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Global climate change conference brought together policymakers, industry and civic leaders.

Celebrating partnerships that make breakthrough research and innovation possible.

With advanced simulations, scientists at Argonne, UChicago have created a way to predict and engineer new properties for quantum tech.

Since the 1980s, experts have been scratching their heads to get a detailed, molecular-level explanation for what happens when UV radiation bombards ice.

A.I. has added urgency to the U.S. national laboratories that have been sites of cutting-edge scientific research, leading to deals with tech giants like Nvidia to speed up.

A controversial data center proposal in Naperville is set to once again come before the Planning and Zoning Commission Wednesday evening. Andrew Chien explains how modern data centers strain power grids and drive rising energy demand.

UChicago astrophysicists test a new piece of the sky to probe dark matter and dark energy.

UChicago–Taiwan Student Exchange Fellows advanced technical research skills and built professional networks.

Isabel Krogh, who will graduate from the Master of Science in Financial Mathematics (MSFM) program this year, studies quantitative finance. Born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, Isabel attended Bowdoin College in Maine before working as a research analyst for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. We interviewed her about her experiences at UChicago.

Soumyabrata Kundu, a sixth-year PhD student in Statistics, develops methods for applications in computer vision, with a focus on biomedical imaging. Born and raised in Burdwan, a small town in West Bengal, India, Soumyabrata earned his undergraduate degree from Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Center. We interviewed him about his experiences at UChicago.

Roy Zhao, a second-year PhD student in Physics and the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, studies AI application in cosmology and galaxy formation across cosmic time. Born in Beijing, China, Roy spent much of his adolescent years in Vancouver, British Columbia. He earned undergraduate degrees from UCLA and then worked as a staff scientist at UCLA Astronomy before joining the University of Chicago. We interviewed Roy about his experiences here.

Li Ma, AB’06, SM’06, is a professor of Statistics and Data Science at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on generative models, Bayesian modeling and computation, nonparametric inference, tree-based methods, and their applications in biomedical science. Prior to joining UChicago, he was a faculty member in the Department of Statistical Science at Duke University from 2011 to 2025. He is a Fellow of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis and a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.

A gentler chemistry from Chuan He’s lab improves accuracy and recovery of methylated DNA, advancing epigenetic research and diagnostics.

Summit draws attendees from at least 15 countries, 32 universities and 168 companies.

Harnessing atomic-level precision and computational intelligence to build materials of the future.