The Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL) of Loyola University Chicago seeks to promote equality and to improve people's lives in communities throughout the Chicago metropolitan region.

CURL pursues this goal by building and supporting collaborative research and education efforts. These partnerships connect Loyola faculty and students with community and nonprofit organizations, civic groups, and government agencies. Such collaborations link the skills and wisdom present within every community with the specialized knowledge and academic discipline of a vital urban university. Working together, community needs are addressed and the academic experience is enriched.

The Center responds to the clear need for service among some of New York City's most vulnerable populations and to the equally clear need to increase interdisciplinary collaboration in advocacy and service delivery. To this end, the Center is engaged in projects in the following three areas: Graduate Education and Professional Training, Community Collaboration and Advocacy, Research and Scholarship. The Center embodies Fordham University's simultaneous focus on excellence in education and scholarship and service to the community.