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2025

Space Explorers program helps Hegewisch student earn full ride to Northwestern

February 4, 2025

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A high school student on the South Side is heading to Northwestern University on a full ride scholarship. Teniola Ajagbe is an aspiring astronaut who credits the unique UChicago Space Explorers program as part of her success.


Exploring the intersection of AI and climate physics: Machine learning’s role in advancing climate science

February 4, 2025

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A new collaborative study, involving UChicago associate professor Pedram Hassanzadeh, discusses the critical and evolving role of machine learning in the study of climate science.


How to Poison the A.I. Machine, Freakonomics Episode 619

February 4, 2025

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In this episode of Freakonomics Radio, UChicago's Ben Zhao speaks on how he learned that artists were seeing their work stolen by A.I. models and his evolving project to fight back against such copyright infringements.


Chicago lab connects computers with the human body

February 4, 2025

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UChicago Associate Professor of Computer Science Pedro Lopes leads the Human-Computer Integration Lab. In this new interview, Lopes and his team show the potential of new technologies and AI to help enhance peoples' capabilities.


Fred Chong from the Department of Computer Science named ACM Fellow for contributions to quantum computing

January 28, 2025

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Fred Chong, Seymour Goodman Professor of Computer Science, has been named an ACM Fellow for his groundbreaking work in quantum computer architecture, compilation, and optimization.


‘Think independently, don’t be shy about standing out’: Prof Yamuna Krishnan to aspiring women scientists

January 28, 2025

UChicago Prof. Yamuna Krishnan reflects on concerns related to inadequate women representation in science and current state of India's research ecosystem.


Rethinking AI as a thought partner: Perspectives on writing, programming, and more

January 28, 2025

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In a recent study, CS Assistant Professor Mina Lee collaborated with scientists from universities around the world to explore the role of Bayesian frameworks in the design of complementary AI.


Gravitational waves offer a ‘cosmic DNA test’ for black holes

January 28, 2025

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A new study has found a novel way to understand the ancestry of supermassive black holes. UChicago researcher Thomas Callister participated in the newly published research.


Doomsday Clock moves closest ever to apocalypse—at 89 seconds to midnight

January 28, 2025

Doomsday Clock 2025 announcement

The Doomsday Clock was set at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest the Clock has ever been to midnight in its 78-year history. 

The Doomsday Clock’s time is set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Science and Security Board (SASB) in consultation with its Board of Sponsors, which includes nine Nobel Laureates. Factors included nuclear weapons threats, the climate crisis, biological threats, and disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence (AI).


Yamuna Krishnan receives 2025 Marian and Stuart Rice Research Award

January 24, 2025

Yamuna Krishnan

Yamuna Krishnan, the Louis Block Professor of Chemistry and the College, has received the 2025 Marian and Stuart Rice Research Award. The Divisional honor provides unrestricted seed funds for intellectually exciting and innovative research ventures that enable new research directions.

Krishnan has pioneered the application of DNA nanotechnology to cell biology, deploying nanodevices as fluorescent reporters, thereby revealing the chemistry within sub-compartments of cells called organelles.


Faculty Focus: Kexin Pei

January 22, 2025

Kexin Pei

Kexin Pei is a Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Computer Science. His research interest lies at the intersection of security, software engineering, and machine learning.


New method improves quantum chemistry simulations

January 22, 2025

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UChicago chemist Laura Gagliardi and a collaborator at the University of Minnesota have developed and refined a theory that makes it feasible to study larger quantum systems. Now, they have advanced that theory with a new method that achieves high accuracy without the steep computational cost of other advanced methods.


New cosmic microwave background measurements sharpen puzzling “Hubble tension”

January 15, 2025

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Observations with the South Pole Telescope have revealed an independent addition to the biggest problem in cosmology. Tom Crawford, a UChicago astronomy Research Professor, is co-author of the study.


Stuart A. Rice, UChicago professor who shaped the field of physical chemistry, 1932-2024

January 13, 2025

Stuart Rice

Distinguished scientist remembered for groundbreaking research, tireless teaching and mentorship.


24 people dead from California wildfires, evacuations still underway

January 13, 2025

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Fox Local news story about the California wildfires features atmospheric scientist Elisabeth Moyer.