2023
UChicago researchers identify a novel function of RNA-binding protein RBFOX2 that drives leukemia
October 6, 2023

To understand how RBFOX2 modifies cell function, Chemist Chuan He and colleagues grew malignant hematopoietic stem cells with RBFOX2 deactivated in petri dishes and found that the proliferative capacity of the cells was markedly reduced, indicating that there might be higher expression of RBFOX2 in leukemia cells.
South Side Science Festival brings community to campus
October 5, 2023

Kids learn to see themselves in STEM at annual event, which drew more than 4,500 attendees.
University of Chicago alum Moungi Bawendi shares Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on quantum dots
October 5, 2023

CBS News Chicago reports on 2023 Nobel laureate Moungi Bawendi being a UChicago alum.
UChicago professor wins ‘genius grant’
October 5, 2023

Crain's Chicago Business reports on Prof. Rina Foygel Barber being awarded a "genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation.
Illinois makes play for billion-dollar National Semiconductor Technology Center
October 5, 2023

In an Axios article, UChicago President Paul Alivisatos comments on the combined efforts of UChicago and University of Illinois to land a new flagship federal center of advanced semiconductor research and manufacturing, saying, "We have a long and deep history of being at the forefront of the study of quantum science, physics and chemistry."
Congrats to statistician Rina Foygel Barber for winning MacArthur Fellowship!
October 4, 2023

University of Chicago Prof. Rina Foygel Barber, a statistician known for her work in quantifying uncertainty, has been awarded a 2023 MacArthur Fellowship.
JWST takes a jab at the mystery of the universe’s expansion rate
October 4, 2023

Astro doctoral candidate Abigail Lee says, "The jury is still out on whether the JWST has completely eliminated crowding as a solution to the Hubble tension...analyzing the data for the rest of the 42 galaxies [that JWST plans to observe] will illuminate whether the Hubble tension is alive and real or if there are indeed just errors in the Cepheid measurements."
Predicting spin defect formation for use in quantum technologies
October 4, 2023

AzoQuantum article highlights a computational analysis led by Chemistry Prof. Giulia Galli forecasting the circumstances necessary to produce certain spin defects in silicon carbide.
For first time, scientists follow sodium and potassium inside cell organelles
October 4, 2023

UChicago chemists create sensors to track potassium, sodium in organelles.
UChicago alum Moungi Bawendi shares Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovery of quantum dots
October 4, 2023

Research by Bawendi, PhD’88, paved way for wide use of nano-sized particles in technology.
Congrats to Geophysical Sciences professor Andrew M. Davis for winning Leonard Medal!
October 3, 2023

The Leonard Medal, the Meteoritical Society's highest honor, "recognizes Prof. Davis' fundamental contributions to meteoritics and cosmochemistry across a wide range of investigations pertaining to time scales and processes in the solar nebula and to the synthesis of the elements in stars."
New 6G networks are in the works. Can they destroy dead zones for good?
October 3, 2023

Commenting on the FCC's broadband map in a Scientific American article, Director of the Internet Equity Initiative Alexis Schrubbe says, “The way that data decisions were made in the creation of this map will have ramifications for generations...this map is probably the highest-stakes data product that the federal government has ever created."
Nobel Physics Prize awarded to trio for work on electrons
October 3, 2023

In a Wall Street Journal, Robert Rosner comments on today's Nobel Prize in Physics, saying the winners have "basically created a tool that allows you to look at phenomena and timescales that we’ve never been able to explore before."
University of Chicago hosts second annual South Side Science Festival
October 2, 2023

A WGN video features Asst. Prof. Maanasa Raghavan discussing the inspiration for the South Side Science Festival.
Hands-on experience wows kids at South Side Science Festival: ‘Exposure is everything’
October 2, 2023

Chicago Sun-Times highlights the Second Annual South Side Science Festival.