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Chicago researchers see opportunity to enhance world-leading quantum ecosystem with state-of-the-art facility on Chicago’s South Side

At this year’s ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST)—one of the global hubs for breakthroughs in how people and machines connect—the University of Chicago’s Department of Computer Science stands out through a spectrum of ambitious research.

The University of Chicago’s Board of Trustees has extended Paul Alivisatos’s term as president of the University through June 2030.

Students and faculty, including those from the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth, share global experiences from collecting algae to building life-saving machines.

The accuracy of non-invasive blood and stool-based tests for colorectal cancer is improving, but experts say it’s too soon to drop colonoscopies altogether.

A NASA mission, IMAP, and two more spacecraft that will study space weather are traveling through space atop a single SpaceX rocket. Priscilla Frisch was a co-investigator of the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe-Hi.

The United States is hurtling towards a potential government shutdown if Congress does not pass a budget or short-term funding bill by the end of the month, and the fate of the federal government’s Earth and climate science programs may hang in the balance. Elisabeth Moyer weighs in.

In the Quantum Concepts series, Argonne brings key quantum ideas to life by imagining how a familiar object—the apple that inspired Isaac Newton—might act in the quantum world.

The University of Chicago Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth’s new Human-Centered Weather Forecasts Initiative is helping low- and middle-income countries better adapt to climate change by providing AI-driven forecasts tailored to their needs.

The University of Chicago, AIM for Scale and the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence have launched a first-of-its-kind weather forecast training program to help governments deliver tailored forecasts to meet local agricultural needs—including those of millions of farmers.

Eight new projects could lead to breakthroughs in computing, sensing and secure communications.

The lab of Prof. Laura Gagliardi at the University of Chicago Chemistry Department and Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) has developed a powerful new tool that harnesses electronic structure theories and machine learning to simulate transition metal catalytic dynamics with both accuracy and speed. 

As the new school is set to begin, students will notice a change in the Searle Chemistry Laboratory Building. The main hallways of the Chemistry Department have a vibrant new look, blending the calming presence of nature with the clean lines of Mid-Century Modern style. 

Quantum Connected coalition aims to secure nation’s information from cyberattacks.

Skateboard physics and the cutest robots known to science await attendees of Oct. 4 campus event.