News: 2024

In work that has been 30 years in the making, mathematicians have proven a major part of a profound mathematical vision called the Langlands program. Justin Campbell and Kevin Lin from the University of Chicago are part of this team of researchers.

Propelled by UChicago’s Climate Systems Engineering initiative, a group of scientists has published a landmark report. It represents the first public effort by glaciologists to assess potential technological interventions that could help address catastrophic sea-level rise scenarios.

University of Chicago rising fourth-year students Sarah Kress, Eva McCord, and Joshua Pixley have been awarded 2024 Barry Goldwater Scholarships. Kress and Pixley are chemistry majors.

After a devastating wildfire in Hawaii, researchers are deploying Sage nodes, AI-enabled sensors developed at Argonne National Laboratory, for environmental monitoring and disaster preparedness.

The 2024 winners of UChicago’s annual Quantrell and PhD Teaching awards share their summer reading recommendations.

With the rapid development of AI technologies in the private sector, universities are expanding their research to participate in the conversation. Professor Hoffman, chair of the Computer Science Department, comments on UChicago's computing infrastructure.

Generative artificial intelligence tools, now part of the everyday user experience online, are causing stress on local power grids and mass water evaporation. Assistant Professor of Computer Science Junchen Jiang comments on the relationship between AI’s carbon footprint and its energy consumption. 

How can we incentivize the private and public sectors to develop and deploy solutions to climate change, while accounting for uncertainties? This episode of The Pie covers a panel discussion among professors David Keith of GeoSci at UChicago, Franklin Allen of Imperial College in London, and José Scheinkman of Columbia. Nobel laureate Lars Peter Hansen moderates the conversation.

As questions mount regarding how AI tools will impact higher education, some experts believe that candidates with skills such as critical thinking and creativity will be at an advantage. UChicago Professor Rebecca Willett comments on the role that individuals with a liberal arts education will play in training and developing AI models.

New research by Hao Yan and Weixin Tang at the University of Chicago explores the capabilities of an evolved bacterial adenosine deaminase, DECOR, to enhance RNA editing technology. This advancement will expand gene therapy efficiency by successfully targeting and editing disease-causing RNA sequences.

New investments in AI-powered robots are bound to significantly expand their role in everyday life and the workplace. Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Sarah Sebo, discusses how AI will enhance the reliability and skills of robots.

To address inequitable internet access, California is preparing to fund an ambitious broadband project. However, advocates are concerned about the reliability of the maps that will determine the allocation of these funds. In Illinois, as similar initiatives are proposed, Alexis Schrubbe, Director of the Internet Equity Initiative, has helped develop an internet speed testing tool to assist residents' challenges to the state's broadband map.

On Wednesday, July 10, at the IDM conference in L’Aquila, Italy, the XENONnT collaboration announced the first measurement of low-energy nuclear recoils from neutrinos produced by nuclear reactions inside the sun.

The University of Chicago and Chicago State University deepened their partnership Monday when the universities’ respective presidents, Paul Alivisatos and Zaldwaynaka “Z” Scott, signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding. The agreement aims to strengthen mutually beneficial collaborations between the two institutions in the physical, social, biological, and data sciences with an emphasis on education, research, employment pathway programs, and civic engagement.

The Preceptorship Program began in 2022 as part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the University and City Colleges. The partnership aims to strengthen STEM education and career opportunities and create a more diverse field of professionals entering the sciences.