2020
Professor Sidney Nagel elected to the American Philosophical Society
May 13, 2020
Professor Sidney Nagel is one of three UChicago professors and two UChicago alumni from a variety of disciplines elected to the American Philosophical Society this year. Congratulations to him for this remarkable accomplishment!
Congratulations Amanda, Jordan, Henry, Owen, and Adam!
May 1, 2020
Congrats to our current and incoming graduate students for receiving NSF Graduate Student Fellowships and honorable mentions!
Congratulations to Paolo Privitera
April 21, 2020
Paolo Privitera has been selected as a winner of the Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentoring.
2019
Congratulations to Bjorn Scholz
November 21, 2019
Recent alumnus Bjorn Scholz has been honored by the American Physical Society.
Heising-Simons Foundation Support for Women in Physics
October 15, 2019
A generous grant from the Heising-Simons Foundation supports lectures by Women in Physics
Congratulations to Daine Danielson
September 24, 2019
First-year graduate student Daine Danielson has been awarded the 2019 Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Award by the US Department of Energy for his work on, "Directionally Accelerated Detection of a Second, Unknown Reactor with Antineutrinos for Mid-Field Nonproliferation Monitoring."
Congratulations to Tali Khain
September 17, 2019
First-year graduate student Tali Khain has been awarded an APS Apker Award for outstanding achievement by an undergraduate student. She did her undergraduate work at the University of Michigan. She ours now!
Congratulations to Michael Levin
September 9, 2019
Associate Professor Michael Levin
Event Horizon Telescope Awarded 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
September 5, 2019
Professor John Carlstrom
Congratulations to Young-Kee Kim
August 27, 2019
Professor Kim has been named the 2019 Scientist of the Year jointly by the Korean Scientists and Engineers Association (US) and the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (Korea). Congratulations!
The Michelson Center for Physics
August 23, 2019
The Michelson Center for Physics
Parker Solar Probe: 1 Year Later
August 13, 2019
Professor Parker looks back over the first year of the Parker Solar Probe mission.
New Collaborations with National Laboratories
August 13, 2019
Welcome Clay Córdova
August 8, 2019
Assistant Professor Clay Córdova
Chicago Quantum Exchange Forges New Partnerships
July 10, 2019