News: Faculty

This special episode of the podcast Early Morning Coffee at CERN, celebrating the United Nations' International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, features Yoav Afik, a UChicago postdoc at CERN who has made headlines in the particle physics world for measuring "entanglement," an aspect of quantum behavior. 

A breakthrough in Hilbert’s sixth problem by a team including UChicago mathematician Yu Deng is a major step in grounding physics in math. 

A recent collaborative study, originating from the Gregory Voth and Andrew Ferguson Labs, has utilized advanced supercomputer simulations to explore the dynamic instability of microtubule tips.

Utilizing research-driven micro-lessons, researchers from the Department of Computer Science are empowering elementary school children with essential digital privacy, literacy, and security skills through engaging, context-based education.

A new study by the Szostak Lab featuring a self-replicating molecule is adjusting what we know about the RNA-amino acid transition.

Wellcome Leap awarded $2 million to Seymour Goodman Professor Fred Chong and his team to utilize quantum computing for identifying cancer biomarkers. The project aims to revolutionize cancer diagnosis and treatment through advanced computational methods.

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.

In December 2024 Stuart A. Rice, the Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Chemistry, died at the age of 92. President of the University of Chicago Paul Alivisatos, AB’81, pays tribute to an incomparable teacher whose influence on him endures.

The nanomaterials pioneer talks about coming from a family of immigrants, wandering as an undergraduate, and finding his compass.

Research finds commonly mandated training, such as annual training methods, may be insufficient; emphasizes the need for complementary approaches to better protect organizations against phishing attacks.

Read an interview with Cédric Cerna, Director of the International Research Laboratory in Particle Physics and Cosmology (IRL PPC) and Visiting Scholar at the Enrico Fermi Institute here at UChicago.

Exploring how we can rethink e-waste, repair, and sustainability in computing, Jasmine Lu discusses her research on reducing electronic waste, designing for reuse, and fostering a more sustainable approach to technology.

Climate science has correctly predicted many aspects of the climate system and its response to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. Recently, discrepancies between the real world and our expectations of regional climate changes have emerged, as have disruptive new computational approaches. Researchers, including Geophysical Sciences Professor Tiffany Shaw, provide an interpretation for the situation, suggesting the field is evolving and that embracing discrepancies is a key path forward.

Fermilab is finalizing a partnership with Diraq and several universities, including UChicago, for the Quandarum project. The project team intends to combine extreme environment electronics and silicon spin qubits to develop a quantum sensor that could profoundly impact the field of high-energy physics.

Physicists from the University of Amsterdam and the University of Chicago have demonstrated a series of ‘odd’ objects that are remarkably good at moving across any terrain they encounter—including uphill and over obstacles placed in their way.