For the times when you are not attending class, prepping for a class, studying for an exam, or sleeping, you’ll want to take advantage of the many opportunities open to you and your fellow students at the University of Chicago. The University provides a wide array of social, cultural, intellectual, educational, and athletic activities and clubs to choose from. So if you’re bored, it’s not our fault.
The University of Chicago boasts a number of exciting and noteworthy events each year — from the world’s largest scavenger hunt to a winter festival that will have you greeting the sun on a cold January morning.
It might very well be impossible to list all of the entertainment and
cultural opportunities on campus, but we've tried to list a few.
We've collected a few of the most popular services here for your reference.
A number of groups on campus organize activities that allow you to explore your Chicago locales.
You may not be looking to save the planet (but if you are — hooray you!), but your desire to help out can be addressed by a number of groups on campus.
RSO's, Greeks, and the organizations that support them.
If you love media, there is a wide selection of student newspapers, literary journals, arts and culture magazines, and one radio station to choose from.



The Chicago Studies site will connect you to the city in a whole new way.


Student Government offers lots of ways to get involved in the affairs of your classmates. Official issues and concerns, we mean.


Each year the College hosts a non-fiction writer as our Vare Writer in Residence.
