Mental Health and Wellness
- Staff and Faculty Assistance Program (Perspectives) – a free, confidential service for UChicago staff for counseling or other needs
- UChicago Spiritual Life
- NIH Wellness Toolkits
- UChicago Title IX Office
Diversity and Inclusion Resources and Initiatives on Campus
- UMatter – Resources for Addressing Gender-based Misconduct
- Diversity Initiatives on Campus
- Diversity in the BSD Graduate School
- Bias Response Team
- BSD Resource Groups
- LGBTQ Student Life – serving students and allies
Safety, Transportation, and Campus Maps
- Campus Police
- Subscribe to cAlert for Emergency Updates and Security Alerts
- UChicago Safe mobile safety app
- Clery Act Reporting
- UChicago ID and Privileges Office
- Safety, transportation and parking on campus – apply for a parking permit, find bus schedules, register your laptop and bicycle
- Parking at UChicago
- Campus food, visiting the university – maps, arts & culture, libraries
- Athletics facilities
Housing
- Campus housing
- UChicago Marketplace (apartments for rent, furniture and more)
- UChicago GRAD Housing webpage
- A guide to the Hyde Park neighborhood
- Online listings: Craigslist, domu.com, Trulia, Zillow
- Utlities: Electric (ComEd), Gas (People’s Gas), TV and internet (Comcast, DIRECTV, DishNetwork, AT&T)
- Furniture rental: Cort Furniture
Life in Chicago
- Things to do in Chicago
- Chicago Summer Calendar
- Public Transportation (CTA)
- Metra Rail
- Obtaining an Illinois driver’s licence and registering a car
- Chicago City Sticker – all Chicago residents must obtain a city sticker for the their car
- Residential Parking Permits – many areas of Chicago also have residential parking zones. Check this website to see if you are living in one of these zones. This will require a parking permit in addition to the City Sticker for your car.
Career Resources
- myChoice – UChicago career seminars and courses for PhD and postdoc trainees. Sign up on the website for weekly newsletters and career development opportunities on campus.
- myIDP – This interactive individual development plan (IDP) from Science Careers helps you to explore career possibilities and set goals to follow the career path that suits you best.
- Pathways to Science (graduate fellowships, training programs, and postdoc opportunities)
- Keystone Symposia