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Across disciplines, departments, and over 140 institutes and centers, our researchers produce ideas that matter—and change the world.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="d_medicine" class="row drawer hidden-xs"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="row drawer_wrap"> <div class="col-md-4 hidden-sm"> <img class="lazy" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210226214643im_/https://d3qi0qp55mx5f5.cloudfront.net/shared-resources/i/template/transparent.gif" data-original="https://web.archive.org/web/20210226214643/https://d3qi0qp55mx5f5.cloudfront.net/www/i/menus/nav_medctr_v2.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div class="col-sm-4 col-md-2"> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210226214643/https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/">UChicago Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210226214643/https://pritzker.uchicago.edu/">Pritzker School of Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210226214643/https://biologicalsciences.uchicago.edu/">Biological Sciences Division</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-sm-4 col-md-2"> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210226214643/https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/comer">Comer Children’s Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210226214643/https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront">The Forefront: Health & Science News</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-sm-4 col-md-4"> <p>With a powerful combination of academic research, medical education, and compassionate patient care, the University of Chicago has been at the forefront of medicine since 1927.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="d_civic" class="row drawer hidden-xs"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="row drawer_wrap"> <div class="col-md-4 hidden-sm"> <img class="lazy" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210226214643im_/https://d3qi0qp55mx5f5.cloudfront.net/shared-resources/i/template/transparent.gif" data-original="https://web.archive.org/web/20210226214643/https://d3qi0qp55mx5f5.cloudfront.net/www/i/menus/nav_civic_20190614.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div class="col-sm-4 col-md-4"> <p>At UChicago, civic engagement is an institution-wide commitment that draws upon our strength as an economic anchor and on the power of education, research, and innovation to create real, lasting impact and opportunity, in Chicago and beyond.</p> </div> <div class="col-sm-4 col-md-2"> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210226214643/https://civicengagement.uchicago.edu/community-impact">Partnering for Community Impact</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210226214643/https://civicengagement.uchicago.edu/themes/urban-education">K-12 Education</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210226214643/https://civicengagement.uchicago.edu/themes/community-health-public-safety">Community Health</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210226214643/https://civicengagement.uchicago.edu/themes/public-safety">Public Safety</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-sm-4 col-md-2"> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210226214643/https://civicengagement.uchicago.edu/themes/economic-opportunity-entrepreneurship">Economic Opportunity and Entrepreneurship</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210226214643/https://civicengagement.uchicago.edu/themes/civic-infrastructure-capacity-building">Civic Infrastructure</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210226214643/https://civicengagement.uchicago.edu/themes/arts-culture">Arts and Culture</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210226214643/https://civicengagement.uchicago.edu/events">Calendar of Events</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="d_global" class="row drawer hidden-xs"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="row drawer_wrap"> <div class="col-md-4 hidden-sm"> <img class="lazy" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20210226214643im_/https://d3qi0qp55mx5f5.cloudfront.net/shared-resources/i/template/transparent.gif" data-original="https://web.archive.org/web/20210226214643/https://d3qi0qp55mx5f5.cloudfront.net/www/i/menus/nav_global_test.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <p>For more than a century, University of Chicago faculty and students have engaged around the world. 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