News: Students

The Physical Sciences Division has selected four graduate students to receive a William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship for the 2026-2027 academic year.

CSEi’s first essay contest sparks undergraduate engagement on sunlight reflection methods (SRM), awarding $7,000 in prizes.

The “coastline paradox” helped to define fractals, but coastlines themselves turn out to be less fractal than thought. Study led by  CCAM PhD student Matthew Oline.

The work of 2024 PhD Joint Program participant Rajini Wijayawardan, a graduate student in Computer Science working in the lab of Andrew Chien, addresses a question at the forefront of many minds, particularly amidst the rise of AI: how can the environmental impact of data centers be reduced?

PhD Graduate Brennan Schaffner receives ACM SIGCHI special recognition award for his research on dark patterns, subsequent interventions, and influence users. 

Detection by Askaryan Radio Array holds promise for future research into sources, nature of cosmic rays and neutrinos. 

Schmidt AI in Science Fellows mentored twelve interdisciplinary student teams that applied machine learning to advance scientific discovery.

The University of Chicago has announced a new joint-degree program that combines a Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the Pritzker School of Medicine with a Master of Science in Applied Data Science from the Data Science Institute and Physical Sciences Division.

This year, eight PSD instructors and students have been honored for excellence in teaching the next generation of physical and mathematical scientists.

Third-years Arthur Costa, Shelley Fernando, Mason McCormack, and Vincent Wang, all of whom study PSD or joint-PSD subjects, earn the prestigious award for their research.

How UChicago physicists delayed the formation of viscous fingers between fluids.

Physics grad student Nathaniel Alden found that high-energy particle impacts can produce radio flashes from within Antarctic ice.

UChicago physics PhD student Robert Weinbaum uses games to explain complex concepts.

The University of Chicago announced a new partnership with AI Research Commons, Microsoft, and NVIDIA to support and accelerate early-stage artificial intelligence startups emerging from Midwest research institutions.

Second year PhD student Jiayin Zhi finds that time constraints, as well as when AI access is available, shapes human critical thinking.