Maureen Searcy

UChicago scientist develops new paradigm to predict behavior of atmospheric rivers

Study by Asst. Prof. Da Yang provides powerful framework that sheds light on key processes driving extreme weather

NSF, Simons Foundation launch $20 million National AI Research Institute in Astronomy

UChicago part of SkAI Institute to develop AI tools and accelerate astronomy’s data-driven revolution

David B. Rowley, geologist who overturned conventional wisdom about Earth’s surface evolution, 1954–2024

David Ballantyne Rowley, Professor Emeritus in UChicago’s Department of the Geophysical Sciences, who specialized in paleoaltimetry, paleogeography, and tectonics, died May 30.

Storm signals

Climate scientist Tiffany Shaw will study whether climate predictions were right, for right reasons

Cells in confinement and people in crowds have similar behaviors

Way cells grow and multiply—normally considered part of the same process—regulated separately, UChicago biophysicists find