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Research Corporation for Science Advancement will make 21 separate awards of $60,000 in direct costs each to support the research of 20 scientists from colleges, universities, and research institutions in the United States and Canada in the first year of Scialog: Early Science with the LSST, a three-year initiative that aims to advance the foundational science needed to realize the full potential of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s upcoming Legacy Survey of Space and Time.

Awarded since 1955 to the brightest young scientists across the United States and Canada, the two-year Sloan Fellowships are one of the most competitive and prestigious awards available to early-career researchers.

The American Astronomical Society has awarded the prestigious Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy to Maya Fishbach (PhD, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2020) for her “major contributions to the field of gravitational-wave astrophysics and cosmology, including inference of the black-hole merger rate and its implications for the formation of stellar-mass black holes, their host galaxies, and the expansion history of the universe.” Fishbach is known for performing the first “dark standard siren” measurement of the Hubble constant with gravitational waves and a galaxy catalog (Fishbach et al. 2019); discovering a gravitational-wave signature of pair-instability supernovae (Fishbach & Holz 2017); proposing the use of black hole spins to distinguish whether black holes grow from previous mergers (Fishbach, Holz & Farr 20177a); and measuring the redshift evolution of the black hole merger rate for the first time (Fishbach, Holz & Farr 2018).
 
The Annie Jump Cannon Award is given every year for outstanding research and promise for future research to a North American female astronomer within five years of receiving her PhD.

On January 3, 2025, the Biden White House presented 23 individuals and 2 organizations with the National Medals of Science and National Medals of Technology and Innovation.

Michael Zhang has been named a recipient of a 2024-2025 Suzuki Postdoctoral Fellowship Award.

Congratulations to Prof. Irina Zhuravleva on her promotion to tenure in the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics. 

Congratulations to Prof. Chihway Chang on her promotion to tenure in the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics.

On Saturday, November 16, the University of Chicago Chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE UChicago) hosted the SHPE Chicagoland Día de Ciencias at the William Eckhardt Research Center. The STEM outreach event aimed to inspire Hispanic students and their families through hands-on learning, mentorship, and practical resources for academic success.

UChicago cosmologist recognized for pioneering work on Hubble constant measurements

The K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award recognizes graduate students who show exemplary promise as future leaders of higher education and who are committed to academic innovation in the areas of equity, community engagement, and teaching and learning.

Analysis of cosmic microwave background reinforces Hubble constant measurement

World’s largest optical mirror successfully installed on support system prototype for the first time to validate telescope’s extraordinary performance

The APS Fellowship Program was created to recognize members who may have made advances in physics through original research and publication, or made significant innovative contributions in the application of physics to science and technology. They may also have made significant contributions to the teaching of physics or service and participation in the activities of the Society.

A "totally new phenomenon" has been discovered by astronomers in a strange galaxy from the dawn of time.

SkAI Institute will develop AI tools and accelerate astronomy’s data-driven revolution