Tuesday, January 26, 2021 - 9:00am
On January 1, Professor Lu joined the Department of Physics and IceCube. Most recently, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the International Center for Hadron Astrophysics at Chiba University in Japan. To welcome her, we sat down for a (virtual) interview.
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 - 9:00am
On January 1, astroparticle physicist Ke Fang joined WIPAC and the UW–Madison Physics Department as an assistant professor. To welcome Fang and learn more about her, we met up on Zoom for an interview.
Monday, January 25, 2021 - 9:45am
It doesn’t snow much at the South Pole but there is lots of snow that accumulates there, and sometimes it needs to be moved.
Thursday, January 21, 2021 - 9:30am
The first full week of the year was a busy one! So much going on… The IceCube detector was well behaved, but there were still several maintenance items to take care of.
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 - 3:00pm
The 2021 Bruno Rossi Prize was awarded to Francis Halzen and the IceCube Collaboration “for the discovery of a high-energy neutrino flux of astrophysical origin.”
Thursday, January 7, 2021 - 4:45pm
The South Pole has its traditions for ringing in the new year, which includes a ceremony at the geographic pole to set a new pole marker into place.
Monday, January 4, 2021 - 3:15pm
The “Race Around the World” is a fun run around the South Pole that crosses through all the world’s time zones.