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Woodlawn 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.
NewsApr 14 2020
Hyde Park Herald: U. of C. issues grants, rent relief for 18 commercial tenants
The University of Chicago has awarded over $220,000 in rent relief and operating grants to commercial tenants affiliated with the university's Commercial Real Estate Operations, including the Silver Room and the Seminary Co-op.
EventApr 3 2020
Virtual Event: Polsky Center Small Business Bootcamp: Crisis Management Communication
In this session, Polsky Center Entrepreneur-in-Residence Melissa Harris will leverage her years of entreprenurial marketing and communications expertise to teach business owners how to effectively communicate with their customers, investors, and key audiences during a crisis.
EventApr 3 2020
Virtual Event: Polsky Center Small Business Bootcamp: Behavior and Branding
In this session, Polsky Exchange mentor Kenyata Martin will leverage his years of marketing and branding expertise to teach business owners how to build a brand and add value during a time of crisis when customers are focused on other things.
EventApr 3 2020
Virtual Event: Polsky Center Small Business Bootcamp: Decision Making in Tough Environments
In this session, Professor George Wu will utilize his years of research in the areas of negotiation and behavioral decision making to teach entrepreneurs how to evaluate their business decisions in the midst of uncertainty