News·Apr 1, 2026

Dan Cziczo, Leading Atmospheric Scientist, Joins UChicago

Dan Cziczo, a leading expert in atmospheric aerosols and cloud formation, will join CSEi as a Professor of Geophysical Sciences later this spring. 
News·Mar 11, 2026

CSEi Announces Latest Research Awards

Eight new projects led by University of Chicago faculty and researchers will deepen understanding of climate interventions and their potential tradeoffs.
News·Jan 14, 2026

AGU 2025 Reflection: Geneva Kirk Drayson, College ’26

Undergraduate Geneva Kirk Drayson writes an account of her experience at the AGU 2025 Conference in New Orleans.
News·Jan 14, 2026

Policy Outlook: Geopolitics, Oil, and U.S. Strategy in Venezuela After Maduro

via Harris School of Public Policy
Professors Christopher Blattman, Ryan Kellogg, and Paul Poast joined Senior Lecturer Rebecca Wolfe to discuss Operation Absolute Resolve.
News·Dec 8, 2025

Top 10 Charts of 2025

From how climate change will impact food production to how habitat protections influence home prices and the role of markets in reducing pollution while maintaining growth, EPIC-affiliated scholars shed new light on some of the most crucial topics in energy...
News·Dec 4, 2025

Rural Households Highly Value Clean Water

A new study in rural India shows that doorstep delivery of water is a highly cost-effective way of enabling near universal adoption of clean drinking water.
News·Nov 5, 2025

Three Research Assistant Professors Join CSEi in its First Year

As the Climate Systems Engineering initiative (CSEi) at the University of Chicago enters its second year, it continues to grow its research capacity and expertise across key areas of climate systems engineering.
News·Oct 23, 2025

CSEi Launches Inaugural Undergraduate Student Essay Contest

The Climate Systems Engineering initiative (CSEi) at the University of Chicago invites all undergraduate students in the college to take part in its inaugural CSEi Student Essay Contest. The contest asks one question: Should humanity deliberately deploy aerosols in the...
News·Sep 29, 2025

CSEi Welcomes its Inaugural Cohort of Research Fellows

The 2025–2027 cohort brings together six leading early-career researchers from diverse fields to explore and evaluate climate interventions aimed at reducing the risks of a warming planet.
News·Sep 8, 2025

The Arthur H. Compton Lecture Series Presents an Intro to Climate Systems Engineering

via The University of Chicago Physical Sciences Division
A series of free public talks will examine the science, technologies, and policy implications behind large-scale interventions such as sunlight reflection methods (SRM), open-systems carbon removal, and glacial preservation.