All quantum

Student writing quantum optics on a black board.

September 28, 2026

UIC joins Midwest quantum dream team 

Eight leading academic institutions comprise the Midwest Quantum Collaboratory.

Dirk Morr headshot

August 27, 2026

UIC physicist cracks the code to create quantum images

Dirk Morr’s discovery was 20 years in the making.

August 18, 2026

There’s no place like Chicago for a one-of-a-kind microscope

UIC’s newest instrument takes atomic-scale pictures of superconductors.

Researchers collaborate on the development of quantum technologies at the SQMS Quantum Garage.

November 13, 2025

Energy Department funding extends UIC, Fermilab partnership

UIC students and faculty will continue cutting-edge quantum research in partnership with the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory thanks to a $125 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Ashley Blackwell, Ph.D. in ECE with a focus on quantum.

May 26, 2025

Ashley Blackwell is first to traverse UIC’s ‘quantum ecosystem’

Blackwell, who earned her doctorate this spring, values her interdisciplinary quantum education

A green circle on a light blue hexagon surrounded on four sides by needles made of diamond.

January 6, 2025

Elemental superconductor reveals new physics under pressure 

Condensed sulfur could help study the fundamental nature of superconductivity