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George Shultz Innovation Fund awards $250K to UChicago PME-founded startup Signl

The George Shultz Innovation Fund has selected two University of Chicago startups, Parasol Medtech and Signl, for an investment of $250,000 each. This year’s finals marked 15 years of the George...

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Nadya Mason appointed as UChicago’s vice president for research

Distinguished physicist Nadya Mason, dean of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, has been named UChicago’s vice president for research, President Paul Alivisatos...

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Master’s students shape the UChicago PME experience

The Master of Engineering (MEng) program at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) is a rigorous, translation-focused program designed to accelerate...

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Taking the next step on an engineering career path

Yo Seol, MSME’21, has always forged his own path. As proof of that, he was a member of the first graduating class of the Master of Science in Molecular Engineering (MSME) program at the University of...

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‘Genuine care’: How UChicago PME’s Career Development team helps students find jobs

When Carlos Medina Jimenez, PhD’26, crossed the stage at Convocation on Saturday, he left the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering with more than a diploma in hand. He also...

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Researchers craft a new, simple recipe for highly entangled quantum states

Building useful quantum technologies—from sensors to computers—requires generating highly complex entangled states, in which the properties of particles are deeply intertwined. Producing such states...

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Prof. Giulia Galli appointed CNRS Fellow-Ambassador

The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) has appointed Prof. Giulia Galli, a world-leading figure in theoretical physics and chemistry, to its fourth cohort of Fellow-Ambassadors. Galli...

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Convocation 2026: Getting ready to change the world

The UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering will celebrate 40 PhD students, 28 Master of Engineering students, 67 Master of Science students and 52 undergraduate Molecular Engineering majors...

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Quantum technology, explained: A Big Brains live event

Listen to the full episode here Quantum technology is at a pivotal moment. No longer the faraway dream of scientists, the field is rapidly developing across the world, fueled by major investments from...

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AI generates entire chemical formulations for battery electrolytes

Battery electrolytes aren’t just one chemical, but a complex mixture of salts, solvents and additives interacting and reacting with each other. Artificial intelligence has made great headway in...