News: Faculty

2020

Dean Olinto shares lasting lessons from her dad in the New York Times

June 20, 2020

Dean Angela Olinto at the beach with her father in Brazil

Dean Angela Olinto shares lasting lessons from her dad in the New York Times


Astronomer Wendy Freedman encourages girls to reach for the stars

June 19, 2020

Film still of Wendy Freedman astronomer

Astronomer Wendy Freedman encourages girls to reach for the stars on StartTV


Equity, diversity, and inclusion learning materials

June 18, 2020

Juneteenth Day of Freedom, Day of Reflection, June 19 in yellow on a crimson red background

We invite all PSD members to educate themselves on the importance of understanding different voices and points of view. We have compiled a list of suggested readings and films that address topics of race, identity, and equity.


Chemist Sarah King honored with Beckman Foundation’s Young Investigator Award

June 18, 2020

Sarah King

Chemist Sarah King honored with Beckman Foundation’s Young Investigator Award


XENON1T dark matter detector picks up unexplained new signal

June 18, 2020

XENON1T dark matter detector

XENON1T dark matter detector picks up unexplained new signal


University of Chicago STAGE lab docuseries takes viewers into the lives and labs of scientists

June 16, 2020

Nathan Earnest-Noble filming Curiosity with film crew in the foreground

Curiosity: The Making of a Scientist offers an online sneak peek of its pilot episode online June 25 at noon and 8 p.m.


Peter Eng interviewed about decontaminating N95 masks on Fox 32 Chicago

June 16, 2020

News broadcast still of physicist Peter Eng and his N95 mask decontamination invention

Physicist Peter Eng interviewed about decontaminating N95 masks on Fox 32 Chicago


Asst. Prof. Brian Nord and Prof. Daniel Holz discuss Wednesday’s #ShutDownSTEM strike

June 11, 2020

Brian Nord speaks at a panel

Asst. Prof. Brian Nord and Prof. Daniel Holz discuss Wednesday's #ShutDownSTEM strike


PSD members honored with 2020 Quantrell and Graduate Teaching Awards

June 9, 2020

2020 Quantrell Award Winners David Archer, Professor of Geophysical Sciences and the College

Fred Chong, the Seymour Goodman Professor in Computer Science and the College

Paolo Privitera, Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics, Enrico Fermi Inst

PSD members honored with 2020 Quantrell and Graduate Teaching Awards


No parallel universe? Asst. Prof. Abigail Vieregg discusses neutrinos and new findings about the universe

May 29, 2020

Neutrino experiment balloon in Antarctica

No parallel universe? Asst. Prof. Abigail Vieregg discusses neutrinos and new findings about the universe


PSD in the News - May 2020

May 28, 2020

PSD in white against a maroon background

This month PSD researchers have been featured for their efforts to uncover the secret behind the molecule that blocks HIV infection, why ocean circulation may hold the key to finding life on exoplanets, and what 'groupie' galaxies orbiting the Milky Way tell us about dark matter.


NASA names telescope after pioneering astronomer Nancy Grace Roman

May 28, 2020

NASA telescope named after pioneering astronomer Nancy Grace Roman

NASA names telescope after pioneering astronomer Nancy Grace Roman


How to balance privacy while using contact tracing for COVID-19

May 28, 2020

Social distancing and contact tracing

How to balance privacy while using contact tracing for COVID-19. UChicago computer scientist Blase Ur examines smartphone tracking during pandemic


Prof. Simion Filip has been awarded a European Mathematical Society Prize

May 27, 2020

Simion Filip

Prof. Simion Filip has been awarded a European Mathematical Society Prize in recognition of excellence among researchers under 35


Startup QDIR uses quantum dots for infrared detectors

May 26, 2020

New startup QDIR, based on technology developed at UChicago, is working to commercialize a new, low-cost way to create infrared detectors: with quantum dots