Creating Capacity
UChicago researchers and scholars transform the way we see the world. The Office of Research and National Laboratories provides comprehensive support, guidance and resources to help our researchers advance their work, including connections to world-leading researchers and facilities at Argonne National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Giant Magellan Telescope project.
Resources for Researchers
News
Ka Yee Lee named Vice Provost for Research
Ka Yee Lee, Professor in Chemistry, the James Franck Institute, the Institute for Biophysical Dynamics and the College, and the Senior Associate Vice President for Research, has been appointed Vice Provost for Research.
Juan de Pablo named UChicago Vice President for National Laboratories
Juan de Pablo, the Liew Family Professor in Molecular Engineering and senior scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, has been appointed Vice President for National Laboratories at the University of Chicago.
With FACCTS on its side, Fermilab strengthens trans-Atlantic research
Through collaborations supported by the University of Chicago’s FACCTS program, researchers at Fermilab develop technologies that could allow us to do things like detect dwarf galaxies with unprecedented sensitivity and better investigate neutrino oscillations, which could revolutionize our understanding of the universe.
Events
The 88th Compton Lecture Series: Nuts and Bolts Cosmology
Saturdays, Sept. 29 - Nov. 17, 2018
11 A.M.
Amy Lowitz,
Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
Kersten Physics Teaching Center
5720 S. Ellis, Room 106
Chain Reaction Innovations Demo Day 2018
September 12, 2018
5 - 8:30 p.m.
University of Chicago Gleacher Center
450 Cityfront Plaza Dr., Chicago
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Frontiers of Molecular Engineering
Sept. 27-18, 2018
Institute for Molecular Engineering
University of Chicago
For academic researchers
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National Laboratories
We manage one of the world’s most preeminent research networks. From historic experiments in nuclear energy, developmental biology, and particle physics to today’s challenges of renewable power, dark matter, and microbial ecology, these institutions have long been at the vanguard of discovery.
Laboratory Safety
Research safety is essential to the responsible conduct of scientific inquiry. Contact the Office of Research Safety for more resources on campus-wise research laboratory safety, user training and information.
UChicago CASE
Learn more about the University of Chicago”s Consortium for Advanced Science and Engineering.