Scientist of the Month

By Eun Ji Chung Dr. Sharon Feng is the Executive Director of the Institute for Molecular Engineering (IME), the first and new engineering program at the University of Chicago which […]

By Kelan Hlavaty “Know thyself” and “don’t overcommit.” These maxims have empowered Jacqueline (Jackie) Jeruss to serve as both a breast cancer surgeon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and a basic

From Soil Science to Science Outreach: January 2014 SOTM – Krisztina Eleki By Marina Damiano Krisztina Eleki is the Director of Programming at the Chicago Council on Science and Technology

By Agnella Izzo Matic, PhD Take a sip of a beer.  It’s cool, bubbly.  You smell citrusy, floral hops.  There’s some sweetness that balances the beer’s flavor.  A lingering bitterness

By: Marina Viktoria Pazin I have recently come home from a motivational and inspirational evening with Bridgette Heller, an Executive Vice President and President of Consumer Care at Merck &

By: Stephanie Levi, PhD Victoria Prince, Ph.D. is no stranger to a bustling research career.  As a developmental biologist in the University of Chicago’s Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy,

Imagine traveling to Siberia. In the winter. For science. Been there, done that, for Gayle Woloschak. She traveled to Ozersk, a Russian village whose borders require security clearance to breach,

By Agnella Matic What is the last medicine that you took?  Do you remember its name?  Chances are that you’re thinking of the medicine’s brand name, such as Tylenol® or

Written by C. Zoe Hoeppner, PhD Principal Engineer at Fresenius Kabi (via the recent acquisition of Fenwal Inc), Katherine Radwanski is rising young female star in the apheresis and blood

By Marina Damiano When Arabela Grigorescu was a post-doctoral fellow researching DNA repair proteins at the University of Chicago, she found herself a crossroads in her career.  Though she was