# Health & Wellness

**Source**: https://college.uchicago.edu/student-services/health-wellness
**Parent**: https://college.uchicago.edu/student-services

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# Health & Wellness

Providing excellent health and wellness services to College students is an important part of UChicago’s commitment to supporting well-being and academic success.

### Quick Links

- [UChicago Student Wellness](https://wellness.uchicago.edu/)
- [Athletics & Recreation](https://athletics.uchicago.edu/recreation/index)
- [FitChicago Fitness Classes](https://athletics.uchicago.edu/recreation/fitchicago)
- [Peer Health Advocates](https://wellness.uchicago.edu/healthy-living/get-involved/peer-health-advocates/)
- [Wellness Calendar](https://events.uchicago.edu/all/groups/Student%20Wellness)

## Services, Programs, & Resources

[Student Wellness](https://wellness.uchicago.edu/) is readily accessible and provides students with comprehensive, student-centered care, including:

- **Medical services** provide students with primary, routine health care, such as physical examinations, as well as acute care for a wide range of complaints.
- **Mental health services** are available to provide accessible, high-quality, culturally sensitive mental healthcare to students.

[Health Promotion and Wellness](https://wellness.uchicago.edu/healthy-living/) is committed to enhancing the environment and community at UChicago to promote lifelong behaviors and to empower students to improve their quality of life and reach their highest potential. Wellness programming focuses on a number of topics, including body image awareness, alcohol and drug education, sleep health, safe sex, meditation, and more.

- [Learn more about the wellness programming options available to students.](https://wellness.uchicago.edu/healthy-living/wellness-programming)

All students registered in an insurance-required program are enrolled in the [University Student Health Insurance Plan (U-SHIP)](https://wellness.uchicago.edu/student-insurance/u-ship/), administered by UnitedHealthcare StudentResources, unless they waive coverage by providing proof of alternate comparable coverage. If you enrolled in U-SHIP, on-campus U-SHIP coordinators available at [uchicagoadvocates@uhcsr.com](mailto:uchicagoadvocates@uhcsr.com) or 773.834.4543 (option 2) are able to answer questions about covered health benefits and other topics related to U-SHIP.

**Mindfulness**

In addition to Health Promotion and Wellness’s [Mindfulness Meditation Course and Retreat](https://wellness.uchicago.edu/healthy-living/wellness-programming/koru-mindfulness-meditation), there are a variety of [ways](https://wellness.uchicago.edu/healthy-living/health-information/mindfulness/) and [spaces](http://spirit.uchicago.edu/spaces) where you can practice mindfulness at UChicago.

**Rockefeller Chapel**

Weekly worship of many world religious traditions, concerts, and festivals fill the halls of [Rockefeller Memorial Chapel](http://rockefeller.uchicago.edu/), the spiritual and ceremonial center of the University.

**Spiritual Life**

The [Spiritual Life](http://spirit.uchicago.edu/) office offers space for reflection, for integrative spiritual practice, and for the religious life of the many world traditions represented on campus.

[Student Disability Services](https://disabilities.uchicago.edu/) offers resources, support, and accommodations for all students with disabilities, helping to facilitate full participation in the UChicago community.

UChicago HELP is a collaborative program within Campus and Student Life made up of a robust set of systems and practices that supports and cares for our students. UChicago HELP assists students in navigating academic and personal difficulties, while also ensuring that University community members (such as faculty, staff, and students) can connect students needing help with assistance in a timely manner.

UChicago HELP is comprised of the [Dean-on-Call program](https://csl.uchicago.edu/get-help/dean-call-program), the [Sexual Assault Dean-on-Call program](https://csl.uchicago.edu/get-help/sexual-abuse-assault/sexual-assault-dean-call-program), and the [Bias Education and Support Team (BEST)](https://csl.uchicago.edu/get-help/bias-education-support-team-best). Additionally, if there is a concern about a student's behavior, health, or well-being, an [online report](https://cm.maxient.com/reportingform.php?UnivofChicago&layout_id=17) can be sent to the University to assist the student in getting early intervention resources and strategies.