UChicago graduate students and advisors awarded fellowships to increase diversity in sciences
The University of Chicago graduate students and their thesis advisors have been awarded Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). The fellowships support development of their scientific leadership and commitment to advance diversity and inclusion in...
Left: Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Michael Levitt Right: UChicago student Ana Beiriger
Experiencing the 2018 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings
Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament in 1895, leaving much of his fortune to support what we now know as the Nobel Prizes. These have arguably become the most prestigious prizes in the world, honoring the remarkable achievements of Nobel Laureates from around the world. Each year, a...
BSD makes GRE optional
Joining the ranks of more than 60 institutions and graduate programmes across the United States, the Biological Sciences Division has cut a standard test from its graduate admissions requirements. The decision aims to boost the likelihood of admission for minority and female applicants by...
Comprehensive Cancer Center provides hands-on research experience for students and teachers
Chicago Educators and Youth Enjoy Science (Chicago EYES), a science pipeline program led by Professor Eileen Dolan (Cancer Biology; Genetics,...
Humans and sharks share a common ancestor
A recent article published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B suggests that humans and sharks shared a common ancestor some 440 million years ago.
Study authors include professor...
BSD faculty receive named, distinguished service professorships
Professors Daniel A. Arber (Pathology), Bana Jabri (Committee on Immunology, Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition), Carole Ober (Human Genetics; Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology), and Louis Philipson (Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition) have all...
Grad student Daniel Ruiz first author on study linking endocrine disrupters to racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic health disparities
Daniel Ruiz (Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition) is the first author on a study in ...
New paper shows that amputees can control robotic arms
Karthikeyan Balasubramanian, senior researcher in the Hatsopoulos lab, is the first author on a new paper in Nature that shows that...
Horned Larks collected in Illinois between 1904 and 1916 (left) and California and British Columbia between 1903 and 1922 (right). (Photo: Carl Fuldner and Shane DuBay).
UChicago grad students measure pollution in the past
UChicago Biosciences graduate student Shane DuBay (Committee on Evolutionary Biology) and UChicago Art History graduate student Carl Fuldner have recently published a paper in...
Photo by Matt Wood
Graduate Student Tyler Starr and professor Joseph Thornton determine alternate evolutionary histories
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics graduate student Tyler Starr and professor Joseph Thornton (Ecology and Evolution) have published a paper in...