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UChicago endowment to invest in startups with roots on campus
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| On December 2, University of Chicago President Robert J. Zimmer announced the establishment of the UChicago Startup Investment Program. The new initiative will designate $25 million from the University’s endowment to co-invest with established venture capital firms in startups built by our faculty, students, staff and alumni.
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UChicago affirms commitment to business diversity
The University of Chicago recently welcomed representatives from 21 minority- and women-owned firms to its eighth annual Professional Services Symposium. During the two-day event, held last month, University President Robert J. Zimmer affirmed UChicago's commitment to diversity and inclusion in a fireside-chat-style conversation with NBC 5 Chicago news anchor and reporter Marion Brooks.
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Collegiate Scholars Program accepting applications for 2017
Since UChicago's Collegiate Scholars Program was established in 2003, 100 percent of its graduates have been accepted to four-year colleges. The three-year program for high school students includes a core curriculum of summer courses taught by UChicago faculty and PhD candidates and enrichment activities during the academic year. Student diversity is a hallmark of the program. Applicants with unique experiences or perspectives are encouraged to apply.
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Partner Spotlight: Neighborhood Schools Program and University Community Service Center celebrate milestone anniversaries
The 2016-17 academic year marks the 40th anniversary of the Neighborhood Schools Program. Since 1976, UChicago students have been serving in South Side schools, supporting teachers and students. As part of the 40th anniversary year, NSP is collecting and sharing stories about individuals' experiences with NSP over the years.
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Founded in 1996 by First Lady Michelle Obama, the University Community Service Center is celebrating its 20th anniversary during the 2016-17 academic year. Framed around a "20 for 20" Community Engagement Challenge, UCSC is commemorating the milestone with an exciting series of programming. Students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community partners are invited to pledge time, effort, and financial resources to further the culture of civic engagement at UChicago. Through a partnership with the online platform Meal Sharing, UCSC is bringing people together to discuss social justice topics over home-cooked meals. Hosts prepare meals and guests contribute $20 or more. All proceeds go toward expanding and sustaining UCSC’s work.
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Join the University of Chicago community as we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and use our voices to advance racial justice and equity in all its forms. The keynote speaker is Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of Just Mercy. Immediately prior to this event, the University will confer alumni, faculty, and staff Diversity Leadership Awards to Jamil Khoury, Dr. Margaret Beale Spencer, and Rudy Nimocks, respectively.
MLK Commemoration Celebration
Monday, January 9
6 p.m.
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
5850 S. Woodlawn Ave.
Diversity Leadership Awards
4 - 5:30 p.m.
Ida Noyes Hall,
The Cloister Club
1212 E. 59th St.
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The Promise of Peace Project: Diasporal Rhythms Artist Talk
Organized by the Beverly Arts Center, Diasporal Rhythms, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, and South Side Community Arts Center, this project brings together communities from across the South Side to explore violence through the youth perspective and how the arts provide a crucial pathway for the future. The art exhibition features both professional artist and student work, bringing diverse voices together under the common theme of creativity and peace. Lead artists for the Logan Center Promise of Peace project Douglas Ewart and Walter Kitundu.
Artist Talk
Thursday, January 12
7 p.m.
Art Exhibition
December 10–January 29
Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St.
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Drawing from a wide range of films, children’s books, adult novels, and sociological texts, Wojcik investigates how cities have simultaneously been demonized as dangerous spaces unfit for children and romanticized as wondrous playgrounds that foster a kid’s independence and imagination. Her book also examines the varied attitudes toward specific types of urban children—girls and boys, blacks and whites, rich kids and poor ones, loners and neighborhood gangs. Through this diverse selection of sources, Fantasies of Neglect presents a nuanced chronicle of how notions of American urbanism and American childhood have grown up together.
Wednesday, January 18
6 p.m.
Seminary Co-op Bookstore
5751 S. Woodlawn Ave.
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About us
The University of Chicago is shaped and inspired by the city of Chicago. Our growing partnership with our neighbors has the potential to enhance the quality of life and economic development of the South Side and the global reach of this vibrant city. UChicago has devoted the research and creative thinking of some of the nation’s top scholars, as well as millions of dollars in investment in recent years, to support local schools, jobs, health care, arts, housing, and public safety. Learn more about the University's civic engagement work at civicengagement.uchicago.edu.
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