News: Students

2025

CPS students graduate from Fermilab Quantum Science program

July 3, 2025

Forty Chicago Public School students celebrate and stand for a group photo with Fermilab Interim Director Young-Kee Kim and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, center, during the graduation ceremony for the inaugural Saturday Morning Quantum program hosted by

Fermilab hosted its first quantum science education outreach program for Chicago high school students. The classes were taught by quantum scientists and subject matter experts to inspire the next generation of quantum researchers.


University of Chicago PhD graduates secure tenure-track faculty positions amid a competitive job market

July 3, 2025

A photo containing the images of Fan Yao, Jibang Wu, Shan-Yuan Teng, Jas Brooks, Alex Hoover, Shawn Shan, Zhuolin Yang, Yunong Shi, and Shinan Liu.

UChicago CS celebrates a standout year as graduates secure faculty positions at top global institutions, defying one of the most competitive academic job markets in recent memory.


Chemistry students partner with artist to recreate pigment patented by George Washington Carver

July 3, 2025

University of Chicago graduate student Amanda Brewer pours acid into an iron-rich solution to create a blue hue.

UChicago students and artist Amanda Williams revive 100-year-old recipe for a startling blue color.


Five DSI scholars set to continue in academia

June 28, 2025

Combined photo showing Yuetian Luo, Julia Mendelsohn, Yo Joong

Congratulations to concluding postdocs Julia Mendelsohn, Vasilis Charisopoulos, YJ Choe, and Yuetian Luo, and preceptor Susanna Lange.


The DSI welcomes summer students to explore the world of research

June 28, 2025

Dan Nicolae, Faculty Co-Director of the Data Science Institute and Elaine M. and Samuel D. Kersten, Jr. Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of Statistics, Human Genetics, Medicine, and the College Section of Genetic Medicine, presents at th

The Data Science for Social Impact Summer Experience and Summer Lab programs kick off this week.


Asteroid speck at the Field Museum could hold the key to life

June 28, 2025

A sample from the asteroid Bennu, the subject of the 2016 OSIRIS-REx mission, and a “near-Earth asteroid,” has arrived at the Field Museum. Uncontaminated by the Earth’s atmosphere, this tiny piece of rock may offer insights into the minerals and or

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.


Tiny fragment of asteroid giving Field Museum scientists a glimpse 4.6 billion years into the past

June 16, 2025

Photo of an asteroid in space.

The Field Museum is the new temporary home to a tiny piece of pristine asteroid. The fragment of the asteroid Bennu, on loan from NASA, won't be on display for visitors, but will give scientists the chance to study an asteroid sample uncontaminated by Earth's atmosphere.


Trump’s crackdown on foreign student visas could derail critical AI research

June 16, 2025

Photo of a visa with various markings and stamps.

Rebecca Willett comments on the crackdown of student visas. The US says it will “aggressively revoke” Chinese student visas and has paused interviews for all student visa applicants. Experts warn the moves could weaken American leadership in STEM.
 


PSD recognizes three students with a William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship for 2025-26

June 16, 2025

Top left, clockwise: Zhe Cheng, Wenxin Ding, Carlos Servan

The Physical Sciences Division has selected three graduate students to receive a William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship for the 2025-2026 academic year.


‘Theoretical rigor with practical application’: UChicago master’s in data science and computer science

June 12, 2025

Fouad Bousetouane teaches a generative AI course at UChicago, where he helps mentor the next generation of master’s students. The co-founder and chief AI officer at 2ndsight.ai, Bousetouane is a renowned expert in AI and machine learning—and one of th

Students and faculty reflect upon the programs in data science and computer science, as well as how they provide real-world skills and hands-on experience in a supportive environment. 


The core of Fermat’s Last Theorem just got superpowered

June 12, 2025

Photo of professor Frank Calegari.

By extending the scope of the key insight behind Fermat’s Last Theorem, four mathematicians, including Frank Calegari, have made great strides toward building a “grand unified theory” of math.


Bridging medicine and machine learning: predicting skin cancer in resource-limited settings

June 2, 2025

Spencer Ellis (left) and Steven Song (right)

MD/PhD Candidate Steven Song and collaborators Spencer Ellis and Derek Reiman designed a machine learning model able to predict non-melanoma skin cancer under resource-limited settings.
 


MS in applied data science team wins 2nd place at transit hacks 2025

June 2, 2025

A masculine figure facing away from the camera standing in the snow within a bus stop vestibule.

Daniel Sa teamed up with classmates to build a way for commuters to better anticipate public transit delays at Transit Hacks 2025. 


Congratulations to the first graduates of the Masters in Data Science Program

June 2, 2025

Headshots of the first graduates Faye Dai, Harper Lyu, and Lai Wei.

The DSI recognizes the earliest graduates of the MSDS program’s inaugural cohort: Faye Dai, Harper Lyu, and Lai Wei.


Science meets soil in Fermilab’s prairie land

June 2, 2025

Robert Betz (right) standing with students at the Fermilab prairie in 2002.

The prairie restoration success at Fermilab has become a living laboratory — supporting scientific research, fostering biodiversity and providing essential ecosystem services like erosion control and enhanced soil health.