News: Awards

2023

PSD recognizes four students with a William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship

June 22, 2023

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The Physical Sciences Division has selected four graduate students to receive a William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship for the 2023-2024 academic year.


Eleven books to read over summer 2023

June 20, 2023

Bozhi Tian

UChicago teaching award winners, including chemist Bozhi Tian, share their selections.

Photo by Jean Lachat


Four American scholars among seven winners of the Shaw Prize for 2023

June 1, 2023

Portrait of Vladimir Drinfeld outdoors in University of Chicago Hyde Park campus

Vladimir Drinfeld, Harry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor of Mathematics at the University of Chicago, wins 2023 Shaw Prize in the Mathematical Sciences for his contributions related to mathematical physics and to arithmetic geometry. 


PSD in the news: May 2023

May 31, 2023

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This month PSD researchers have been recognized for their pioneering discoveries, the quality and innovation of their research programs, and their unique contributions to new fields of inquiry. 


Prof. Vladimir Drinfeld wins 2023 Shaw Prize in the Mathematical Sciences

May 31, 2023

Portrait of Vladimir Drinfeld outdoors in University of Chicago Hyde Park campus

Vladimir Drinfeld, Harry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor of Mathematics at the University of Chicago, wins 2023 Shaw Prize in the  Mathematical Sciences for his contributions related to mathematical physics and to arithmetic geometry. 


PSD graduate students earn Physical Sciences Prizes for Teaching

May 30, 2023

Back row, left to right: Stuart Kurtz, Kapil Chandran, Anath Kamath, Harry Fossbinder-Elkins Front row: Jonathan Liu, Claire Kessler, Katelyn Feuling

Six graduate students have been awarded the Physical Sciences Teaching Prizes for 2022-23: Kapil Chandran (Mathematics), Katelyn Feuling (Chemistry), Harry Fosbinder-Elkins (Physics), Ananth Kamath (Chemistry), Claire Lessler (Physics), and Jonathan Liu (Computer Science).


UChicago announces 2023 winners of Quantrell and Graduate Teaching Awards

May 30, 2023

Collage with photos of Michael Gladders in front of a computer monitor and Bozhi Tian sitting in a brown couch, showing an important slide.

Every year, UChicago recognizes faculty members for their incredible teaching and mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students. This year, Michael Gladders is one of the winners of the Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Awards, and Bozhi Tian is being recognized with a Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching.  


UChicago instructors, grad students honored for exemplary teaching

May 26, 2023

Kale Davis and Sam Knight

Kale Davies, Mathematics, and Samuel Knight, Chemistry, recognized for exceptional instruction of students in the College


2023 Arthur L. Kelly Faculty Prize for Exceptional Service in the Physical Sciences Division

May 26, 2023

Portraits of Michael J. Franklin and Dan Nicolae

The recipients of the 2023 Arthur L. Kelly Faculty Prize for Exceptional Service in the Physical Sciences Division are Michael J. Franklin, Liew Family Chair of Computer Science, Senior Advisor to the Provost on Computation and Data Science and Faculty Co-Director of the Data Science Institute, and Dan Nicolae, Professor in the Departments of Statistics and Human Genetics, and the Section of Genetic Medicine, and Faculty Co-Director of the Data Science Institute. 


Two PSD Faculty Members elected to Royal Society

May 10, 2023

Wendy Freedman and Matthew Stephens headshots

Profs. Wendy Freedman and Matthew Stephens have been elected to the Royal Society, a fellowship of many of the world’s most eminent scientists and the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. This year, 59 scientists from around the world were elected Fellows or Foreign Members of the Society for their outstanding contributions to science.


Two PSD undergraduates earn 2023 Barry Goldwater Scholarships

May 4, 2023

Cameron Chang and Steven Lebalme

Two PSD undergraduate students, Cameron Chang and Steven Labalme, have received Barry Goldwater Scholarships, awarded annually based on academic merit and undergraduate research in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering. They are among the 417 U.S. college students to be selected for this award out of a pool of over 5,000 applicants. Considered the preeminent undergraduate award of its kind, the scholarship covers the cost of tuition, fees, books, and room and board up to $7,500 per year. It also helps STEM students fund their research during their final years of undergraduate study.


PSD among 2023 U.S. News & World Report top science graduate schools

May 3, 2023

Emblem for the U.S. News & World Report grad schools rankings

U.S. News & World Report released the 2023 rankings for the top science schools for graduate education in the United States. The Physical Sciences Division at the University of Chicago was well-represented in top rankings for graduate programs and specialties.


PSD in the news: April 2023

April 24, 2023

PSD against a white and turquoise background

This month PSD researchers have been recognized for their pioneering discoveries, the quality and innovation of their research programs, and their unique contributions to new fields of inquiry. 


Five UChicago scholars elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2023

April 19, 2023

Mike Franklin

Prof. Michael J. Franklin elected as member to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. 


Winners of the 2023 UChicago Science as Art competition announced

April 6, 2023

The grand prize winner of UChicago’s 2023 Science as Art contest is “Origami in a Tube” by Di Wang. These are exceptionally tiny structures which scientists think may be useful for future electronics and energy storage devices, but had previously be

The University of Chicago has announced the winners of its 2023 Science as Art contest, which highlights images of innovative scientific research from the UChicago community. The grand-prize winner is “Origami in a Tube” by Di Wang, chemist and Ph.D student.