2023
Oppenheimer: the view from ground zero
August 1, 2023

"As a physicist working across the street from the Manhattan Project’s atomic breakthrough site, I grapple with Oppenheimer’s legacy and the questions raised by Christopher Nolan’s film every day," writes physics PhD candidate George Iskander in an essay for British Film Institute's Sight and Sound magazine.
Argonne and University of Chicago researchers improve management of electric vehicle charging through machine learning
July 31, 2023

“When you have a lot of EVs charging at the same time, they can create a peak demand on the power station. This introduces increased charges, which we’re trying to avoid,” says Salman Yousaf, a graduate student in applied data science who is working on the project with three other students.
Image by Argonne National Laboratory
In California, a math problem: does data science = algebra II?
July 13, 2023

Data Science for Everyone Director Zarek Drozda mentions that California is one of 17 states now offering data science to high school students in some form, and that Oregon and Ohio offer it as an alternative to Algebra II.
Meet Sandra Tilmon
June 30, 2023

Sandra Tilmon is a graduate of the MS in Applied Data Science part-time program in the Physical Sciences Division.
Meet Ben Kusswurm
June 30, 2023

Ben Kusswurm is a student in the MS in Applied Data Science's online program.
Meet EJ Kang
June 30, 2023

EJ Kang is a MS in Applied Data Science student in the Physical Sciences Division.
PSD recognizes four students with a William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship
June 22, 2023

The Physical Sciences Division has selected four graduate students to receive a William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Chicago Quantum Exchange produces new quantum education video series for high schoolers
June 20, 2023

Kate Timmerman, CEO of the Chicago Quantum Exchange, comments on Quick Quantum: for High Schoolers, an educational video series.
PSD graduate students earn Physical Sciences Prizes for Teaching
May 30, 2023

Six graduate students have been awarded the Physical Sciences Teaching Prizes for 2022-23: Kapil Chandran (Mathematics), Katelyn Feuling (Chemistry), Harry Fosbinder-Elkins (Physics), Ananth Kamath (Chemistry), Claire Lessler (Physics), and Jonathan Liu (Computer Science).
Evaluating Anti-Facial Recognition Tools
May 30, 2023

In a study presented on May 23-26th at the 44th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, researchers at the University of Chicago developed a framework to systematically evaluate existing anti-facial recognition tools and describe how creators of similar tools can design them to be even more resilient to the evolving landscape of facial recognition.
Meet Riya Sheth, FinMath studentĀ
May 30, 2023

Riya Sheth is a Financial Mathematics student and has been at UChicago for six months. She has been deep diving into her coursework, which includes mathematics, computer science, finance, and data analysis. As part of her program, she has also been working with Bodhi Research Group on a project pertaining to tail-risk hedging.
Study finds fascinating link between photosynthesis, supercooling of atoms
May 16, 2023

University of Chicago professor David A. Mazziotti, and grad students LeeAnn M. Sager-Smith and Anna O. Schouten, explained how they discovered the link and what it could mean for the future of how we power our homes and cities.
Smart glove enhances your sense of touch in virtual reality
May 13, 2023

Stimulating nerves on the back of your hand makes it feel like you are grasping things in VR without needing to have your palms covered in material.
Two PSD undergraduates earn 2023 Barry Goldwater Scholarships
May 4, 2023

Two PSD undergraduate students, Cameron Chang and Steven Labalme, have received Barry Goldwater Scholarships, awarded annually based on academic merit and undergraduate research in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering. They are among the 417 U.S. college students to be selected for this award out of a pool of over 5,000 applicants. Considered the preeminent undergraduate award of its kind, the scholarship covers the cost of tuition, fees, books, and room and board up to $7,500 per year. It also helps STEM students fund their research during their final years of undergraduate study.
Meet GeoSci student, Emma Stoutenburg
April 24, 2023

Emma Stoutenburg is a second-year UChicago GeoSci PhD student, with a bachelor’s in Earth Science and a specialization in Geophysics from Ohio State University. Emma works in the field of mineral physics, where she studies the physical properties of the minerals within the deep interiors of planets.