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2026

Mark Levin receives 2026 Kyoto University Lectureship Award

September 29, 2026

Mark Levin

Congratulations to Mark Levin, who has been selected to receive the 2026 Kyoto University Lectureship Award in Chemistry.


UChicago physicist Vincenzo Vitelli named 2026 MacArthur Fellow

September 29, 2026

Vincenzo Vitelli

Vitelli honored for his innovative research reimagining possibilities of unconventional materials.


Field medalist Yu Deng jokes about quitting math for fiction as 25 winners warn AI is damaging the field

September 28, 2026

Chinese mathematician Yu Deng, a 2026 Fields Medalist.

Deng said the line was a joke, and he does not believe AI will reach the point of solving every mathematical problem, at least not the ones he had in mind.


AI governance experts react to existential warnings, calls for regulation

September 28, 2026

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Calls for increased safety regulations on artificial intelligence have reached a boiling point following a post on X from former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon that warned of a potential doomsday scenario.


Professor Ngo Bao Chau shares his methods for identifying and nurturing gifted students

September 28, 2026

Professor Ngo Bao Chau.

Professor Ngo Bao Chau shared insights and experiences on identifying and nurturing the talents of gifted students.


How Argonne is supercharging scientific discovery

September 28, 2026

Evan Jenkins

Argonne’s Ian Foster explains how AI will be used to accelerate research.


CSEi Faculty Spotlight: Liz Moyer

September 28, 2026

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Liz Moyer, Associate Professor in the Department of the Geophysical Sciences, discusses her research on the potential impacts of proposed methods to cool the earth by altering certain clouds.


Uncommon Interview: Fields Medalist Yu Deng on the emergence of irreversibility

September 28, 2026

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The UChicago mathematics professor spoke to the Maroon about his work proving one of the decade’s most important results in mathematical physics.


Scientific visualizations light up Chicago at ART on THE MART

September 28, 2026

Visitors to Chicago’s Riverwalk can view “Where Data Becomes Light” Thursdays through Sundays from 7:30-8 p.m. now through November 15.

Running through Nov. 15, the new installation from Argonne and UIC takes viewers from atoms and the human body to hurricanes, black holes and the evolution of the universe, bringing simulation data to life at an extraordinary scale.


CSEi welcomes its second cohort of research fellows

September 28, 2026

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The 2026–2028 cohort brings together five leading early-career researchers from diverse fields to explore and evaluate climate interventions aimed at reducing the risks of a warming planet.


Fifth annual South Side Science Festival returns Oct. 3 with curiosity and fun

September 28, 2026

Children launch mini pumpkins with a catapult at the 2025 South Side Science Festival.

Annual community gathering invites the wider community to the UChicago campus for a day of discovery and hands-on science demonstrations.


A University of Chicago computer scientist pushes past a long-standing math barrier

September 28, 2026

Photo of Haotian Jiang.

For more than 40 years, mathematicians and computer scientists have wrestled with a deceptively simple question: If many overlapping requirements all need to be balanced at once, how evenly can it be done?


MS in Applied Data Science capstone research published in cancers

September 28, 2026

Utku Pamuksuz, faculty advisor for the MS-ADS capstone project.

For many graduate students, a capstone project marks the culmination of months of learning. For one team of students in the University of Chicago’s MS in Applied Data Science (MS-ADS) program, it became something even more: peer-reviewed published research in Cancers.


Cross-sector partnership expands tech pathways on Chicago’s South Side

September 28, 2026

The Summer ’26 Tech Pre-Apprenticeship cohort on their capstone presentation day.

The University of Chicago Data Science Institute (DSI) partnered with the Gary Comer Youth Center (GCYC), XChange Chicago, United Airlines, Girl Security, and Chicago Youth Works to launch GCYC’s Tech Pre-Apprenticeship Program – a paid, six-week experience designed to create accessible pathways into the data science field and inspire young adults to explore careers in technology.


Sidney Nagel wins Golden Goose Award

September 28, 2026

Sidney Nagel

This year’s Golded Goose Award honorees turned coffee stains, holiday lights, and a noisy ultrasound experiment into breakthroughs in physics, disaster response, and cancer treatment.