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
New Graduate Research Cooperative Launched
Starting this fall, University of Chicago graduate students and Argonne National Laboratory scientists will have a new path to collaborate on innovative research.
Astronomers use giant galaxy cluster as X-ray magnifying lens
October 15, 2019
Astronomers at the University of Chicago, MIT and elsewhere have used a massive cluster of galaxies as an X-ray magnifying glass to peer back in time, to nearly 9.4 billion years ago.
Students envision future of tech—from AI to computer programming
DOE, national labs host event aimed at inspiring next generation of problem-solvers Artificial intelligence already powers intelligent software, like IBM’s Watson, and digital personal assistants, like Amazon’s Alexa. But we are only at the beginning of the artificial...
Events
Building the Next-Generation Hard X-Ray Light Source
October 24, 2019
7-8 p.m.
Argonne National Lab, Building 401
APS Upgrade Chief Project Officer Jim Kerby will discuss the significance of the APS Upgrade to science and society.
Op-Ed Writing: Making Your Opinion Visible
November 12, 2019
11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Quadrangle Club Solarium
1155 E. 57th St.
Learn how to develop your ideas into general audience op-eds for major publications.
Colloquium: Cosmic Design
October 30, 2019
4 p.m.
Fermilab
Shanthi Chandrasekar, Artist in Residence, will speak.
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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.