Golems, Angels and AI: What non-humans teach us about humanity
New UChicago Divinity School course uses religious texts and popular sci-fi to shed light on what it means to be human
32 UChicago faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships in 2026
Thirty-two members of the University of Chicago faculty have received distinguished service professorships or named professorships, effective Jan. 1.
Healthcare electronics are booming—here’s how to make them more sustainable
Analysis from UChicago, Cornell finds circuit boards drive largest carbon footprint
Why can’t powerful AIs learn basic multiplication?
New research reveals why even state-of-the-art large language models stumble on seemingly easy tasks—and what it takes to fix it
Exhibition traces ‘inseparable’ links between gaming and fantasy genre
In ‘Charting Imaginary Worlds,’ UChicago Library presented a collection that spanned history, literature and fun
Emotional memories stick when the brain works ‘in harmony,’ study finds
A team of UChicago psychology researchers used fMRI scans to learn why certain moments carry such lasting power
How 3,000-year-old poems landed in a top literary magazine
With new translations from the long-extinct Hittite language, UChicago Ph.D. student Naomi Harris brought verses from clay tablets to "The Paris Review"
Using quantum mechanics, researchers crack the hidden chemistry of ice
New theory by UChicago PME researchers has implications for melting permafrost and climate change
Fossil study rewrites timeline of evolution of hearing in mammals
UChicago paleontologists use CT scanning and simulations to show how a 250-million-year-old mammal predecessor could hear like us
Reflecting on 2025 at UChicago
Looking back at the past year, 2025 was marked by discovery and transformation at the University of Chicago.