The University of Chicago will renovate the interior of the shuttered, 125-year-old Chicago Transit Authority Green Line stationhouse in Washington Park as part of an ongoing effort to establish a...Read more

The University of Chicago will award the 2017 Jesse L. Rosenberger Medal to Steve Coleman, a composer, saxophonist, educator and native of the city’s South Side. Coleman, who will receive...Read more

Engagement initiatives help community leader Jennifer Maddox

UChicago representatives presented updated plans for the Arts Block in Washington Park at an April 19 meeting and asked community residents for input on arts programming and the next phase...Read more

UChicago expands initiative to include faculty-led community projects

The University of Chicago will partner with the board of directors for the South East Chicago Commission over the next year to transition the SECC to an autonomous, self-governing entity...Read more

The University of Chicago recently welcomed representatives from 21 minority- and women-owned firms at the University’s eighth annual Professional Services Symposium , a two-day event designed to connect University administrators...Read more

Jazz saxophonist relishes inspiring community during South Side return

On a recent visit to the University of Chicago, high school students from the city’s South and West sides learned they already had taken a step toward preparing for the...Read more

Standing at the front of a tour bus as it rolls through the Pullman neighborhood, Jennifer Bransfield points out examples of the far South Side community’s ongoing revitalization. The tour...Read more

Hyde Park to host three-day arts festival in November

Yesomi Umolu will travel and conduct research for two-year project

First step of expansion plan implemented just four months after state approval

Program helps teens take advantage of educational opportunities

A new UChicago exhibition showcases the work of three Chicago-based artists and their shared interest in the social and spatial conditions of their surroundings. Resonant Objects, o n view from...Read more

Article explores economic impacts for Woodlawn neighborhood if Obama Presidential Center were built in Jackson Park

Video: Prof. Theaster Gates discusses his urban revitalization efforts on South Side

Barack and Michelle Obama appraise design proposals for Obama Presidential Center

Microsoft Corp. alliance to support organizations, UChicago community

The University of Chicago and the city of Chicago have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding that outlines ways the University will work with the city, elected officials and the...Read more