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Jul 22 2020
Report recommends global evaluation process to elevate and encourage community engagement at universities
The report – developed in partnership with The University of Chicago Office of Civic Engagement, King’s College London, The University of Melbourne and Nous Group – proposes eight Engagement Indicators that would allow universities to measure and elevate their community impact.
ProfileJamar Sullivan Jr.
Jamar Sullivan Jr. says he is confident that the time he spent through UChicago's STEM Initiative science enrichment program and the University’s Office of Special Programs-College Prep has prepared him to attend UChicago in fall 2020.
ProfileBess Cohen
Bess Cohen co-founded StoryArts Summer Camp, an affordable, summer program for middle school students that launched in 2015.
NewsJun 9 2020
The University of Chicago Office of Civic Engagement Response to "Towards a Whiter Woodlawn"
The OCE team appreciates the opportunity to respond to the article “Towards a Whiter Woodlawn” and clarify, given our mission and programs, the misrepresentation of a program of value for our shared community.
ProfileWoodlawn Dental Gallery
A recent grant from the University of Chicago will help Woodlawn Dental Gallery owner Ogbonna Bowden get through the COVID-19 pandemic, he says, by allowing him to pay his 10 employees, order additional personal protective equipment, and see a few more emergency patients pro bono.
NewsJun 4 2020
The Examined Life: Winning Words prepares high schoolers for an epic ethics competition
Winning Words mobilizes its interns, mostly College students, to foster philosophical conversation among students as young as second graders, with a focus on underserved communities on the South Side.
ProfileWoodlawn Restorative Justice Hub
Jackson says a recent nonprofit bridge grant from the University of Chicago will help her adapt the ways she and her three part-time colleagues support the young people currently in the Woodlawn Restorative Justice Hub program to better meet them where they are in this crisis.
ProfilePolished Pebbles
The nonprofit has been able to further bolster its quick transition to digital platforms and otherwise sustain itself in the weeks since with help from a bridge grant from the University of Chicago.
ProfileHyde Park Neighborhood Club
HPNC plans to use their grant from UChicago in part to purchase laptops and tablets and help shift their programming to online platforms and to incorporate web-based tools into their programming structure permanently moving forward.
ProfileBrown Sugar Bakery
Greater Grand Crossing’s Stephanie Hart is reimagining the way she operates her popular bakery in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic with help from a University of Chicago bridge grant.
Profile13th Flow Fitness Studio
Akinwale is the owner of 13th Flow fitness studio, one of 182 small businesses to receive a COVID-19 small business bridge grant from the University of Chicago.
NewsApr 16 2020
Hyde Park Herald: 79 South Side nonprofits share in $400,000 in grants from U. of C.
The University of Chicago recently announced that it will distribute $400,000 in grant money to nonprofits operating on Chicago's South Side, with an average dispersement size of over $5,000.