News

2020

Peter Eng interviewed about decontaminating N95 masks on Fox 32 Chicago

June 16, 2020

News broadcast still of physicist Peter Eng and his N95 mask decontamination invention

Physicist Peter Eng interviewed about decontaminating N95 masks on Fox 32 Chicago


Chemistry student, Adam Antoszewski, honored for exceptional teaching of undergraduates

June 11, 2020

Adam Antoszewski

Chemistry student, Adam Antoszewski, honored for exceptional teaching of undergraduates with 2020 Wayne C. Booth Prize


Asst. Prof. Brian Nord and Prof. Daniel Holz discuss Wednesday’s #ShutDownSTEM strike

June 11, 2020

Brian Nord speaks at a panel

Asst. Prof. Brian Nord and Prof. Daniel Holz discuss Wednesday's #ShutDownSTEM strike


PSD members honored with 2020 Quantrell and Graduate Teaching Awards

June 9, 2020

2020 Quantrell Award Winners David Archer, Professor of Geophysical Sciences and the College

Fred Chong, the Seymour Goodman Professor in Computer Science and the College

Paolo Privitera, Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics, Enrico Fermi Inst

PSD members honored with 2020 Quantrell and Graduate Teaching Awards


Mysterious interstellar visitor was probably a ‘dark hydrogen iceberg,’ not aliens

June 2, 2020

Oumuamua-- oblong space object from outside solar system

'Oumuamua made headlines as the first object to visit from outside the solar system. A new theory proposed by University of Chicago and Yale astronomers explains the phenomenon without aliens—but with interesting scientific implications.


Letter to PSD Student Community

June 2, 2020

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PSD Dean of Students, Bahareh Lampert, addresses PSD Student Community


Physical Sciences Division response to the death of George Floyd

May 30, 2020

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Read Dean Olinto's message to the Physical Sciences Division community after the death of George Floyd.


No parallel universe? Asst. Prof. Abigail Vieregg discusses neutrinos and new findings about the universe

May 29, 2020

Neutrino experiment balloon in Antarctica

No parallel universe? Asst. Prof. Abigail Vieregg discusses neutrinos and new findings about the universe


PSD majors earn prestigious national awards

May 29, 2020

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PSD majors in the College earn prestigious national awards.


PSD in the News - May 2020

May 28, 2020

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This month PSD researchers have been featured for their efforts to uncover the secret behind the molecule that blocks HIV infection, why ocean circulation may hold the key to finding life on exoplanets, and what 'groupie' galaxies orbiting the Milky Way tell us about dark matter.


NASA names telescope after pioneering astronomer Nancy Grace Roman

May 28, 2020

NASA telescope named after pioneering astronomer Nancy Grace Roman

NASA names telescope after pioneering astronomer Nancy Grace Roman


How to balance privacy while using contact tracing for COVID-19

May 28, 2020

Social distancing and contact tracing

How to balance privacy while using contact tracing for COVID-19. UChicago computer scientist Blase Ur examines smartphone tracking during pandemic


Prof. Simion Filip has been awarded a European Mathematical Society Prize

May 27, 2020

Simion Filip

Prof. Simion Filip has been awarded a European Mathematical Society Prize in recognition of excellence among researchers under 35


Startup QDIR uses quantum dots for infrared detectors

May 26, 2020

New startup QDIR, based on technology developed at UChicago, is working to commercialize a new, low-cost way to create infrared detectors: with quantum dots


2020 Arthur L. Kelly Faculty Prizes for Exceptional Service in the PSD awarded to Bryan Dickinson, Margaret Gardel, and Chuan He for contributions to COVID-19 research and relief efforts

May 26, 2020

Bryan Dickinson, Margaret Gardel, and Chuan He

2020 Arthur L. Kelly Faculty Prizes for Exceptional Service in the PSD awarded to Bryan Dickinson, Margaret Gardel, and Chuan He for contributions to COVID-19 research and relief efforts