News: 2025

A $21 million gift from philanthropist Thea Berggren to the University of Chicago will establish the Berggren Center for Quantum Biology and Medicine, launching a bold scientific field that merges quantum technology with biology to transform the future of medicine.

MD/PhD Candidate Steven Song and collaborators Spencer Ellis and Derek Reiman designed a machine learning model able to predict non-melanoma skin cancer under resource-limited settings.
 

New insights into the role of RNA in cancer took center stage at a recent symposium hosted at the University of Chicago.
 

Daniel Sa teamed up with classmates to build a way for commuters to better anticipate public transit delays at Transit Hacks 2025. 

The first-ever UChicago Spark conference focuses on celebrating alumni achievements, exchanging new ideas, and building momentum for the future. 

The DSI recognizes the earliest graduates of the MSDS program’s inaugural cohort: Faye Dai, Harper Lyu, and Lai Wei.

The prairie restoration success at Fermilab has become a living laboratory — supporting scientific research, fostering biodiversity and providing essential ecosystem services like erosion control and enhanced soil health.

Team led by UChicago scientist Wendy Freedman using James Webb Space Telescope finds no evidence of tension in Hubble Constant.

UChicago undergrads learn to ‘read’ the shoreline as they study coastal resilience in Susan Kidwell's class.

Huanzhou Yang's research uses simulations to determine how telescopes could detect oxygen gas and ozone, revealing clouds could aid in the detection of biosignatures. 

Weather forecasts based on AI are faster and sometimes more accurate than traditional ones, but they may miss rare and unprecedented weather events. 

Rafael Luque's research receives widespread discussion after a reanalysis of the original data. 

UChicago analysis of new and old data suggests the signal is weak and explainable by other molecules.

The new device created by Prof. Bozhi Tian's lab to detect molecules in air samples could one day be used to diagnose a wide array of diseases.
 

Researchers in PME and Chemistry have developed a new computational tool that predicts which metal-organic frameworks will be most stable for a given need, such as catalyzing reactions to store and extract energy from chemical energy carriers without combustion.