Prof. Wendy Freedman recognized with 2026 Franklin Institute Award in Physics

Pioneering cosmologist honored for landmark measurements of the Hubble Constant.

https://news.uchicago.edu/story/prof-wendy-freedman-recognized-2026-franklin-institute-award-physics

#Cosmology #WendyFreedman #HubbleConstant #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #science #news #UChicago

Prof. Wendy Freedman recognized with 2026 Franklin Institute Award in Physics

Pioneering cosmologist honored for landmark measurements of the Hubble Constant

University of Chicago News
Carolyn Barber, MD (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Obama: “I am worried about how willing Republicans in congress have been to surrender their role as members of a coequal branch of government, refusing to block the president, even when they know he is out of line. Even when a lot of them will privately admit that power is being abused in ways that will hurt their constituents and hurt the country. I worry about a supreme court that so far has shown no willingness to

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UChicago Explainer Series

Exoplanets, explained

by Louise Lerner

➡️ https://news.uchicago.edu/explainer/exoplanets-explained

#planets #exoplanets #astrodon #science #news #uchicago

“All Ph.D. programs within the Harris School of Public Policy and the Crown School of Social Work, Policy and Practice will be affected, along with several departments in the Division of the Arts & Humanities.” #uchicago https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/14/university-of-chicago-phd-admissions-humanities/?share=m0sdhycoshiyecaaiwah

A #DOGE #AI Tool Called #SweetREX Is Coming to Slash US Government #Regulation

Named for its developer, an undergrad who took leave from #UChicago to become a DOGE affiliate, a new AI tool automates the review of federal #regulations and flags rules it thinks can be eliminated.
#Musk #Trump

https://www.wired.com/story/sweetrex-deregulation-ai-us-government-regulation-doge/

A DOGE AI Tool Called SweetREX Is Coming to Slash US Government Regulation

Named for its developer, an undergrad who took leave from UChicago to become a DOGE affiliate, a new AI tool automates the review of federal regulations and flags rules it thinks can be eliminated.

WIRED
The Trump regime threatens to slash critical research funding to #UChicago & curtail school's ability to enroll int'l students. UChicago leadership: Stand firm against authoritarian demands! @durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov @jonathanjackson.house.gov: Fight to protect our vital institution!

Federal government probes U. o...
Senator Dick Durbin (@durbin.senate.gov)

Serving the people of Illinois. Democratic Whip and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee @judiciarydems.senate.gov.

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started a #wikipedia article on Mamie Harmon (1906-1993), American artist and editor, also book cover designer, photographer, and teacher. She lived in Shanghai and Rome; she shared homes in Nova Scotia and Greenwich Village with her partner Theresa Brakeley (also an editor) for sixty years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamie_Harmon @wikiwomeninred #MaconGA #WesleyanCollege @artinstitutechi #UChicago @wikilovespride
‘The Only Person in the World Claiming to Be the Pope Right Now’

It’s Danny Kind, and he’s not even Catholic. But he’s in a college class that simulated the conclave of 1492. (There were costumes, bribes and Oreos.)

The New York Times

Mapping the expansion of the University of Chicago in these 135 years since its founding, from one building to over 300 properties on the extended campus #uchicago

https://chicagomaroon.github.io/data-visualizations/2025/uchicago-property/

Mapping the University of Chicago’s 135-Year Expansion into Hyde Park and Beyond

Drawing from University archives, campus maps, academic literature, and news clippings, the Maroon charted the University’s contentious property acquisitions from its charter in 1890 to the present.

The Chicago Maroon
Trump cares *not a whit* about antisemitism, and Harvard is *caving to a pretext* Trump is using to exert control over universities. We hope that #UChicago, #Northwestern, @tgsatnu.bsky.social, #UIC, #UIUC, and other colleges & universities in Illinois will stand strong against trumped-up demands!

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