2026
Compton Lectures: Luca Grandi “The 85% We Cannot See: The Long, Tireless Quest for Dark Matter”
11:00 am In-Person and Virtual
Join us for a free public lecture series celebrating 50 Years of Discovery at the Enrico Fermi Institute of UChicago. Attendees can join in person or virtually.
Compton Lectures: Jeff Harvey “From Hadrons to Gravitons, 50 Years of String Theory at the Enrico Fermi Institute”
11:00 am In-Person and Virtual
Join us for a free public lecture series celebrating 50 Years of Discovery at the Enrico Fermi Institute of UChicago. Attendees can join in person or virtually.
Compton Lectures: Marcela Carena “Broken Symmetries and the Origins of Mass and Matter”
11:00 am In-Person and Virtual
Join us for a free public lecture series celebrating 50 Years of Discovery at the Enrico Fermi Institute of UChicago. Attendees can join in person or virtually.
UChicago and Caltech AI+Science Conference 2026
Through October 21, 2026
The University of Chicago and Caltech Conference on AI+Science, in Chicago October 19–21, 2026, will bring together an elite and diverse cohort of leading researchers in core AI and domain sciences to lead conversations and drive partnerships that will shape future inquiry, industry investment, foundation projects, and entrepreneurial opportunities.
Compton Lectures: Andy Davis “50 Years of Discovery at the Birthplace of Cosmochemistry”
11:00 am In-Person and Virtual
Join us for a free public lecture series celebrating 50 Years of Discovery at the Enrico Fermi Institute of UChicago. Attendees can join in person or virtually.
What is Going on in AI?
5:00–7:00 pm David Rubenstein Forum, Friedman Hall (3rd floor)
Rogue agents. Unprecedented capabilities. Calls for a slowdown from frontier AI companies. What’s going on? The UChicago Existential Risk Laboratory (XLab) is hosting “What’s Going On in AI?” to unpack recent events in AI and their implications for the future. Featuring Stephen Casper, computer scientist and Assistant Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and Daniel Holz, Director of the Existential Risk Lab at UChicago.
Registration required.
Compton Lectures: John Carlstrom “Exploring the Big Bang from the South Pole”
11:00 am In-Person and Virtual
Join us for a free public lecture series celebrating 50 Years of Discovery at the Enrico Fermi Institute of UChicago. Attendees can join in person or virtually.
South Side Science Festival
11:00 am–6:00 pm The University of Chicago
Calling all science enthusiasts: The University of Chicago’s South Side Science Festival is back for its 5th year on Saturday, October 3! Explore the world of science at this FREE, fun-for-all-ages event featuring hands-on demonstrations led by UChicago scientists, brain-bending challenges, and a sub-zero science show!
Compton Lectures: Rocky Kolb “EFI and the Chicago School of Particle Cosmology”
11:00 am In-Person and Virtual
Join us for a free public lecture series celebrating 50 Years of Discovery at the Enrico Fermi Institute of UChicago. Attendees can join in person or virtually.
Understanding Immunity: From Antiquity to Now
5:00 pm Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery, Room 1103
Arup K. Chakraborty, John M. Deutch Institute Professor at MIT
Chakraborty will trace the development of our understanding of the immune system through the ages, from ancient ideas that invoked the supernatural to now, when new knowledge is being generated by research at a convergence of physics, computation, and biology.