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Annie Yang and Seri Welsh recognized for their work in environmental causes

A new paper authored by PME professor Junhong Chen outlines a powerful new method for designing chemical sensors using an artificial intelligence (AI) model mimicking the human brain.

New metal-organic framework has potential to catalyze the energy transition

The inaugural student-organized Chicago Energy Conference was co-hosted by the UChicago Energy & Climate Club (ECC) and the Northwestern University’s Energy & Sustainability Club (NESC) in Ida Noyes Hall on April 5. The conference, themed “Bridging the Gap: Policies, Technologies,...

UChicago College students won the final round of the Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition, the world's largest international environmental law competition.

An 800-year-old Italian poem inspired Franciscan friar Jimmy Kernan to study computational modeling materials at the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering.

Nicholas Boynton, a graduate student at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, has received an inaugural Inflection Award, which celebrates the achievements of PhD students working on solutions to climate change.

Winston, a UChicago alumnus and longtime physics professor, is remembered as a founding figure of non-imaging optics. The “Winston cone,” an innovative design created by Winston to collect light more efficiently, underlies many solar energy installations today.

A new UChicago study uses seismological “background noise” from a worldwide monitoring network to study Arctic sea ice cover.

As a series of wildfires have swept across Southern California since early January, damaging property and killing at least 29 people, cities must now ask how to rebuild. The Harris School of Public Policy sat down with Professor Marlowe to...