News: 2025

Congratulations to Don York, PhD’71, the Horace B. Horton Professor Emeritus in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics! The Norman Maclean Faculty Award recognizes UChicago scholars’ contributions to teaching and student life.

Rina Foygel Barber, Louis Block Professor of Statistics, Margaret L. Gardel, Horace B. Horton Professor of Physics and Molecular Engineering, and Peter B. Littlewood, Professor of Physics and Chair, were elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
 

University of Chicago Prof. Frank Calegari has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. Calegari’s research is in the area of algebraic number theory. He is particularly interested in the Langlands program, a set of mathematical ideas that has been called the "grand unified theory of mathematics.”

Professor Heinrich Jaeger contributes to the creation of thin, flexible sheets of self-assembled nanoparticles of magnetite that can be lifted and bent using an external magnetic field.

Physics postdoc Anthony Badea leads research on the creation of quark-gluon plasma believed to have filled the universe in the microseconds after the Big Bang. 

PhD candidate Jas Brooks leads a study that developed an innovative nasal interface to alter the perceived ease of breathing.

A new study by University of Chicago chemists shows how to quickly and easily make variations on a type of molecules called pyrazoles, which are often used in drug development.

NASA’s Curiosity rover found siderite rocks on Mars using X-ray diffraction technology, indicating the planet once had a carbon-rich atmosphere.
 

World Quantum Day recognizes Fred Chong, David Miller, and David Awschalom for their work in quantum research. 

Ion-smashing accelerators, ultracold quantum labs, advanced laser experiments: Argonne scientists are rewriting our understanding of nuclear physics.

This special episode of the podcast Early Morning Coffee at CERN, celebrating the United Nations' International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, features Yoav Afik, a UChicago postdoc at CERN who has made headlines in the particle physics world for measuring "entanglement," an aspect of quantum behavior. 

A breakthrough in Hilbert’s sixth problem by a team including UChicago mathematician Yu Deng is a major step in grounding physics in math. 

A recent collaborative study, originating from the Gregory Voth and Andrew Ferguson Labs, has utilized advanced supercomputer simulations to explore the dynamic instability of microtubule tips.

Utilizing research-driven micro-lessons, researchers from the Department of Computer Science are empowering elementary school children with essential digital privacy, literacy, and security skills through engaging, context-based education.

X-ray synchrotron detects and corrects for the subtle breath of the Earth's tide.