January 3, 2022
Voices
- Argonne Voices - Unraveling the Cosmos: The South Pole Telescope with Lindsay Bleem, PhD’13, and Asst. Prof. Clarence Chang
- Computer Science Prof. Ben Zhao comments on consumer data tracking in Your Friday briefing: Spotify Wrapped
Research
- Wearable device that changes perception of softness wins best paper at UIST 2021
- Clam fossils help scientists find errors in evolutionary tree calculations
- Beads of glass in meteorites help scientists piece together how solar system formed
- The ambitious idea to study the evolution of a comet
- To find energetic particles from space, a new detector will soar over Antarctic ice
- James Webb Space Telescope to offer humanity an unprecedented look at universe
Education and Community
- Web of Science recognizes highly cited researchers of 2021
- To understand biology, scientists turn to the quantum world
- Physics Prof. Yau Wah, recent APS inductee, reflects on his research and academic career
- UChicago workshop highlights internet frontiers and opportunities
- Dean Angela V. Olinto elected to Brazilian Academy of Sciences
- MICCoM center, directed by Prof. Galli, leads to award-winning computational science
- Board work: A photographer captures the beauty of mathematicians’ chalk experiments
- Prof. Juan de Pablo appointed Executive Vice President for Science, Innovation, National Laboratories and Global Initiatives
- University of Chicago, City Colleges of Chicago partner to increase diversity in science career
- Parker Solar Probe touches the sun for the first time, bringing new discoveries
- Earthside assistance: Dave Fischer, AB’87, of Astroscale helps declutter space
- What UChicago faculty and staff want you to read over winter break
- Postdocs named 2021-2022 Suzuki Fellows
- Brent Doiron has been named the first Heinrich Kluver Professor of Neurobiology, Statistics and the College
- Metabolomics facilities on campus open doors to new spectrum of research at UChicago