2026
How websites trick you using ‘dark patterns’
June 23, 2026
In this episode of Big Brains, Marshini Chetty discusses tactics used in apps and online to deceive users—from subscription traps to collecting data.
Flexible displays, flexible lives: how BloomBeacon reimagines interaction
June 23, 2026
A new device from AxLab, led by PhD student Willa Yang in the Department of Computer Science, lets digital displays bloom from everyday objects and surfaces—creating touch interfaces only when they're needed, and helping technology fade seamlessly into daily life.
New UChicago platform rapidly generates custom protein binders to target disease
June 23, 2026
How an innovative UChicago laboratory built a fast-moving platform to target "undruggable" cancer proteins and train the next generation of scientific leaders.
Where data meets decision-making: inside Chicago data night
June 23, 2026
Chicago Data Night has become a cornerstone of Chicago’s data and AI community, bringing together professionals and academics for technically rigorous and timely conversations. Since its start in fall 2023, the series has featured speakers spanning cutting-edge research and real-world industry applications, creating a forum where ideas translate into practice and a community that shares learnings across sectors through conversation.
2025–2026 Schmidt AI in Science Speaker Series highlights
June 23, 2026
The series creates a recurring forum for the emerging community of AI in Science researchers to share methodological advances, discuss challenges, and forge new collaborations.
Sex, drugs and … AI?: students think everyone else is doing it more than they are
June 23, 2026
Researchers say a lack of reliable information on artificial intelligence use on campus could lead to misguided policies.
Math and novels with Carlos Kenig
June 23, 2026
Carlos Kenig discusses the Fields Medal, Jorge Luis Borges, and the Chicago School of Analysis.
Professor Dam Thanh Son: from International Mathematical Olympiad gold medalist to world-leading physicist
June 23, 2026
From a student who won a gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad with a perfect score in 1984, Professor Dam Thanh Son has become one of the most influential Vietnamese-born theoretical physicists on the international stage.
The AI revolution mirrors the green transition
June 23, 2026
The need for massive upfront investments and the likelihood of significant job displacement imply remarkable parallels between the AI buildout and the green transition. In both cases, the state has an important role to play in guiding market forces on behalf of the public good.
UChicago forum examines the future of climate intervention
June 23, 2026
The two-day conference, Frontiers in Climate Systems Engineering, began with an uncomfortable premise: Climate change is real, its consequences could be catastrophic, and avoiding the worst outcomes will likely require dramatic intervention.
Like a wire bender, but for pop tubes
June 23, 2026
Are you familiar with pop tubes? Resembling the corrugated section of a bendy straw, they are at the core of PopTuber, an intriguing research project from the Actuated Experience Lab at the University of Chicago.
Peter B. Littlewood, condensed matter physicist and internationally recognized leader, 1955–2026
June 23, 2026
Remembered for expansive expertise, collaborative spirit, and dynamic leadership.
SciFM 2026 at UChicago: inside the premier gathering of AI, foundation models, and the future of scientific discovery
June 17, 2026
Walking onto the University of Chicago campus this May, visitors to SciFM 2026 could sense the electric anticipation. As the third installment of the Scientific Foundation Models conference series unfolded, world-renowned researchers, national lab experts, and industry leaders collided in a three-day conversation that asked: How is AI reshaping the practice of science—and what still stands in its way?
Prof. Giulia Galli appointed CNRS fellow-ambassador
June 17, 2026
Galli joins a prestigious cohort of leading figures from the world’s scientific community
Finding Home: How North Dakota Native vote and the University of Chicago Data Science Institute are protecting indigenous voting rights
June 17, 2026
A new tool born from a community partnership is supporting Native voters to navigate an ID system that wasn't built with them in mind.