2025
UChicago alum John Paparrizos honored with SIGMOD Test-of-Time Award for advancing time series analytics
September 9, 2025
UChicago alum John Paparrizos won the SIGMOD Test-of-Time Award for his k-Shape algorithm, advancing time series data analysis across fields like healthcare and finance.
UChicago chemistry professors recognized with prestigious ACS Awards
August 29, 2025
Dmitri Talapin and John Anderson honored for their pioneering contributions to chemistry.
Robert Wald receives 2025 ICTP Dirac Medal
August 25, 2025
Congratulations to Robert Wald, Charles H. Swift Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Physics, the Enrico Fermi Institute, and the College, who has received a 2025 Dirac Medal from the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP).
Abigail Vieregg receives 2025 Cottrell SEED Award
August 22, 2025
Congratulations to Abigail Vieregg, Professor of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, and the College, who has received a 2025 Cottrell SEED Award!
Dmitri Talapin and John Anderson receive ACS national awards
August 20, 2025
Congratulations to Prof. Talapin and Prof. Anderson, who have received prestigious ACS awards! The American Chemical Society has announced its 2026 national award winners, acknowledged for their outstanding achievements in chemistry across various fields in the discipline.
University of Chicago researchers earn top honor for adaptive software breakthrough
August 14, 2025
Hank Hoffmann, Liew Family Chair of Computer Science, earns SEAMS Most Influential Paper Award for research on using control theory to enhance adaptive software reliability and responsiveness.
UChicago Pritzker molecular engineering dean receives 2025 Richtmyer Award
August 14, 2025
Yearly American Association of Physics Teachers award, given to Nadya Mason, honors outstanding contributions to physics and their communication to physics educators.
Hackathon unites United Airlines and MS in Applied Data Science students to tackle aviation with AI
July 16, 2025
Students built an AI-powered dashboard that could help airlines anticipate spikes in passenger demand.
Four UChicago College students earn 2025 Goldwater Scholarships
July 10, 2025
Excellence in research leads chemistry major Melody Tang to the prestigious award.
Giulia Galli wins Berni J. Alder CECAM Prize
June 28, 2025
The global award, given once every three years, recognizes exceptional contributions to the field of microscopic simulation of matter.
PSD recognizes three students with a William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship for 2025-26
June 16, 2025
The Physical Sciences Division has selected three graduate students to receive a William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship for the 2025-2026 academic year.
Moungi Bawendi delivers 2025 Harkins lecture at UChicago
June 12, 2025
Nobel laureate Moungi Bawendi reflects on quantum dot revolution with his alma mater.
Argonne projects receive $10M in federal funding for technology to reduce the impact of used nuclear fuel
June 12, 2025
Two Argonne projects awarded over $10 million in funding as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy (ARPA-E) program to enable transmutation of U.S. commercial nuclear stockpile.
MS in applied data science team wins 2nd place at transit hacks 2025
June 2, 2025
Daniel Sa teamed up with classmates to build a way for commuters to better anticipate public transit delays at Transit Hacks 2025.
Congratulations to the first graduates of the Masters in Data Science Program
June 2, 2025
The DSI recognizes the earliest graduates of the MSDS program’s inaugural cohort: Faye Dai, Harper Lyu, and Lai Wei.