News: Faculty

2025

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. 


Hands-on Vision: How a wrist camera can expand the world for all users

June 1, 2025

Diagram indicating a human's perspective and hands interacting with white environment.

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

Assistant Professor, Junchen Jiang.

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

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

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

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.

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

Becca Willett, Kate Knibbs, and Ben Zhao at Alumni Weekend panel

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

quantum simulation

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

Members of student teams presented their approaches to the audience of students, mentors, event judges, and other supporters.

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

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.


Richard L. Garwin, a creator of the hydrogen bomb, dies at 97

May 17, 2025

Richard Garwin

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

Sid Nagel holding cardboard toy that demos physics concept

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

Orange sun hidden behind clouds with rocky terrain.

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