News: Faculty Awards

2025

Prize Winners for Educational Excellence 2025

May 23, 2025

students in classroom

This year, ten PSD instructors and students have been honored for excellence in teaching the next generation of scientists.


UChicago announces 2025 winners of Quantrell and PhD teaching awards

May 22, 2025

David Cash (left) and Bryan Dickinson

Congratulations to Professor of Computer Science David Cash and Professor of Chemistry Bryan Dickinson! In recognition of their incredible teaching and mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students, Cash received a Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Award, and Dickinson was awarded a PhD Teaching and Mentoring Award.


Vincenzo Vitelli named Fellow-Ambassador by the CNRS

May 21, 2025

Vincenzo Vitelli

An internationally renowned theorical physicist, Vitelli was recognized for his defining contributions to the fields of statistical physics, soft matter, and active matter.


Mark Levin, Associate Professor of Chemistry, receives a 2025 National Brown Investigator Award

May 19, 2025

Mark Levin

Congratulations to Mark Levin! Each investigator, recognized for curiosity-driven research in chemistry or physics, will receive up to $2 million over five years.


Weixin Tang wins 2025 Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

May 10, 2025

Photo of Weixan Tang on a white background.

Neubauer Family Assistant Professor Weixin Tang recognized for excellence in chemical biology research and undergraduate education at the University of Chicago.


2025 Arthur L. Kelly Faculty Prize for Exceptional Service in the Physical Sciences Division

May 7, 2025

Andrew Campbell

Congratulations to the 2025 recipient of the Arthur L. Kelly Faculty Prize: Andrew J. Campbell!


Donald G. York will receive 2025 Norman Maclean Faculty Award

May 1, 2025

Donald York

Congratulations to Don York, PhD’71, the Horace B. Horton Professor Emeritus in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics! The Norman Maclean Faculty Award recognizes UChicago scholars’ contributions to teaching and student life.


PSD faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences

April 30, 2025

photo collage of Barber, Gardel, Littlewood

Rina Foygel Barber, Louis Block Professor of Statistics, Margaret L. Gardel, Horace B. Horton Professor of Physics and Molecular Engineering, and Peter B. Littlewood, Professor of Physics and Chair, were elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
 


PSD mathematician elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 28, 2025

Frank Calegari

University of Chicago Prof. Frank Calegari has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. Calegari’s research is in the area of algebraic number theory. He is particularly interested in the Langlands program, a set of mathematical ideas that has been called the "grand unified theory of mathematics.”


Wendy Freedman named in Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2025

April 16, 2025

Portrait of Professor Freedman

Prof. Wendy Freedman was named among innovators in Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2025 for her contributions to measuring the rate of expansion of the universe and its acceleration since the early universe.


Prof. Ewain Gwynne awarded 2025 New Horizons in Mathematics Prize

April 8, 2025

Ewain Gwynne

The 2025 New Horizons in Mathematics Prize has been awarded to Ewain Gwynne for his work in conformal probability, which studies probabilistic objects such as random curves and surfaces.


Clay Córdova wins Frontiers of Science Award 2025

February 26, 2025

Clay Córdova

Congratulations to Clay Córdova, Assistant Professor of Physics, who has received the 2025 Frontiers of Science Award (FSA) from the International Congress of Basic Sciences for his work on theoretical particle physics and new symmetries in nature.


Six UChicago scientists awarded prestigious Sloan Fellowships in 2025

February 18, 2025

UChicago campus

Early-career scholars recognized for pioneering work in statistics, physics, chemistry, astrophysics, and computer science.


Laura Gagliardi awarded prestigious Solvay Chair in Chemistry

February 13, 2025

Portrait of Prof. Gagliardi

UChicago chemist Laura Gagliardi was honored for groundbreaking work in theoretical and computational chemistry.


Robert Wald awarded 2025 Albert Einstein Medal

February 13, 2025

Robert Wald

The prestigious Einstein Medal, established in 1979, honors individuals who have contributed significant scientific findings, works, or publications related to Albert Einstein.