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Data astronomy research co-led by Asst. Prof. Alex Drlica-Wagner reveals ‘groupie’ galaxies orbiting Milky Way tell us about dark matter, how galaxy formed

Mathematician measures the repulsive force within polynomials with a new mathematical proof involving the Schinzel-Zassenhaus conjecture. Prof. Frank Calegari comments

Prof. Susan Kidwell honored for pioneering work on fossil record. Paleontological Society Medal recognizes scientist’s conservation paleobiology research

CDAC’s new AI + Science grants fund projects and workshops in chemistry, physics, and CS Education

Physics student, Jan Offermann, among 62 selected by DOE for high energy physics research at Argonne

Meteorologist and UChicago Prof. Ted Fujita profile on PBS American Experience: Mr. Tornado: One Man’s Pursuit to Understand the Deadliest Storms airs May 19

Glowing algebra theorems and glimpses into hospital: UChicago students learn remotely from mathematician in Russia, through daily office hours, from COVID-19 doctors

Two UChicago scientists, Matthew Ackerman and Pranav Gokhale, selected for entrepreneurship program to develop quantum tech

Researchers to develop AI to help diagnose, understand COVID-19 in lung images. UChicago, Argonne study hopes to learn to identify cases and guide treatment
 

Sidney Nagel, the Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor of Physics, among three UChicago scholars elected to American Philosophical Society. He is a pioneer in studying non-linear and far-from-equilibrium behavior in disordered systems.

Meet Kate Smith, PhD in Electrical Engineering, and learn how the CQE IBM postdoc program trains a next-generation quantum workforce 

Prof. Wendy Freedman reflects on astronomer Wiliamina Fleming for American Masters' UNLADYLIKE2020 short film series. Fleming was a pioneering observational astronomer and the first woman to ever hold a title at Harvard University.

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Read the PSD Communications blog Intentional Space for simple strategies to help you navigate working from home and heightening your awareness. This blog series by PSD Communications Specialist Maureen McMahon will run during Spring Quarter. Find simple work-from-home routines, mindfulness strategies, and ways to cultivate a peaceful day.

Asst. Prof. Suri Vaikuntanathan has been awarded a 2020 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award in the chemical sciences. The prize of $100,000 will support his research on “Controlling Organization, Self-Assembly, and Dynamics in Complex Non-Equilibrium Systems.”

‘Revolutionary’ UChicago simulations point to self-assembly behavior for viral restriction. Study explains how the Rhesus macaques’ immune protein, called TRIM5α, works its magic, and represents a significant step forward in the science of modeling how complex biological proteins assemble themselves.