2023
“Records reveal hidden history of female astronomers at Yerkes Observatory”, UChicago News
November 9, 2023
UChicago team chronicles dozens of women who worked and made discoveries in early 20th century.
Samantha Usman recieved a UChicago LGBTQ+ Community Engagement Award
November 2, 2023
Samantha Usman, graduate student in Astronomy & Astrophysics, has been awarded the inaugural LGBTQ+ Community Engagement Award from UChicago Alumni Pride and the University of Chicago Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. This award recognizes exceptional contributions that advance and support the interests of the LGBTQ+ community.
“NSF awards up to $21.4M for design of next-gen telescopes to capture earliest moments of universe”, UChicago News
October 30, 2023
Instruments would help us understand beginning, history, makeup of the universe
Professor Rocky Kolb awarded the APS Lilienfeld Prize
October 24, 2023
In an interview with APS News, Kolb discusses the Big Bang, parallel universes, and the need for public outreach.
Meet new faculty member: Diana Powell
October 3, 2023
Assistant Professor | PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, 2021
Meet new faculty member: Jamie Law-Smith
October 3, 2023
Assistant Professor | PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz, 2021
Dhayaa Anbajagane won a 2023 CCAPP Price Prize in Cosmology and Astrophysics
October 2, 2023
Dhayaa Anbajagane, University of Chicago, "Inflation w/ lensing"
Congratulations to Dr. Jisheng Zhang
September 22, 2023
Congratulations to Jisheng Zhang for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation on “Thermal and Magnetic History of Rocky Exoplanets”.
“XRISM satellite launches to study the universe in different colors of X-rays”, Uchicago News
September 12, 2023
Data to reveal flows of matter and energy close to black holes, elemental makeup of the universe
Congratulations to Dr. Georgios Zacharegkas
July 14, 2023
Congratulations to Georgios Zacharegkas for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation on “Modeling the non-linear scales in Cosmology via the galaxy-halo connection with applications in DES Y3”.
Leslie Rogers won a 2023 Scialog Collaborative Innovation Award
July 6, 2023
Leslie Rogers, Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago, "Investigating the Biological Potential of Moons in the Uranus System"
Congratulations to Dr. Clarke Esmerian
June 27, 2023
Congratulations to Clarke Esmerian for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation on “Modeling Dust Production, Growth, and Destruction in Reionization-Era Galaxies”.
Karia Dibert has been awarded a William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship for the 2023-2024 academic year
June 14, 2023
Congratulations to graduate student Karia Dibert, who has been awarded a William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Congratulations to Dr. Rebecca Diesing
May 26, 2023
Congratulations to Rebecca Diesing for successfully defending her Ph.D. dissertation on “Unraveling Particle Acceleration and the Nonthermal Universe”.
Michael Gladders will receive a Quantrell Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching
May 24, 2023
Prof Michael Gladders will receive a Quantrell Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching at the University next week. Mike was nominated by the students in his Astronomy Field Course, an innovative course he designed that gets astronomy majors directly engaged in research with the Magellan telescope. This is one of the highest honors for faculty at the University.