The first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction occurred on December 2, 1942 at the University of Chicago. Seventy-five years after the dawn of the Atomic Age, scholars illustrate the complex...Read more

Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne and Barry Barish won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics for their roles in the landmark detection of gravitational waves—ripples in the fabric of spacetime. Assoc...Read more

Scholars discuss the scientists at the University of Chicago who, on Dec. 2, 1942, achieved the first self-sustained nuclear chain reaction—as well as the implications of the historic experiment.Read more

In his Aims of Education Address on Sept. 19 at Rockefeller Chapel, Prof. Robert Rosner will discuss the scientific milestone and complex legacy of the first self-sustained nuclear chain reaction,...Read more

A team of physicists has built the world’s smallest neutrino detector to observe for the first time what’s known as coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering, which occurs when the ghostly neutrino...Read more

Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) from the farthest reaches of space are extremely rare, entering the Earth’s atmosphere at a rate of just one per one square-kilometer of area per...Read more

Scholars from The Enhancing Life Project, a joint venture of the University of Chicago and Ruhr University Bochum / Germany, funded by the John Templeton Foundation, discuss the public relevance...Read more

At the UChicago Center in Delhi, Charlie Catlett and Pete Beckman deliver multiple sessions on Harnessing Open Data for Cities.    Read more

President Robert J. Zimmer and Provost Daniel Diermeier hosted an evening of conversation celebrating the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy’s impact in the world and its future...Read more

On Wednesday, November 18, 2015, the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research celebrated its 25th anniversary with a workshop and reception in Chicago that brought together practitioners, researchers, philanthropic...Read more

On Wednesday, November 18, 2015, the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research celebrated its 25th anniversary with a workshop and reception in Chicago that brought together practitioners, researchers, philanthropic...Read more

On Wednesday, November 18, 2015, the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research celebrated its 25th anniversary with a workshop and reception in Chicago that brought together practitioners, researchers, philanthropic...Read more

At the UChicago Center in Delhi, Dr. Corrie Moreau shared her experience conducting field research around the world on the one of the most ecologically important groups of terrestrial animals...Read more

Honoring the Scholarly legacy of Susanne and Llyod Rudolf at the UChicago Center in Delhi. Susanne and Llyod Rudolf were Emeritus Professors at the University of Chicago and the co-authors...Read more

In celebration of the University of Chicago's 125th anniversary, this event will feature Professor and Director of the Center for Human Potential and Public Policy Ariel Kalil and Professor and...Read more

Joan Harris, president and past chair of the Irving Harris Foundation, reflects on her late husband’s pivotal role in the formation of the Harris School of Public Policy. She spoke...Read more

In celebration of the University of Chicago's 125th anniversary, this event will feature Professor and Director of the Center for Human Potential and Public Policy Ariel Kalil and Professor and...Read more

On Wednesday, April 6, join experts in the University of Chicago's Institute for Molecular Engineering for TED-style talks about their groundbreaking work. 'Future Science: Small Scale, Big Impact' is the...Read more

The University of Chicago scientific community gathered February 11, 2016, at the William Eckhardt Research Center to watch the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory’s announcement that gravitational waves had been discovered...Read more

People in the developed world spend more than 90 percent of their lives in the built environment. This new human ecosystem may be both the source and the solution to...Read more