Student Mental Health, Wellness and Disability Resources
- Student Health and Counseling Services
- TimelyCare Services: Virtual individual counseling sessions
- Student Wellness
- Student disability services: Please follow the links for information on how to request accommodations from the university, to find out what services are available, for transportation resources, and emergency management plans.
- UChicago Spiritual Life
- UChicago Title IX Office
- NIH Wellness Toolkits
Diversity and Inclusion Resources and Initiatives on Campus
- Diversity Initiatives on Campus
- Diversity in the BSD Graduate School
- Graduate Recruitment Initiative Team (GRIT)
- UMatter – Resources for Addressing Gender-based Misconduct
- Bias Response Team and Dean on Call Program
- LGBTQ Student Life – serving students and allies
Campus Resources: IDs, Security, Transportation, and Facilities
- UChicago ID and Privileges Office
- Campus Police
- Subscribe to cAlert for Emergency Updates and Security Alerts
- UChicago Safe mobile safety app
- Common Sense Guide to Urban Living
- Safety, transportation and parking on campus – get a parking pass, find bus schedules, register your laptop and bicycle
- Athletics facilities
- Campus food, visiting the university – maps, arts & culture, libraries
Grant Opportunities and Professional Development
- The BSD Diversity Research and Small Grants Program
- BSD Student funding opportunities
- myCHOICE: UChicago’s Biological Sciences Division’s myCHOICE program aims to prepare graduate students and postdocs for a variety of careers:
- UChicago GRAD: career counseling and other professional services
- 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 and postdoc opportunities)
- Postdoc Fellowship Opportunities: HHMI Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program
- Graduate Debris: A resource blog for PhD students and applicants started by a former UChicago postdoc that covers topics including academics, career exploration, and personal finance.
Housing and Life in Chicago
- Campus housing
- UChicago GRAD Housing webpage
- UChicago Marketplace (apartments for rent, furniture and more)
- 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
- 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
UChicago Resources: Graduation and Student Taxes
- Navigating Graduation in the BSD: timeline, forms and deadlines
- Office of the Bursar – Tax Information
- Tax information for UChicago Students