Hidden Hyde Park

Entire colonies of Monk Parakeets can be spotted around campus and in nearby Harold Washington Park.

The best way to get to know our campus and our city is to spend some time walking the paths of scholars who discovered black holes, linked cancer to genetics, or theorized that the roots of Western civilization lay in the Middle East, and then forge a few paths of your own.

But to get you started, we’ve asked students, staff, and faculty to share their favorite local secrets.