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Dec 8 2023
Twenty years after UChicago Collegiate Scholars Program’s founding, early participants reflect on its ongoing impact
Since CSP’s founding in 2023, more than 900 CPS students from across the city have participated.
NewsDec 6 2023
Hyde Park Herald: South Side families create new traditions at Holly-Days
Hyde Park's Holly-Days event celebrated the holiday season with ice sculpting, a Black Santa Claus, and family-oriented activities, fostering new traditions and community unity in Chicago's South Side.
NewsNov 15 2023
Axios: Chicago is emerging as a quantum tech hub
The Chicago area is emerging as a national quantum technology leader, recently designated a quantum technology hub by the U.S. Department of Commerce. This recognition, bringing federal funding to local universities, coincides with the Chicago Quantum Summit in Hyde Park.
NewsNov 7 2023
Machine learning: High school students in the Collegiate Scholars Program get to know robots
The Collegiate Scholars Program admits 50 rising sophomores each May. Over the next three years, they take summer courses like this one, many taught by UChicago faculty, and have access to dozens of workshops and activities during the school year—on academic subjects, college exploration and readiness, leadership, community service, and more.
NewsOct 19 2023
Arts Lawn, a community-centered space in Washington Park, celebrates opening
UChicago’s Arts + Public Life launches flexible area dedicated to outdoor arts programming, public green space and more
NewsOct 3 2023
Second annual South Side Science Festival draws more than 4,500 attendees for day of demonstrations, panels, and scientific fun for all
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NewsOct 2 2023
Incoming College students connect with more than 100 South Side community leaders at annual Engage Chicago orientation event
Organized by the University Community Service Center, the event brought local nonprofit and faith leaders, artists, small business owners, school principals, and elected officials together with small groups of students across UChicago’s campus and talked to them about the spectrum of ways they can meaningfully engage with the South Side and Chicago as a whole during their years here.
NewsSep 30 2023
WGN9: University of Chicago hosts second annual South Side Science Festival
The University of Chicago's South Side Science Festival brings science to the community, drawing inspiration from European events. The inaugural event had 2,500 attendees, with expectations to double this year's turnout.
NewsSep 30 2023
Chicago Sun Times: Hands-on experience wows kids at South Side Science Festival: ‘Exposure is everything’
The South Side Science Festival at the University of Chicago features over 60 live demonstrations, encouraging hands-on learning and aiming to bridge the gap between scientists and the public to foster trust in the field.
NewsSep 23 2023
WTTW News: Get your geek on at South Side Science Festival on Sept. 30
The University of Chicago's South Side Science Festival, in its second year, aims to make science inclusive and engaging for all ages, featuring panels, experiments, and demonstrations led by university scientists on September 30.
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