News: Events

2025

2025 Research Day highlights growth with global impact

June 1, 2025

Faculty Director and Neubauer Professor of Computer Science and the College Nick Feamster recapped the Internet Innovation Initiative’s work testing the limits of internet speed measurement to facilitate real-time solutions.

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

Becca Willett, Kate Knibbs, and Ben Zhao at Alumni Weekend panel

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

Components of the IOTA Proton Injector at the Fermilab Accelerator Science and Technology facility.

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

Members of student teams presented their approaches to the audience of students, mentors, event judges, and other supporters.

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

A picture of a table where poker is being played.

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

A visualization of two of the three stages of ethical inquiry: ethical collection, ethical consumption, and ethical interpretation. Each stage is sequential and a prerequisite for the next round of filtering.

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

Photo of Moungi Bawendi with a white and gray background.

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

Photo of the lecture, Prof. Greg Engel (left) presented Jumper (right) with the Bloch Medal.

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

Two panelists speaking at the Tech-for-Good Careers event.

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

People who attended the Great Lakes Graphics Workshop pose for a photo.

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

Photo of lecture

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

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

SHPE Welcome sign

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

Photo of event at Remington’s Chicago

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

Photo of Chicago Quantum Summit

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