2020
Wired Magazine covers Astro Prof. Wendy Freedman’s work on the Hubble Constant
March 2, 2020
Wired Magazine covers Astronomy Prof. Wendy Freedman and team's use of the “tip of the red giant branch” (TRGB) stars to arrive at a significantly lower Hubble rate than other observers
Building a 3D map of the universe to uncover the mysteries of dark energy
February 28, 2020
SciTechDaily profiles Dark Energy Survey and how new instrumentation may give the best insight yet into how dark energy has behaved over time
CS Education Expert Diana Franklin Promoted to Associate Professor
February 27, 2020
Computer Science Education Expert Diana Franklin Promoted to Associate Professor
Astronomy Professors John Carlstrom, Wendy Freedman, and Michael Turner named AAS Legacy Fellows
February 26, 2020
American Astronomical Society has announced their new Fellows program, kicking it off with an initial group of 200 Legacy Fellows. Astronomy Professors John Carlstrom, Wendy Freedman, and Michael Turner were among those named Legacy Fellows.
UChicago scientists predict new state of matter
February 25, 2020
A discovery by Chemistry Prof. David Mazziotti, Dr. Shiva Safaei, and graduate student LeeAnn Sager addresses the problem of generating and moving energy efficiently
PSD in the News - February 2020
February 25, 2020
This month PSD researchers have been featured for taking the most detailed images of the sun's surface, creating a new technique to analyze moon rocks, and designing several components for the detectors for the ATLAS experiment.
PSD Spotlight: Lori Smedley
February 25, 2020
PSD’s March spotlight is Lori Smedley, Associate Dean for Development. Lori has been with UChicago for six years and enjoys volunteer work and supporting sciences at a university that is impacting the world.
Assoc. Prof. David Schuster and Fermilab scientist Daniel Bowring use quantum computing to explore dark matter
February 20, 2020
Assoc. Prof. David Schuster and grad students Akash Dixit and Ankur Agrawal are searching for dark matter with quantum computers, one blip of light at a time
University of Chicago Exhibit and Speaker Series Celebrates Women in STEM
February 20, 2020
Redefining the landscape - Women in STEM, an exhibit featuring narratives and large-scale portraits of the women who are shaping STEM in the Physical Sciences Division and the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, will open on Thursday, March 5, 2020, at 3:00 PM with a presentation by University of Chicago Provost and Chemistry Professor Ka Yee Lee. The opening reception will be in the atrium of the William Eckhardt Research Center from 4:00-6:00 PM.
Scientists at Argonne and UChicago entangled photons across a 52-mile quantum loop network
February 19, 2020
Scientists at Argonne and UChicago entangled photons across a 52-mile quantum loop network, helping to lay the foundations for a national quantum internet
Scientific American covers the debate around Astronomy Prof. Wendy Freedman’s research on the rates of the universe
February 19, 2020
Research on the rate of the universe may point to a New Physics
First Veteran Undergraduates on Adjusting to University Life and PSD Academics
February 18, 2020
The Maroon interviews several undergraduate veterans of military service about applying their skills to challenging academics.
New York Times features UChicago Computer Science wearable jammer project
February 17, 2020
Computer Science professors Pedro Lopes, Ben Zhao, and Heather Zheng developed wearable defenses against listening devices such as Alexa
University of Chicago to build instrumentation for upgrades to the Large Hadron Collider
February 13, 2020
With $5.5M in new federal funding, faculty, students, engineers to design several components for ATLAS experiment detector
Astronomy Professor Robert Rosner discusses recent breakthrough solar imagery on Chicago Tonight
February 13, 2020
Prof. Rosner explains Inouye Telescope advancements and why new imagery is exciting