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Donovan Pryor
The Youth Internship Program at UChicago provides interns like Pryor with meaningful work experience while also offering professional development workshops, career exploration activities, and college readiness and access programming
ProfileStephanie Guerra
Guerra recently participated in UChicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) Introduction to Molecular Engineering course, created specifically to help more City Colleges of Chicago students transfer into four-year degree programs focused on STEM–and to help diversify growing STEM fields.
OpportunityAug 31 2023
Chicago Bound
Week-long pre-orientation program for incoming first-year students that advances community awareness and civic engagement while introducing students to the city of Chicago
OpportunityAug 31 2023
Seeds of Justice
Academic year-long student leadership development program focused on social change for selected first-year students
ProgramSpace Explorers Program
The Space Explorers Program, led by the Office of Civic Engagement in partnership with the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, gives Chicago public high school students the opportunity to engage with college-level math and science course work; interact with astronomers, physicists, University faculty, students, and labs; and develop skills for high school, college, and beyond.
ImpactOur Commitment to Chicago
This document provides a snapshot of UChicago’s positive impact for the city and its social fabric—including contributions that will have a lasting effect for generations to come.
ProgramUChicago Youth Internship Program
The University of Chicago Youth Internship Program is a paid summer employment opportunity for Chicago Public Schools students who live on the South Side. Launched in 2021, the UChicago Youth Internship Program (YIP) serves Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students over the course of two summers.
OpportunityOct 28 2022
Feature Fridays
Join us for weekly conversations about Chicago, civic engagement, and social change.
OpportunitySep 8 2022
Afternoon Tea with UCSC
Join us for weekly conversations about Chicago, civic engagement, and social change.
ProgramCivic Actor Studio
The Civic Actor Studio (CAS) at the University of Chicago is a four-day leadership retreat for established and emerging civic leaders, led in partnership with The Court Theatre, that connects disparate civic actors — non-profit leaders, educators, funders, media, and UChicago faculty and staff — to examine the various leadership roles they play, engage in civic dialogue, and “practice” the embodiment of civic leadership so that they have increased self-efficacy in their work.
OpportunityDec 20 2020
Summer Links
10-week cohort program that pairs undergraduate students with internships at local community-based organizations and explores social issues impacting the city of Chicago
ProgramCollegiate Scholars Program
The University of Chicago Collegiate Scholars Program was founded in 2003 as a three-year program that aims to prepare talented Chicago Public Schools students in grades 10-12 for admission and success at the nation’s top colleges and universities.