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Yuelong Li, in his second year of the Master's Program in Computational and Applied Mathematics, focuses on the mathematics of topological insulators. We interviewed him about his experiences at UChicago.

Arnab Bose, associate senior instructional professor in UChicago’s Data Science Institute and program director of the MS in Applied Data Science Online program aims to produce career-ready graduates who can marry practical skills in building machine learning models with the ability to operationalize a model to best fit an organization’s needs.

Chemistry professor Bozhi Tian has received the 2026 Marian and Stuart Rice Research Award. The Divisional honor provides $100,000 for intellectually exciting and innovative research ventures that enable new research directions.

Researchers are exploring phononic nanodevices as a pathway to realize practical quantum technologies.  

Scientists are tackling the persistent problem of factually incorrect statements using an approach called HALT (Hallucination Assessment via Latent Testing) that identifies factually incorrect statements from within an LLM's internal workings.

Advanced computer models have allowed us to determine the amount of oxygen the gas giant contains, which may explain the history of the solar system. 

Even though each chip only needs a small amount of the metal, mining consumes a lot of energy and produces a lot of waste.

Anand Nakhate chose the University of Chicago's FinMath program because it matched exactly what he was looking for – deep mathematical rigor combined with structured, real-world application.

A new photoemission electron microscope (PEEM) arrives at UChicago to help researchers in their quest to build a complete wiring diagram of the brain.

Three UChicago scientists, including Sarah King, received a $4.8 million, three-year grant to purchase the microscope and customize it for connectome imaging. 

Congratulations to Lindsay House, a SkAI Data Science Preceptor, Named a Science Communication Fellow by the Museum of Science.
 

Learning experiences at Argonne National Laboratory fuel the ambitions of future leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Argonne researchers put ​“vibe coding” tools to the test in scientific workflows.

Recognized with a 2025 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award, Ranya Sharma’s work explores how network security and Internet infrastructure shape real-world experiences of privacy, performance, and access.

FIfth year PhD student Soumik Ghosh was awarded the International Business Machines (IBM) PhD fellowship. The following is a Q&A that shares his background, academic journey, and what comes next for his research. 

Floods, storms, and extreme temperatures kill many people around the world each year. But the deadliness of these climate hazards changes as the climate warms, populations grow or move, and societies invest, or fail to invest, in infrastructure and emergency response.