Collaboration across the cycle of discovery
National Laboratories
The cradles of discovery and innovation, two Department of Energy laboratories under the University’s stewardship support thousands of scientists working in the national interest. In addition to supporting Argonne and Fermilab, UChicago has direct oversight of the internationally renowned Marine Biological Laboratory and is a founding partner of the Giant Magellan Telescope project.
Innovation
The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation accelerates discoveries and new ideas that create economic opportunities for our city, region, nation, and world, for the benefit of humanity.
Science Strategy
The unifying thread of the office’s approach, Science Strategy focuses on enabling partnerships, collaboration, and working across divisions and institutions to translate discoveries into innovation and impact.
Global Initiatives
Supporting the international vision of the university and faculty scientists, UChicago Global enables the kind of large-scale, cutting-edge research that can only be done across borders.
News
Cross-institutional partnership propels global research in AI and quantum science
The University of Chicago and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel will support collaborative research in quantum information sciences and artificial intelligence, in a partnership that also includes the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago. This expanded...
University of Chicago highlighted in French state visit to U.S.
The University of Chicago and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) signed an agreement to establish the International Research Center for Fundamental Scientific Discovery (IRC Discovery), a new collaboration that will bring together some of the...
Strategic Laboratory Leadership Program participants offer vision for the future of national labs
Training, mentorship, talent databases, streamlined operations, and a unified brand were ideas presented from latest cohorts The 17 national labs across the U.S. Department of Energy complex have solved some of the most important problems in science over the...
Events
Virtual lecture: AI for Science: From Atoms to the Cosmos
Recorded event
Argonne
Director’s Special Colloquium Celebrating Argonne’s 75th Anniversary
Scientists across the globe are using artificial intelligence (AI) to design better materials and processes, accelerate drug discovery, explore the mysteries of the universe, automate traditional research, and drive an array of scientific discoveries.This colloquium, the fourth in the series celebrating Argonne’s 75th anniversary, will engage a panel of experts to discuss how AI is used in, and has transformed, science.
Polsky Science Ventures Presents: Compass Demo Day
Jan. 18, 2023
Polsky
Join the Polsky Center at the University of Chicago for a Demo Day to observe presentations and hear pitches from the graduating Cohort 5 startups of the Compass, the Polsky Center’s six-month deep tech accelerator. Presenting teams make up diverse industry verticals that include Artificial Intelligence, Life Sciences, and Quantum. In addition, you will hear quick pitches from the teams that have been accepted into Cohort 6 of the Compass.
UChicago-Peking University Joint Forum: Addressing the Climate & Energy Challenge
Recorded event
UChicago Global
The climate and energy challenge is inherently global as individual nations cannot control the global thermostat in isolation and must collaborate to curb the consequences of climate change. Join the University of Chicago and Peking University for a joint forum convening academics, policymakers, regulators, and industry leaders to discuss how the US and China – the two largest carbon producers – and the world, are addressing the climate and energy challenge.