L&S News  Tag: Physics

Physics Prof. Sau Lan Wu announced her retirement effective January 1, 2026. One of the first two women on the physics faculty when she joined in 1977, her nearly 50-year career stands as one of the most consequential in modern experimental particle physics.

Ona Ambrozaite is tapped as the new executive director of the Wisconsin Quantum Institute. 

 

Backed by funding from the National Science Foundation, College of Letters & Science faculty are tackling a red-hot research topic.

Nathan Wagner landed a prestigious award designed to inspire scientific innovators.

Inspired by her mentor, a physics alumna continues a legacy of support, a quest for knowledge and the pursuit of discovery.

The first images from the observatory were livestreamed and viewed at watch parties worldwide. The stream ended with a Q&A session moderated by Eric Wilcots, College of Letters & Science dean and astronomy professor.

A team of 13,508 scientists, including over 100 from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, won the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, the Breakthrough Prize Foundation. The Prize recognizes work conducted at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) between 2015 and 2024.

Botanist and professor Simon Gilroy and Haddie McLean, manager of The Wonders of Physics, have received this year’s Bassam Z. Shakhashiri Public Science Engagement Awards. The awards recognize one UW faculty member and one academic staff member for their work engaging the public in science, technology, engineering, arts and math.

Assistant Professor of Physics Ke Fang and Assistant Professor of Computer Sciences Xiangyao Yu will each receive $75,000 to support their research.