marlowe on Chicago’s Looming Transit Funding Cliff

As the Chicagoland region faces what many call a “fiscal cliff” for public transit, the stakes for riders, workers, and policymakers are rising.

10/01/2025
Pritzker School of Medicine Quantum Exhibit
New STAGE Center exhibit at O’Hare welcomes travelers to the Quantum Prairie

A new exhibit from the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering’s STAGE Center, IBM and United Airlines brings quantum science and engineering to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
10/01/2025
Civic Leadership
Reflect, Connect, Lead: The Civic Leadership Academy Enters a New Era

With new leadership in Christopher Berry and Milvia Rodriguez, the Civic Leadership Academy builds on a decade of impact.
09/30/2025
At the end of their day of sessions and conversations with local leaders, 500 students took part in one of 15 service projects supporting nonprofit organizations in the University's neighboring communities.
Incoming College students connect with Chicago civic leaders and join neighborhood service projects at annual Engage Chicago orientation

On September 26, all UChicago first-years gathered for the University’s annual Engage Chicago Orientation—a day designed to help incoming students engage with the city.

09/26/2025
UCM patient advocacy program reduces ED visits
UChicago Medicine patient advocate program reduces repeat ED visits

A program that helps patients navigate the healthcare system with help from patient advocates significantly reduces repeat emergency department (ED) visits for low-acuity medical issues (minor or non-urgent needs), according to a new study by University of Chicago Medicine researchers.
09/17/2025
At the festival, King teaches children the conservation of angular momentum by sitting them on a chair on a free-moving pedestal and having them hold a bike wheel vertically. He then gets the tire spinning fast and tells the unaware youngsters to tilt it.
Upcoming South Side Science Festival on Oct. 4 brings UChicago STEM to the community

Skateboard physics, a giant inflatable colon and the cutest robots known to science await South Side families on October 4
09/17/2025
Hyde Park Labs is a 300,000-square-foot commercial laboratory facility that will help advance science research and entrepreneurship.Photo by Anne Ryan
Hyde Park Labs and UChicago Science Incubator launch

New commercial space aims to turn research into real-world solutions, support deep tech startups
09/16/2025
Community Benefit Report
UChicago Medicine invested $715 million in community benefits in fiscal 2024

The University of Chicago Medicine invested $715 million in community benefits in fiscal 2024, according to its newly released Community Benefit Report.

09/16/2025
UChicago Medicine has released its 2024-25 Community Health Needs Assessments
UChicago Medicine releases 2024–25 Community Health Needs Assessments for the South Side and south suburbs

The University of Chicago Medicine has released its 2024–25 Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs), the result of an 18-month process that engaged thousands of residents and stakeholders across the Chicago's South Side and south suburbs.
09/15/2025
Science teacher Adam Davenport from Bowen High School on Chicago’s South Side demonstrates the “blorb,” a hands-on method of explaining quantum gateways he created and workshopped through the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering’s TeachQuantum program. (Photo by Elaina Eichorn)
TeachQuantum helps high school teachers bring quantum to the classroom

Through lasers, Legos and blorbs, UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering teaches teachers in Illinois and Wisconsin how to share quantum science and engineering
09/11/2025
Year of Games
During Year of Games, UChicago invites everyone to play

Year-long celebration of games launches with library exhibition and three-day symposium featuring game makers, writers and scholars
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