News: Faculty

John Hood and a team of other scientists discuss their scientific interests, research projects, and personal motivations for working in astronomy as a part of Black Space Week 2025.

Wendy Freedman and her research was featured on the Science Friday podcast discussing whether a new model of the universe needs to be created. 

Professors Margo Seltzer, Tom Griffiths, and Moshe Vardi spoke about the metascience of data science, AI’s limitations, and tradeoffs between efficiency vs. resilience with AI.

UChicago alumni learn how qubits and entanglement can create a healthier future in a recent Harper Lecture.

Study of the cosmic microwave background adds new depth to our understanding of universe.

Remembered for her groundbreaking science, thoughtful collaboration, and adventurous spirit.
 

July 14-16 gathering to create recommendations for policymakers and leaders to reduce the threat of nuclear war.

Dan Nicolae, Elaine M. and Samuel D. Kersten, Jr. Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Statistics and the Faculty Co-Director of the Data Science Institute and the Committee on Data Science, is appointed as Interim Chair of the Department of Statistics from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.

Bryan Dickinson and other UChicago teaching award winners share their reading and watch selections for summer 2025.

The global award, given once every three years, recognizes exceptional contributions to the field of microscopic simulation of matter. 

UChicago PhD candidate Yuke Zheng leads research on a 4.6-billion-year-old piece of rock that could reveal compounds present at the beginning of the solar system and the building blocks of life.

Researchers lead by Bozhi Tian develops a new device called the Airborne Biomarker Localization Engine (ABLE). ABLE detects both non-volatile and volatile molecules in air in around 15 minutes.

Peter Littlewood, Professor in the Department of Physics, the James Franck Institute, and the Neuroscience Institute, will continue as Chair of the Department of Physics through June 30, 2026. Effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029, David Schmitz, Professor in the Department of Physics and the Enrico Fermi Institute, will be appointed Chair.

Fred Ciesla, Professor in the Department of the Geophysical Sciences and the Enrico Fermi Institute, has been appointed as Chair of the Department of the Geophysical Sciences effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028.

Peter Eng, Research Professor, has been reappointed as Executive Director of CARS effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028.