2020
Twenty PSD students selected as 2020–21 Radix Trading Fellows
December 15, 2020
The Physical Sciences Division of the University of Chicago has selected 20 PhD students in the Departments of Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, and Astronomy & Astrophysics as the 2020–21 Radix Trading Fellows.
Prof. Elisabeth Moyers’ new US Energy History Visualization profiled in The Atlantic
December 9, 2020
Geophysical Sciences Professor Elisabeth Moyer discusses her work on the Research Computing Center's U.S. Energy History Visualization in the Atlantic. It is an interactive Sankey diagram of energy transitions.
Geophysical Sciences Prof. Fred Ciesla comments on asteroid dust from Hayabusa2 solving a mystery of planet creation
December 8, 2020
Geophysical Sciences Prof. Fred Ciesla comments on asteroid dust from Hayabusa2 solving a mystery of planet creation
Astronomer Andrea Ghez on the responsibility that comes with a Nobel Prize
December 8, 2020
Astronomer Andrea Ghez on the responsibility that comes with a Nobel Prize. Honored for black hole discovery, Laboratory Schools alum becomes ‘spokesperson for science’
Web of science recognizes highly cited researchers of 2020
December 2, 2020
Nine current and former University of Chicago Physical Science Division scientists were named in Web of Science's 2020 report of highly cited researchers. Researchers on the list have demonstrated significant and broad influence in the past decade, with highly cited papers ranking in the top 1% by citation for a chosen field or fields.
UChicago campus full voter engagement helps boost Hyde Park-Kenwood voter turn-out to 88.19%
December 2, 2020
UChicago campus full voter engagement helps boost Hyde Park-Kenwood voter turn-out to 88.19 percent. Precinct 27, which covers campus, exceeded 100 percent voter turn-out
CS student, Tyler Skluzacek, invents vibrating smartwatch to stop nightmares
December 2, 2020
CS student, Tyler Skluzacek, invented a vibrating smartwatch to stop nightmares affecting combat veterans. Now it has been given FDA approval as a therapeutic device
New nanotechnology design provides hope for personalized ‘vaccination’ to treat cancer
November 30, 2020
Professor of Chemistry Wenbin Lin co-led a new study that uses a nanotechology to provide hope for personalized ‘vaccination’ to treat cancer
South African roots, travel shape computer scientist’s research
November 30, 2020
Marshini Chetty, Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, studies human-computer interaction. Her South African roots and extensive travel have shaped her research, which focuses, in part, on making the internet a more inclusive space.
Meet Financial Mathematics student, Zachary Myers
November 30, 2020
Zachary Myers was born in Michigan and grew up outside of Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.S. in Mathematics in May. He began his studies at UChicago this Autumn Quarter as a master’s student in the Financial Mathematics program.
Pioneering PSD scientists Laura Gagliardi, John Carlstrom, and Yamuna Krishnan recognized as 2020 AAAS fellows
November 24, 2020
Five UChicago scientists named 2020 AAAS fellows, with pioneering PSD scientists Laura Gagliardi, John Carlstrom, and Yamuna Krishnan attaining recognition
Chicago Quantum Summit highlights new U.S. quantum centers, economic opportunities
November 23, 2020
The third annual Chicago Quantum Summit, hosted virtually at the University of Chicago Nov. 11-13 by the Chicago Quantum Exchange, brought together more than 20 speakers from across the nation and attracted more than 1,000 attendees from 42 countries
ECHO game brings students together—and keeps them safe
November 20, 2020
This Autumn Quarter an alternate reality game created by an interdisciplinary group of UChicago researchers gathered 70 teams of students—and helped keep them safe. Culminating in an Oct. 30 livestream, the ECHO game brought together students and other members of the UChicago community through weeks of collaborative play
Computer scientist Nick Feamster discusses Twitter and Facebook disinformation on WTTW
November 20, 2020
Computer scientist Nick Feamster discusses Twitter and Facebook disinformation on PBS-affiliate WTTW
Astronomy and physics students featured in new UChicagoGRAD podcast
November 20, 2020
New ‘Expand Your Perspective’ podcast features PSD grad students studying space and the universe: ranging from exoplanets to galaxies to black holes. With Nora Bailey (Astronomy & Astrophysics), Gourav Khullar (Astronomy & Astrophysics), and Gautam Satishchandran (Physics)