2025
2025 Research Day highlights growth with global impact
June 1, 2025

The Data Science Institute’s annual event showcased cross-campus collaborations spanning climate science, government, and more.
The Future of AI panel – Alumni Weekend 2025
May 30, 2025

Watch a dynamic panel discussion featuring leading Computer Science faculty—Michael Franklin, Becca Willett, Ben Zhao, and Ce Zhang—moderated by WIRED’s Kate Knibbs. This recorded conversation explores the future of AI, its societal impact, and pressing ethical issues like privacy, bias, and fairness.
Fermilab opens applications for 2025 Global Physics Photowalk contest
May 24, 2025

Fermilab has started accepting applications for a local photo contest this summer as part of a global contest. Photographers will be able to capture behind the science areas at Fermilab for a chance to be entered into the international competition this fall.
2025 Ai+Science Hackathon challenges students to take on cutting-edge scientific problems with AI
May 24, 2025

Annual event invites students from across departments to apply machine learning methods to advance scientific discovery.
Chicago Trading Company hosts 2nd annual poker tournament
May 15, 2025

DSI Industry Affiliate’s recruitment event draws 130 students for an evening of networking and fun.
Reflections from UPCEA 2025: exploring data science and ethics in higher education
May 10, 2025

Three MS in Applied Data Science team members led a roundtable at the 2025 UPCEA Conference regarding the ethical dimensions of data science in higher education.
Nobel laureate Moungi Bawendi to present Harkins Lecture at UChicago
May 10, 2025

Nobel laureate and Chemistry alum Moungi Bawendi returns to celebrate quantum dots.
Nobel laureate John Jumper returns to UChicago to discuss the AlphaFold protein revolution
May 10, 2025

Watch UChicago alum and Nobel Prize winner John Jumper deliver the Bloch Lecture, discussing how he led a team to build AlphaFold—an AI-based model with enormous impact on protein structure prediction.
DSI and the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation invite the next generation to imagine data and AI for good
May 5, 2025

The Tech-for-Good Careers event highlighted ways UChicago faculty, staff, and students are leveraging data science for social good.
The University of Chicago hosts the first Great Lakes graphics workshop
May 5, 2025

Researchers and enthusiasts from the Great Lakes region gathered at the University of Chicago for a day of engaging talks, networking, and collaboration in the inaugural Great Lakes Graphics Workshop organized by the 3DL Lab.
From UChicago to Nobel Prize
March 12, 2025

2024 Nobel Laureate and UChicago alumnus John Jumper returned to campus to deliver the Bloch Lecture on AlphaFold's Revolution.
2024
Saturdays with CSIL — How undergraduates are transforming CS education for local high school students
December 24, 2024

Saturdays with CSIL (Computer Science Instructional Laboratory) focuses on exposing Chicago Public School high school students to computer science at an introductory level, as some CPS students have limited access to CS classes.
Día de Ciencias inspires Hispanic students in STEM
December 10, 2024

On Saturday, November 16, the University of Chicago Chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE UChicago) hosted the SHPE Chicagoland Día de Ciencias at the William Eckhardt Research Center. The STEM outreach event aimed to inspire Hispanic students and their families through hands-on learning, mentorship, and practical resources for academic success.
The MS in Applied Data Science Program celebrates 10 years
November 13, 2024

This October marked a significant milestone with the 10th anniversary of its MS in Applied Data Science program. This accomplishment was celebrated at a reception held at Remington’s in Chicago, where alumni, faculty, and industry leaders came together to commemorate the program and connect with one another.
At 2024 Chicago Quantum Summit, leaders temper hype, hail momentum of global quantum effort
November 9, 2024

The 2024 Chicago Quantum Summit featured discussions about commercialization, workforce building, and need for continued investment.