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A small group of scientists and policy experts meet behind closed doors in Chicago to decide how close humanity is to annihilation. They’re not predicting the future—but they are watching it closely.

In the shadow of her family’s atomic legacy, a writer set out to understand the increasingly urgent debate about humanity’s capacity to end itself—and what it can teach us about living.

In 2025, the Physical Sciences Division at the University of Chicago continued its enduring legacy of scientific discovery, translating innovation into bold impact in service of a better world. We’re thrilled to share a few of our proudest achievements.

This new International Research Laboratory (IRL) will be a three-way partnership between UChicago, the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Université Paris Cité.

Sixth annual workshop celebrates and supports early-career data scientists.

Watch scientists turn a cart into a rocket and try hands-on demos at the Dec. 13 event.

Global climate change conference brought together policymakers, industry and civic leaders.

Celebrating partnerships that make breakthrough research and innovation possible.

UChicago–Taiwan Student Exchange Fellows advanced technical research skills and built professional networks.

Summit draws attendees from at least 15 countries, 32 universities and 168 companies.

Nobel laureates and nuclear experts urge action on a looming threat.

The Origins Federation Conference united scientists across disciplines in the search for how life emerged and evolved.

The Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics program connects students from Chicago Public Schools with UChicago astronomers and physicists.

The festival’s 110 hands-on activities let kids play with lasers, make robots dance, synthesize gloopy slime worms, compare animal skulls, practice CPR and see their world under powerful microscopes. 

The Hyde Park Herald covers the fourth annual South Side Science Festival.