News: Faculty

2025

Bridging medicine and machine learning: predicting skin cancer in resource-limited settings

June 2, 2025

Spencer Ellis (left) and Steven Song (right)

MD/PhD Candidate Steven Song and collaborators Spencer Ellis and Derek Reiman designed a machine learning model able to predict non-melanoma skin cancer under resource-limited settings.
 


The RNA Revolution: Linking the lab to the clinic to tackle challenges in cancer

June 2, 2025

Chuan He, PhD, John T. Wilson Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (left) and Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD, UCCCC Director, Abbvie Foundation Distinguished Service Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and BSD

New insights into the role of RNA in cancer took center stage at a recent symposium hosted at the University of Chicago.
 


UChicago spark conference brings MS-ADS alumni together

June 2, 2025

Members of the MS-ADS Alumni Committee at the inaugural UChicago Spark Conference.

The first-ever UChicago Spark conference focuses on celebrating alumni achievements, exchanging new ideas, and building momentum for the future. 


Science meets soil in Fermilab’s prairie land

June 2, 2025

Robert Betz (right) standing with students at the Fermilab prairie in 2002.

The prairie restoration success at Fermilab has become a living laboratory — supporting scientific research, fostering biodiversity and providing essential ecosystem services like erosion control and enhanced soil health.


New measure of the universe’s expansion suggests resolution of a conflict

June 2, 2025

Scientists have made a new calculation of the speed at which the universe is expanding, using the data taken by the powerful new James Webb Space Telescope on multiple galaxies. Above, Webb’s image of one such galaxy, known as NGC 1365.

Team led by UChicago scientist Wendy Freedman using James Webb Space Telescope finds no evidence of tension in Hubble Constant.


For these students, a South Side beach is a geoscience laboratory

June 2, 2025

University of Chicago students Emma Edwards, Anjali Subramanian and Laura Husband take field data at the 63rd Street Beach.

UChicago undergrads learn to ‘read’ the shoreline as they study coastal resilience in Susan Kidwell's class.


Clouds could enhance the search for life on exoplanets

June 2, 2025

A photo of an exo-planet that looks similar to that of Earth.

Huanzhou Yang's research uses simulations to determine how telescopes could detect oxygen gas and ozone, revealing clouds could aid in the detection of biosignatures. 


Test of AI Weather forecasts shows they miss extreme storms

June 2, 2025

Photo of swans in a body of river.

Weather forecasts based on AI are faster and sometimes more accurate than traditional ones, but they may miss rare and unprecedented weather events. 


Doubt cast on claim of ‘hints’ of life on faraway planet

June 2, 2025

This artist's impression shows what the faraway planet K2-18b, its host star and an accompanying planet in this system might look like.

Rafael Luque's research receives widespread discussion after a reanalysis of the original data. 


Possible sign of life in deep space faces new doubts

June 1, 2025

This artist's impression shows what the faraway planet K2-18b, its host star and an accompanying planet in this system might look like.

UChicago analysis of new and old data suggests the signal is weak and explainable by other molecules.


UChicago scientists invent breakthrough device to detect airborne signs of disease

June 1, 2025

The new device created by scientists at the University of Chicago to detect molecules in air samples. The technology could one day be used to diagnose a wide array of diseases.

The new device created by Prof. Bozhi Tian's lab to detect molecules in air samples could one day be used to diagnose a wide array of diseases.
 


Computational tool predicts materials for new energy economy

June 1, 2025

Photo of metallic building with a large number of pipes.

Researchers in PME and Chemistry have developed a new computational tool that predicts which metal-organic frameworks will be most stable for a given need, such as catalyzing reactions to store and extract energy from chemical energy carriers without combustion.


2025 Research Day highlights growth with global impact

June 1, 2025

Faculty Director and Neubauer Professor of Computer Science and the College Nick Feamster recapped the Internet Innovation Initiative’s work testing the limits of internet speed measurement to facilitate real-time solutions.

The Data Science Institute’s annual event showcased cross-campus collaborations spanning climate science, government, and more.
 


AI is good at weather forecasting. Can it predict freak weather events?

June 1, 2025

Photo of swans in a body of river.

A new study from scientists from the University of Chicago found that neural networks cannot forecast “gray swan” weather events, which might not appear in existing training data but could still happen—like 200-year floods or massive hurricanes.
 


Can we authenticate human creativity?

June 1, 2025

Photo of professor Ben Zhao.

Ben Zhao discusses the effects of generative AI on the future of art and how to protect the future of creativity.