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As part of the University of Chicago, we pursue globally impactful solutions to seemingly unsolvable challenges. 

Known for rigorous scholarship and interdisciplinary collaborations, our offerings include undergraduate, graduate, medical, and postgraduate programs.

$75 million donation from AbbVie Foundation to support UChicago Medicine's new cancer pavilion

The building, to be named the AbbVie Foundation Cancer Pavilion when it opens in 2027, will be the first freestanding facility in Illinois dedicated to reshaping cancer care.

Gut bacteria transfer genes to disable weapons of their competitors

New research from UChicago shows how common gut bacteria tame their antagonistic neighbors by transferring genes that change their weapon systems.

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UChicago Medicine

At the forefront of medicine since its founding in 1927, the University of Chicago Medicine is a not-for-profit academic medical health system that includes hospitals, outpatient clinics and physician practices throughout Chicago and its suburbs. UChicago Medicine unites five organizations to fulfill its tripartite mission of medical education, research and patient care: Pritzker School of Medicine, Biological Sciences Division, Medical Center, Community Health and Hospital Division, and UChicago Medicine Physicians.

Our Clinical Departments are tightly integrated with UChicago Medicine with many of our faculty also being practicing physicians.

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