UChicago Effective Altruism
We help UChicago students do good better.
A community using reason, evidence, and a lot of shared dinners to figure out how to make the biggest possible difference with our careers, our donations, and our time.
Compassion, melded with rigor.
Doing good can be hard. With so many problems facing the world, from climate change and global poverty to nuclear war and pandemics, it's hard to know which issues matter most, and equally hard to know how best to tackle them.
Effective altruism is a set of ideas premised on a desire to improve the lives of others, and defined by a commitment to reason and evidence. It's also a community: people who help one another use their careers, donations, and resources to do as much good as they can.
What we do.
Learn & discuss
Start with the Intro Fellowship, then keep digging over weekly dinners, discussions, and workshops with people who love the questions as much as you do.
The Intro Fellowship →Find community
Weekly dinners, socials, the Midwest EA Retreat, and trips to EA Global conferences: the best part of UChicago EA is the people.
Retreats & conferences →Do & grow
You'll spend 80,000 hours on your career. Through Catalyst, mentorship, and career workshops, we help you turn ideas into skills and practice.
The Catalyst Program →
Join us this quarter.
The Intro Fellowship is the best place to begin, and no background is needed. Applications close August 25, and our info sessions on August 16 and 19 are a friendly way to meet us first.