News | UChicago Civic Engagement

06/10/2024

AI-Driven platform tackles lack of diversity in tech

Personalized tech interview prep helps underrepresented candidates.

06/05/2024

WTTW: Living near violence can negatively impact academic performance. A new study looks at what schools can do to mitigate that

Chicago Public Schools students who live in direct proximity to a homicide often suffer in the classroom afterwards, but a new report from the University of Chicago examined the ways schools can mitigate the impact that violence has on kids.

06/04/2024

South Side community-based violence prevention summer programs awarded $150,000 by Southland RISE

For the sixth year, Southland RISE (Resilience Initiative to Strengthen and Empower) is awarding funding to South Side and south suburban community organizations for their summer programs.

06/03/2024

New Harris research finds major racial mobility gains in the Civil Rights Era which have not been sustained

The paper, co-authored by Professor Steven Durlauf, uses an extensive dataset to investigate the evolution of Black-white inequality from the end of slavery to the present, finding major gains for Black Americans born between 1940-1950.

06/03/2024

Study finds in-school high-dosage tutoring combining technology and tutor time can successfully accelerate student learning, reduce costs to districts

Findings from a study of a Saga Education tutoring model show that in-school high-dosage tutoring infused with educational technology increased learning for students in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and New York City Public Schools (NYCPS).

05/31/2024

Societal and biological factors both contribute to mental health issues in the wake of COVID-19

Even as classrooms, offices, concerts and weddings have begun to look more like their pre-2020 counterparts, marks of the global pandemic remain visible in new norms and long-term issues.

05/16/2024

‘This program is life-changing’: UChicago Medicine shares Violence Recovery Program model with other hospitals

For the past six years, the University of Chicago Medicine's Violence Recovery Program (VRP) has provided extensive support services to thousands of patients who suffered violent injuries, most from gun violence.

05/14/2024

‘Inside the Lab’ series provides a unique look at UChicago research

Through videos and Q&As, scholars discuss the impact of their groundbreaking work

05/13/2024

NASA to launch UChicago undergraduates’ satellite

Student-designed CubeSat will demonstrate a way to increase the speed and security of space-to-ground communications

05/09/2024

Mavis Staples, legendary singer and activist, returns to UChicago to inspire next generation

“We’ve been taking y’all there for over 70 years. Now we want you to take us there.”

05/08/2024

Trina Reynolds-Tyler, MPP'20, wins Pulitzer Prize in local reporting

UChicago alum shares honor for investigative series on missing Black girls and women in Chicago.

05/02/2024

UChicago Medicine invests $730.9 million in community benefits for Chicago’s South Side and south suburbs in fiscal 2023

In 2023, UChicago Medicine broke ground on the state's first and only standalone structure dedicated to cancer care and research. Expected to open in 2027, the cancer pavilion will help address health priorities on Chicago's South Side, where residents are disproportionately impacted by cancer.