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UChicago Prof. Rebecca Willett and Prof. Henry Hoffmann co-author a new article discussing the impact of the recent and upcoming cuts to federal research and how they threaten U.S. AI leadership. 

The University of Chicago will present an honorary degree to renowned climate scientist Eli Tziperman during its Convocation ceremony on June 7.

Pedram Hassanzadeh is an associate professor in the Department of the Geophysical Sciences and Committee on Computational and Applied Mathematics. He is also the Faculty Director of the AI for Climate (AICE) Initiative and Codirector of the Human-centered Weather Forecasting Initiative. He works on improving the fundamental understanding of the multiscale, nonlinear physics of extreme weather events and developing new tools for predicting the variability of these events across time scales, from days to decades.

Roland Winston, SB’56, SM’57, PhD’63, former UChicago Physics professor and chair, is remembered as a pioneer of solar energy.

Congratulations to Clay Córdova, Assistant Professor of Physics, who has received the 2025 Frontiers of Science Award (FSA) from the International Congress of Basic Sciences for his work on theoretical particle physics and new symmetries in nature.

UChicago scientists study samples from Apollo missions, revealing new details about lunar history.

A new UChicago study uses seismological “background noise” from worldwide monitoring network to study Arctic.

Argonne National Laboratory, a national laboratory affiliated with the University of Chicago, has fully opened its Aurora exascale supercomputer to researchers across the world, heralding a new era of computing-driven discoveries.

Research can often yield beautiful images, offering an opportunity to further scientific engagement. University Communications invites all members of the UChicago community to submit images from their scientific research for the fourth annual Science as Art contest. The deadline to enter is Friday, March 14.

Beginning in the fall of 2025, UChicago will offer a new undergraduate major in climate and sustainable growth. This program, part of the Physical Sciences Collegiate Division, emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach to studying climate change.

UChicago researchers unveil insights into random quantum circuits, exploring the speed at which random circuits scramble information. These findings, to be presented at the Quantum Information Processing Conference, are crucial for understanding quantum supremacy experiments as well as the future of quantum cryptography.

Early-career scholars recognized for pioneering work in statistics, physics, chemistry, astrophysics, and computer science.

In a new interview, Chemistry Professor Chuan He talks about the new findings in cancer research.

Geoengineering continues to be a point of debate among climate scientists and scholars. Among the scientists who explored the field's potential was Emeritus Prof. Douglas MacAyeal.

UChicago chemist Laura Gagliardi was honored for groundbreaking work in theoretical and computational chemistry.