2020
NASA’s TESS, Spitzer missions discover a world orbiting a unique young star near us
June 25, 2020
NASA’s TESS, Spitzer missions discover a world orbiting a unique young star near us
Jesus Alvarez, Clare Keenan, and Aaron Slipper awarded teaching prizes
June 24, 2020
Three PSD students have been awarded the Physical Sciences Teaching Prize for excellence in undergraduate teaching. Awardees include Jesus Alvarez and Clare Keenan of the Department of Chemistry and Aaron Slipper of the Department of Mathematics.
Equity, diversity, and inclusion learning materials
June 18, 2020
We invite all PSD members to educate themselves on the importance of understanding different voices and points of view. We have compiled a list of suggested readings and films that address topics of race, identity, and equity.
Jared Siegel has been awarded a Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award
June 17, 2020
Jared Siegel has been awarded a Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award medal for his poster on supernova remnant W49B at the recently concluded 236th AAS meeting.
University of Chicago STAGE lab docuseries takes viewers into the lives and labs of scientists
June 16, 2020
Curiosity: The Making of a Scientist offers an online sneak peek of its pilot episode online June 25 at noon and 8 p.m.
Chemistry student, Adam Antoszewski, honored for exceptional teaching of undergraduates
June 11, 2020
Chemistry student, Adam Antoszewski, honored for exceptional teaching of undergraduates with 2020 Wayne C. Booth Prize
PSD majors earn prestigious national awards
May 29, 2020
PSD majors in the College earn prestigious national awards.
PSD in the News - May 2020
May 28, 2020
This month PSD researchers have been featured for their efforts to uncover the secret behind the molecule that blocks HIV infection, why ocean circulation may hold the key to finding life on exoplanets, and what 'groupie' galaxies orbiting the Milky Way tell us about dark matter.
Meet astronomy and astrophysics student, Gourav Khullar
May 22, 2020
Gourav Khullar was born in Firozepur, a small town in Punjab, India. His father was a dentist in the Armed Forces, which meant he had to move to a different city or town every couple of years. Prior to coming to UChicago, he was a Master’s student at the University of Cambridge, U.K. Before that, he spent four years in New Delhi pursuing an undergraduate degree in Engineering Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He is now the Samuel P. Langley PITT PACC Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Pittsburgh.
Physics graduate student, Daine Danielson, named a Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellow
May 20, 2020
Physics graduate student, Daine Danielson, named a Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellow
Physics student, Jan Offermann, among 62 selected by DOE for high energy physics research at Argonne
May 14, 2020
Physics student, Jan Offermann, among 62 selected by DOE for high energy physics research at Argonne
Glowing algebra theorems and glimpses into hospital make science lessons unique
May 13, 2020
Glowing algebra theorems and glimpses into hospital: UChicago students learn remotely from mathematician in Russia, through daily office hours, from COVID-19 doctors
Matthew Ackerman and Pranav Gokhale selected for quantum tech entrepreneurship program
May 12, 2020
Two UChicago scientists, Matthew Ackerman and Pranav Gokhale, selected for entrepreneurship program to develop quantum tech
Meet Kate Smith, PhD, a CQE IBM next-generation quantum workforce trainee
May 11, 2020
Meet Kate Smith, PhD in Electrical Engineering, and learn how the CQE IBM postdoc program trains a next-generation quantum workforce
PSD in the news - April 2020
April 27, 2020
This month PSD researchers have been featured for their efforts to discover how to best decontaminate N95 masks, develop probes made of DNA to track molecular secrets, and find a math bridge that extends beyond Fermat's Last Theorem.