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Mark Schlossman Named University Scholar

Professor Mark Schlossman has been named a 2024-2025 University Scholar. The program provides a three-year award to faculty members who have demonstrated superior performance in scholarly activities in both research and teaching and…

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How one UIC student is proposing to advance science of superconductivity

New materials designed by a University of Illinois Chicago graduate student may help scientists meet one of today’s biggest challenges: building superconductors that operate at normal temperatures and pressures. Superconductors are used widely…

Robert Klie

Robert Klie is named UIC Distinguished Researcher of the Year

As an undergraduate, Robert Klie wanted to be an astrophysicist, studying cosmic objects with the world’s most powerful telescopes. But he soon became fascinated with the galaxies closer to home: the atomic particles that make…

Rick Frueh

Rick Frueh receives Award of Merit

Rick Frueh, Instrument Maker in the LAS Physical Sciences Machine Shop has been selected for the 2023 Award of Merit.  The Award of Merit is designed to recognize outstanding Civil Service and Academic…

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2nd Annual Biophysics Student Symposium

On April 28th, 2023, UIC hosted the 2nd Annual Biophysics Student Symposium. The event was organized by a group of graduate students from the departments of Physics, Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering, and aimed…

Adrian Barkan

Prof. Adrian Barkan receives 2023 Silver Circle Award

Every year since 1996, UIC’s graduating seniors honor outstanding educators with the Silver Circle Award. This year, Prof. Adrian Barkan was chosen as one of the winners of the award. Learn more about…

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New Head of Physics: Professor Robert Klie

On January 30, 2023, Professor Robert Klie was announced as the new Head in the Department of Physics.  In an email to the Department of Physics faculty, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences…

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Dr. George Crabtree earns AIAA award for excellence

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics has named UIC physicist George Crabtree winner of its 2022 Energy Systems Award. The honor acknowledges a significant contribution in the broad field of energy systems,…

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Dr. Cecilia Gerber named AAAS Fellow

Adapted from UIC researchers earn distinction as AAAS fellows | UIC Today   Dr. Cecilia Gerber has been elected to the newest class of American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows, one…

An artist’s conception of the cross-section of a super-Earth with the NIF target chamber superimposed over the mantle, looking into the core. (Photo: John Jett/ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

Measuring the melting curve of iron at super-Earth core conditions

A new study appearing in Science suggests that Earth-like planets outside of the solar system are likely to have a longer duration of magnetically shielded habitability than Earth. University of Illinois Chicago professor Russell Hemley…