NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity exploring Mount Sharp
NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered minerals that indicate Mars once had a thick carbon dioxide atmosphere capable of supporting liquid water.

NASA’s Curiosity rover finds evidence for long-ago CO2 atmosphere on Mars

NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered minerals that indicate Mars once had a thick carbon dioxide atmosphere capable of supporting liquid water.

UChicago receives $100 million gift to support Chicago Booth’s Executive MBA program

Entrance to the Booth School of Business in Chicago, IL

Prof. Wendy Freedman named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2025

Wendy Freedman

UChicago undergraduates tackle disease research

A closeup view of scientific equipment in a research lab

Studies identify promising new treatments for ulcerative colitis

A man with ulcerative colitis holds his stomach

UChicago College student awarded 2025 Carnegie fellowship

Colorful trees bloom on campus

AROUND UCHICAGO

UChicago announces unified Division of the Arts & Humanities

Honors

Three UChicago scholars receive 2025 Guggenheim Fellowships

A student walks between two flowering trees

Opera director Yuval Sharon to deliver Berlin Family lectures beginning May 6
Acclaimed artistic director to explore opera as ‘friendly anarchy’ in three-part lecture, performance series
Yuval Sharon
Acclaimed artistic director to explore opera as ‘friendly anarchy’ in three-part lecture, performance series

Prof. Ewain Gwynne awarded 2025 New Horizons in Mathematics Prize

Portrait of Ewain Gwynne smiling at camera in front of chalkboard holding a 3D printed spiky object

UChicago researchers work to improve batteries by looking at textures
UChicago researchers discover improving metal texture in batteries enhances performance tenfold, offering breakthrough for EVs and energy storage through silicon layer technology
Prof. Y. Shirley Meng
UChicago researchers discover improving metal texture in batteries enhances performance tenfold, offering breakthrough for EVs and energy storage through silicon layer technology

SPECIAL SERIES

Awad Lab: Predicting and preventing strokes and brain bleeds

In the newest episode of Inside the Lab, visit Prof. Issam Awad and learn about his team's mission: to prevent strokes before they happen.

Inside the Lab

Light Lab: Understanding the gut microbiome to treat disease
Step inside Asst. Prof. Sam Light’s lab to learn how scientists are mapping the incredible network of microbes living inside your gut—and how they can affect health or disease.
Inside the Lab
Step inside Asst. Prof. Sam Light’s lab to learn how scientists are mapping the incredible network of microbes living inside your gut—and how they can affect health or disease.

Winners of the 2025 UChicago Science as Art competition announced
Stunning images from the UChicago community highlighted research on areas ranging from telescopes to trilobites.
Anemometer in the High Arctic
Stunning images from the UChicago community highlighted research on areas ranging from telescopes to trilobites.

Dispatches from Abroad

UChicago language immersion grants inspire ‘a curiosity for the world’
Two College students share their summer experiences abroad through the FLAG program
A group of five students on a bridge in front of a pagoda-like building and willow trees.
Two College students share their summer experiences abroad through the FLAG program

PODCASTS

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Can your DNA predict your future?, with Dalton Conley
Sociologist examines how genetic science could forecast your income, education and love life
A child looks in the mirror
Sociologist examines how genetic science could forecast your income, education and love life

Episode 156

Can you really die of a broken heart? The hidden dangers of grief with Mary Frances O'Connor
Psychologist examines the stress that loss has on the body—and how society can help
A grieving woman stands with a rose
Psychologist examines the stress that loss has on the body—and how society can help

Episode 155

The science behind raising successful kids, with Ariel Kalil
Developmental psychologist explains how parents can best invest time to close the education gap
Two parents read to their child
Developmental psychologist explains how parents can best invest time to close the education gap

Episode 154

Do animals understand death?, with Susana Monsó
In ‘Playing Possum,’ philosopher examines whether animals can grasp mortality—from dogs mourning owners to orcas grieving young
Dog at cemetery
In ‘Playing Possum,’ philosopher examines whether animals can grasp mortality—from dogs mourning owners to orcas grieving young

Episode 153

Why measles is resurging—and the rise of vaccine hesitancy, with Adam Ratner
Infectious disease expert examines the latest outbreaks—and the uncertain future of children’s health
A child with measles
Infectious disease expert examines the latest outbreaks—and the uncertain future of children’s health

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Coined by University of Chicago astrophysicist Michael Turner in 1998, dark energy—the force causing the universe to expand faster over time—remains one of the great mysteries of physics.

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First developed in the late 1940s at UChicago, carbon dating can determine the age of organic materials as old as 60,000 years.
A 2,000 year old painted wood mask from an ancient Egyptian coffin.
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Events

Apr

18

the undercommons : New Work by Brandon Carlton Exhibition Opening

the undercommons : New Work by Brandon Carlton Exhibition Opening

Arts Incubator, Washington Park

Apr

18

Attractions of the Moving Image w/ Tom Gunning

Attractions of the Moving Image w/ Tom Gunning

Logan Center, Screening Room

Apr

21

Let’s Talk

Let’s Talk

Charles M. Harper Center, Room 100-9H

Apr

23

Let’s Talk

Let’s Talk

Swift Hall, Room 406

Apr

23

Dean’s Forum With Anand Venkatkrishnan

Dean’s Forum With Anand Venkatkrishnan

Swift Hall, Common Room

Apr

23

Mind Bytes 2025

Mind Bytes 2025

Ida Noyes Hall