2025
Can we authenticate human creativity?
June 1, 2025

Ben Zhao discusses the effects of generative AI on the future of art and how to protect the future of creativity.
Hands-on Vision: How a wrist camera can expand the world for all users
June 1, 2025

A wrist-mounted camera and tactile feedback system from the Human-Computer Integration Lab redefines sensory substitution, helping users "see" through their hands for real-world object exploration and accessibility.
UChicago students received ACM Eurosys best paper for Cacheblend, a game-changer in AI speed and precision
June 1, 2025

CacheBlend by Asst. Prof. Junchen Jiang boosts AI speed and accuracy, earning ACM EuroSys 2025 honors. This open-source tool invites global collaboration to transform AI in key sectors.
New studies dismiss signs of life on distant planet
June 1, 2025

Astronomers Rafael Luque and Jacob Bean discuss new research and evidence regarding the chances of life on planets far from Earth.
New device developed by University of Chicago scientists could find medical answers without blood tests
June 1, 2025

Bozhi Tian explains in a CBS video the new medical device "ABLE" and how it can find medical answers through particles in the air.
The Future of AI panel – Alumni Weekend 2025
May 30, 2025

Watch a dynamic panel discussion featuring leading Computer Science faculty—Michael Franklin, Becca Willett, Ben Zhao, and Ce Zhang—moderated by WIRED’s Kate Knibbs. This recorded conversation explores the future of AI, its societal impact, and pressing ethical issues like privacy, bias, and fairness.
Leinweber Foundation and University of Chicago establish a $23M endowment for theoretical physics
May 28, 2025

New UChicago institute joins a $90 million nationwide network advancing fundamental inquiry and collaboration in physics.
2025 Ai+Science Hackathon challenges students to take on cutting-edge scientific problems with AI
May 24, 2025

Annual event invites students from across departments to apply machine learning methods to advance scientific discovery.
Prize Winners for Educational Excellence 2025
May 23, 2025

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

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

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

Congratulations to Mark Levin! Each investigator, recognized for curiosity-driven research in chemistry or physics, will receive up to $2 million over five years.
Richard L. Garwin, a creator of the hydrogen bomb, dies at 97
May 17, 2025

Many scientists contributed to the final result, but UChicago alumnus Richard Garwin was the one who, as a young physicist, designed the world’s most powerful weapon. He went on to advise a dozen presidents.
Finding beauty and truth in mundane occurrences
May 17, 2025

The physicist Sidney Nagel delights in solving mysteries of the universe that are hiding in plain sight.
Meet the ‘Planet Hunter’ searching for alien life, with Jacob Bean
May 17, 2025

In this episode of Big Brains, astrophysicist Jacob Bean studies atmospheres of distant worlds to identify habitable exoplanets.