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Thursday, December 11, 2014 - 12:00pm
Registration for the 2015 IceCube Masterclass, to take place on March 18th at ten IceCube hosting institutions, is open to high school students in their last two years before college.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 11:00am
Justin Vandenbroucke, a University of Wisconsin-Madison assistant professor of physics and researcher at the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC), leads the development of an app that can turn your cell phone into a cosmic ray detector.
Friday, March 20, 2015 - 1:30pm
The second edition of the IceCube Masterclass took place on Wednesday, March 18, at nine institutions in the US and Europe, and on Saturday, March 14, at the University of Ghent. All in all, 175 high school students analyzed IceCube data in the search for astrophysical neutrinos and cosmic rays.
Thursday, September 4, 2014 - 11:45am
“The high school internship at WIPAC was easily one of the highlights of my senior year. It was an amazing experience getting to talk to and work one-on-one with grad students,” says former WIPAC intern Collin Buelo. “I would highly recommend the program to any high school student thinking about going into any area of physics.”
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - 5:30pm
UW–Day at the Wisconsin State Fair last Wednesday drew crowds of badger fans to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for a day of hands-on activities.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 - 1:00pm
The first edition of the IceCube Masterclass, hosted on May 21 at five different IceCube institutions in the US and Europe, will bring over 30 students to WIPAC from six high schools in and around Madison.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 1:00pm
IceCube, the so-called strangest detector ever built, has captured the interest of researchers, journalists and engineers around the world but also of plenty of students and families of all ages
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 6:30pm
We’re excited to be part of the UW – Madison Physics Fair this year on Friday, February 15 from 11:00 am – 4:00 pm. It’s an annual event hosted by the Physics Department featuring hands-on activities for all ages...
Thursday, February 13, 2014 - 10:45am
The community is invited to Extreme South Pole Science day focusing on the research being done with the IceCube telescope on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac, 400 University Dr., Fond du Lac.