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Chicago Minds in Beijing

Save the date for an evening of discovery

Chicago Minds have helped shape the human experience. Celebrate our next chapter with the Beijing community.

Chicago Minds in Hong Kong

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Chicago Minds have helped shape the human experience. Celebrate our next chapter with the Hong Kong community.

Chicago Minds in Boston

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Chicago Minds have helped shape the human experience. Celebrate our next chapter with the Boston community at the Boston Public Library.

Chicago Minds in London

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Chicago Minds have helped shape the human experience. Celebrate our next chapter with the London community at Banqueting House.

Chicago Minds in NYC

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Chicago Minds have helped shape the human experience. Celebrate our next chapter with the NYC community at the Lincoln Center.

Chicago Minds in San Francisco

Save the date for an evening of discovery

Chicago Minds have helped shape the human experience. Celebrate our next chapter with the Bay Area community at the Conservatory at One Sansome.

Chicago Booth recognizes Steve Wymer, MBA’89, with deanship naming

Gift from Chicago Booth alumnus and University trustee Steve Wymer

The school’s top leadership position will now be known as the Steven S. Wymer Deanship.

Illinois’ first quadruple-organ transplant of its kind saves UChicago Medicine patient with cystic fibrosis

The Forefront

Jasmine Jones was found half-conscious in her bedroom by her mother. She was rushed to the hospital, where tests revealed her liver was failing.

UChicago will offer free tuition for families with incomes below $250,000

A transformative education—within reach

Starting in Autumn 2027, UChicago will offer free tuition for families with incomes up to $250,000 and cover full costs for incomes up to $125,000.

UChicago Medicine builds on years of experience with new oral IBD treatment

The Forefront

A growing body of real-world evidence continues to show that upadacitinib is not only safe but fast acting and effective.

New UChicago digital research tool opens paths connecting cultures and continents

UChicago News

Maps of Chicago, Guerrilla Television, Middle East photographs, and more are connected with metadata to power research.

UChicago alumni earn Pulitzer Prizes for international and local reporting

UChicago News

Journalists Dake Kang, AB’16, and Caroline Kubzansky, AB’21, were recognized for investigating mass surveillance in China and Operation Midway Blitz.

UChicago Medicine invests $1.1 billion in community benefits for fiscal year 2025

The Forefront

The University of Chicago Medicine invested $1.1 billion in community benefits in fiscal year 2025 across its service areas.

Two UChicago scientists elected to National Academy of Sciences

UChicago News

Professors Chuan He and Joseph Thornton are honored for their groundbreaking work in biochemistry and biology, respectively.

Three UChicago scholars elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

UChicago News

These scholars have made breakthroughs in sociology and law, studying issues spanning the rise of interest group politics to constitutional law.

UChicago Medicine marks one-year countdown to the opening of the AbbVie Foundation Cancer Pavilion

The Forefront

The first-of-its-kind freestanding facility on the city’s South Side is designed to redefine cancer care, research, and the patient experience.

Forming a faculty cohort to pioneer the use of AI in research across disciplines

$50 million gift from Trustee Rika Mansueto, AB’91, and Joe Mansueto, AB’78, MBA’80

The Mansueto Faculty of Mind and Machine Challenge seeks to generate nearly $200 million to recruit, retain, and support 20 leading scholars.

Could AI models forecast extreme weather events?

Big Brains

Climate scientist Pedram Hassanzadeh explains how models are being trained to predict heat waves, monsoons and even unprecedented "gray swan" events.

Q&A with Madhav Rajan: UChicago’s ambitions for deeper global engagement

The dean of Chicago Booth discusses his role as chief global strategist and UChicago’s approach to making an impact across world.

Revitalizing historic Ida Noyes Hall as a space for students and visitors

$50 million gift from Board Chair David M. Rubenstein, JD’73

The iconic 1916 building will serve as a modern gathering place for students and the campus community—and a welcoming hub for alumni and visitors.

Nanoparticle system shows promise for delivering mRNA to prevent type 1 diabetes

A new technology developed by UChicago scientists gives insulin-producing beta cells the ability to protect themselves.

Launching an algorithmic policy lab at UChicago’s Harris School of Public Policy

$20 million gift from Thomas Francis Dunn, AB’81, MBA’86, and Susan Knapp Dunn, AB’82

The Bike Shop @UChicago seeks to help solve some of society’s most pressing problems by designing and scaling algorithms that enhance human capacity.

The Science of a Safer City

Harper Lecture

UChicago experts explore data-driven solutions to reduce crime and build safer communities.

WBEZ highlights Pritzker student research on gun violence and evictions

New research led by third-year student Thomas Statchen and published in JAMA Network Open shows a link between eviction rates and shooting incidents.

Building a hub to bring basic cancer research to patients

Biological Sciences Division

New Chair of the Ben May Department for Cancer Research, Jeffrey Rathmell, returns to UChicago for the next era of cancer discovery.

The science of healthy aging

Biological Sciences Division

By reframing aging with a focus on resilience, UChicago researchers are unlocking clues that could help more people thrive later in life.

Supporting faculty research and student advancement at the University of Chicago

$20 million gift from the Gracias Family Foundation

This investment includes endowed professorships at the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics and the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering.

UChicago Medicine surgeons perform “miraculous” reattachment of two-year-old’s severed spinal cord

The Forefront

A child’s recovery from a severed spinal cord shows how surgery can help patients regain movement even after paralysis.

Sutherlin Martin family’s transformative gift supports new frontiers of cancer research

$9 million gift from the Sutherlin Martin family

The Sutherlin Martin family committed $9 million toward the creation of a multidisciplinary enterprise dedicated to finding new therapies for cancer.

Paul Alivisatos’s (AB’81) term as UChicago president extended through June 2030

“This is a community where curiosity runs deep, intellectual aspirations are set high and inquiry is pursued rigorously," Alivisatos said.

Hyde Park Labs and UChicago Science Incubator launch

UChicago News

A new commercial space aims to turn research into real-world solutions and support deep tech startups.

5-year-old beats uncommon type of leukemia following rare allergy to chemo

The Forefront

“I would tell other families going through this: Just keep smiling,” her mother said. “That's all you can do, because she smiled the whole time.”

Neil Shubin nominated as next president of National Academy of Sciences

UChicago News

The renowned evolutionary biologist will lead the esteemed organization beginning June 2026.

Establishing a visionary center in quantum engineering and health

$21 million gift from philanthropist Thea Berggren

The Berggren Center for Quantum Biology and Medicine will merge quantum technology with biology to transform the future of medicine.

Creating an institute for theoretical physics at the University of Chicago

$18.4 million gift from the Leinweber Foundation

The new UChicago institute joins a network of research centers that aim to advance inquiry and collaboration across the field of theoretical physics.

How to stop gun violence before it starts

Big Brains

Crime Lab director Jens Ludwig argues that we need to address behavioral causes of crime in addition to policy and policing.

Sheffield Lab: Understanding the neuroscience of memories

UChicago News

University of Chicago neurobiologist Mark Sheffield wants to understand how memories are created, stored and retrieved at the biological level.

Investing in Chicago Booth’s Executive MBA program

$100 million gift from Konstantin Sokolov, MBA’05

With this gift, a new clinical professorship will be established for a scholar who teaches students in the renamed Sokolov Executive MBA Program.

UChicago announces the unified Division of the Arts & Humanities

President Paul Alivisatos and Provost Katherine Baicker called the transformation “an important milestone in the University’s academic evolution.”

Awad Lab: Predicting and preventing strokes and brain bleeds

UChicago News

Strokes and genetic conditions that cause brain bleeds are among the leading causes of disability and death worldwide.

Tenth anniversary event examines the impact and future of the Chicago Principles

Leaders and experts discussed threats to, and opportunities for, free expression at the University of Chicago and beyond.

University of Chicago alumnus John Jumper, SM’12, PhD’17, awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The 100th Nobelist affiliated with UChicago, Jumper was awarded the prize for helping develop a groundbreaking AI model.

Advancing the University of Chicago’s commitment to free expression

$100 million gift from an anonymous donor

The University of Chicago Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression promotes the understanding, practice, and advancement of free and open discourse.

Discovering the gut microbiome’s role in Parkinson’s disease

$3.4 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health

UChicago joins a consortium created to collect data from patients in hopes of developing treatments to slow or prevent the disease’s progression.

Pritzker medical students excel in first-author research publication

Medical school is notoriously challenging. But Pritzker students also have another big pursuit on their to-do lists: publishing their own research.

Endure and evolve

The University of Chicago Magazine

President Paul Alivisatos, AB’81, reflects on preserving, renewing, and expanding what makes the University of Chicago vital.

How to rebuild a pond

The University of Chicago Magazine

Botany Pond, a beloved campus landmark, enters a new era.

To the skies

The University of Chicago Magazine

David Keith believes geoengineering deserves serious consideration as a tool against climate change.

A fine balance

The University of Chicago Magazine

A new institute confronts climate change and economic growth as closely linked challenges.

Endure and evolve

The University of Chicago Magazine

President Paul Alivisatos, AB’81, reflects on preserving and expanding what makes UChicago vital.

Tiny sensors rapidly detect “forever chemicals” in water

Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Researchers have collaborated to develop a novel method to detect miniscule levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water.

The University of Chicago Medical Center earns Leapfrog Group’s “Top Teaching Hospital” for the eighth time

UChicago Medicine

The top hospital awards recognize hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers that uphold the highest standards in safety and quality.