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UChicago Charter School and UChicago Medicine break ground on important community developments
Back-to-back ceremories celebrate new high school facility in Woodlawn and new emergency department with adult trauma care to serve the South Side
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 | President Robert Zimmer greets UChicago Charter School students before ceremonial groundbreaking. (Photo by John Zich) |
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On Wednesday, September 14, students, parents, community leaders, and state and local officials, including Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, Ill. Sen. Kwame Raoul (13th), and Ald. Willie Cochran (20th), joined President Robert J. Zimmer and the Urban Education Institute to mark the start of construction on the new UChicago Charter School Woodlawn campus. The new facility will serve approximately 750 sixth to 12th grade public school students from Woodlawn and other South Side neighborhoods, and provide space for community events and other public uses, including a college center and athletic field.
UChicago Charter School-Woodlawn, located on 63rd Street between Greenwood and University avenues, is the University's first investment south of 61st Street. It was made possible by significant support from donors, the City of Chicago, and community residents.
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Fifth Ward Ald. Leslie Hairston speaks at UChicago Medicine groundbreaking for new emergency department. (Photo by Jean Lachat) | |
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On Thursday, September 15, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, and Ald. Leslie Hairston (5th) joined a crowd of about 200 community leaders, South Side residents, government officials, and medical center and university representatives and employees, including President Zimmer, Executive Vice President Kenneth Polonsky, and Medical Center President Sharon O’Keefe, to celebrate the South Side’s newest emergency department, which will also offer Level 1 adult trauma care.
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(Photo by David Katzive, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.) |
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Concrete car moving back to South Side
Fluxus artist Wolf Vostell’s concrete-encased Cadillac, Concrete Traffic (1970), will return to the University of Chicago during a September 30th public procession that traces the history of the colossal sculpture.
After a discussion on the plaza outside of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the sculpture will travel past its original location on the site of the present-day Arts Club of Chicago, and make its way past Midway Studios and the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, site of its original location at the University of Chicago. Its final stop will be its new location on the north side of campus in the vicinity of the Smart Museum of Art. The procession kicks off a yearlong series of programming and exhibitions that will invite art-lovers, artists, and scholars to confront the power of public art.
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Caucus of Black Women & Girls symposium
UChicago’s Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, Polsky Exchange, and Office of Federal Relations has partnered with U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (Ill.) and two other U.S. congresswomen to launch the Congressional Caucus on Black Women & Girls. The inaugural event was a daylong symposium, Defining the Black Female Experience, which drew more than 250 to the Polsky Exchange on August 26. Featured speakers, including Melissa Gilliam, MD, MPH, Ellen H. Block Professor and Vice Provost for Academic Leadership, Advancement and Diversity at UChicago; and Kelly Fair, founder and executive director of girls mentoring program Polished Pebbles, explored public policy and community-based solutions to eliminating some of the barriers and disparities experienced by black women.
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Event Spotlight: UChicago Urban kicks off Urban Reader Series
This fall, UChicago Urban is launching the Urban Readers Series with the Seminary Co-op Bookstore, an author-centered series of readings and conversations featuring UChicago faculty. The series kicks off on October 12, with Forrest Stuart, associate professor in the Department of Sociology and author of Down, Out, and Under Arrest: Policing and Everyday Life in Skid Row.
"I wanted to help bring more attention to the great books that our faculty and affiliates are writing about cities,” said Anne Dodge, Executive Director of UChicago Urban. “UChicago is coming at urban questions from so many angles and from so many disciplines. When you put these perspectives together, particularly with a cultural institution like the Seminary Co-op, you have the potential to create a whole new community around issues that we all care about, because we all care about cities."
At Urban Readers, people from all over Chicago are invited to hear from the University’s scholars and connect with one another over urban issues, histories, and futures. All books in the series are written by UChicago’s faculty, alumni, and affiliates. As with all events hosted by the Seminary Co-op Bookstore, registration is requested but not required and new readers are always welcome. Book buying is encouraged.
The Fall 2016 events, listed below, begin at 6 p.m., at Seminary Co-op Bookstore, 5751 S. Woodlawn Ave.
Wednesday, October 12: Forrest Stuart (Department of Sociology) on Down, Out, and Under Arrest: Policing and Everyday Life in Skid Row.
Monday, October 17: E. Summerson Carr (School of Social Service Administration) on Scale: Discourse and Dimensions of Social Life.
Tuesday, November 22: Niall Atkinson (Department of Art History) on The Noisy Renaissance: Sound, Architecture, and Florentine Urban Life.
Tuesday, November 29: Shannon Lee Dawdy (Department of Anthropology) on Patina: A Profane Archaeology.
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Contestants will pitch their businesses to a panel of expert judges, who will provide feedback to help both the contestants and the audience learn about the elements of a winning pitch. Scores will be based on judge evaluations and audience votes. A reception will follow, and attendees will have an opportunity to network and build valuable connections. South Side Pitch is hosted by the Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship in partnership with the Polsky Exchange, UChicago Office of Business Diversity, and South East Chicago Commission.
Thursday, October 6
6-8:30 p.m.
Polsky Exchange
1452 E. 53rd St., 2nd Floor
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The student-led Civic ScopeAthon will focus on a civic-minded or community-based problem, form cross-functional teams to scope out the problem, break the problem down into its parts, and develop a plan to address the problem. The solutions may or may not be entirely tech-oriented, or only parts of the solution may have a tech component. Presenters include the Center for Data Science & Public Policy’s Rayid Ghani, Impact Lab’s Matthew Gee, Chapin Hall’s Nick Mader, and CoderSpace’s Demond Drummer.
Saturday, October 8
9:30 a.m – 7:30 p.m.
Polsky Exchange
1452 E. 53rd St., 2nd Floor
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Professor Marc A. Edwards heroically helped to uncover the Flint, Michigan lead water crisis. In this year’s School of Social Service Administration Social Justice address, Edwards will discuss environmental justice and advocacy, and confronting government failure and deception. A MacArthur Fellow, Edwards’ research includes projects for the National Science Foundation, Water Research Foundation, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Co-sponsored by the International House Global Voices Program. Fee is $10 for 1 CEU or free without CEU.
Friday, October 14
6:30-7:30 p.m.
International House, Assembly Hall
1414 E. 59th St.
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