2023
John B. Goodenough, Nobel-winning creator of the lithium-ion battery, dies at 100
June 27, 2023
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Save the date, July 14, 2023, for the APS Historic Site Dedication to honor Stagg Field and Pile A
June 22, 2023
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Symposium in Honor of John Schiffer, July 10-11, 2023
May 3, 2023
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Professor Cordova featured in Quanta article: A New Kind of Symmetry Shakes Up Physics
April 19, 2023
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Congratulations to University of Chicago Alumnus Kaeli Hughes on winning the APS DAP dissertation prize!
April 19, 2023
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Clay Córdova receives the 2023 Sloan Research Fellowship
February 19, 2023
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Congratulations to Linda Young!
February 2, 2023
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Congratulations to Linda Young for receiving an Honorary Degree from Uppsala University!
2022
Sidney Nagel Awarded 2023 APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research
December 14, 2022
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Margaret Gardel Appointed Lead Editor of PRX Life Journal
December 7, 2022
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Margaret Gardel Has Been Appointed Lead Editor of PRX Life Journal
Professor Abigail Vieregg receives Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigators Initiative Award
October 27, 2022
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Professor Abigail Vieregg receives Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigators Initiative Award
Professor Marcela Carena Named A 2022 DOE Distinguished Scientist
October 27, 2022
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Professor Marcela Carena was Named A 2022 DOE Distinguished Scientist
South Side Science Festival September 2022
September 27, 2022
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First demonstration of a new particle beam technology at Fermilab
August 11, 2022
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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have announced the first successful demonstration of a new technique that improves particle beams. The team, in collaboration with UChicago, published its findings in a recent edition of Nature.
John P. Schiffer, nuclear physicist, 1930-2022
July 1, 2022
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John Schiffer, professor emeritus of physics at the University of Chicago and former director of the Physics Division at Argonne National Laboratory, died June 6. He was 91.
Young-Kee Kim and Edward “Rocky” Kolb Receive Prize for Exceptional Service in PSD
June 14, 2022
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The 2022 recipients of the Arthur L. Kelly Faculty Prize for Exceptional Service in the Physical Sciences Division are Young-Kee Kim and Edward "Rocky" Kolb.