{"id":149031,"date":"2025-09-17T15:27:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T20:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=149031"},"modified":"2025-09-17T15:27:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T20:27:31","slug":"uwm-celebrates-10-years-of-gravitational-wave-discovery-with-public-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-celebrates-10-years-of-gravitational-wave-discovery-with-public-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"UWM celebrates 10 years of gravitational wave discovery with public lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University of Wisconsin\u2013Milwaukee will host a public lecture to commemorate a decade since the groundbreaking detection of gravitational waves, or ripples in space-time caused by cosmic collisions of black holes and neutron stars. UWM scientists played a pivotal role in the discovery, which confirmed a major prediction of Einstein\u2019s general theory of relativity and contributed to a Nobel Prize<\/a> in Physics.<\/p>\n

Media are invited to attend the event, which will take place Thursday, Sept 18, 2025, at 7 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n

UWM researchers helped detect<\/a> gravitational waves from a cataclysmic event in the distant universe. Their work was instrumental in identifying the waves as the result of colliding black holes, using advanced analytical tools and a network of supercomputers to process massive amounts of data.<\/p>\n

Patrick Brady, UWM physics professor<\/a> and key contributor to the discovery, and fellow scientists involved will share insights into what has been learned about black holes and neutron stars since that first observation.<\/p>\n

The event is hosted by the <\/a>Leonard E. Parker Center for Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics<\/a>, in partnership with the Manfred Olson Planetarium<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Media access<\/strong>
\nMembers of the media are invited to attend and cover the event, which will take place in the UWM Chemistry Building, Room 108, 2000 E. Kenwood Blvd. Brady will be available for interviews. Please RSVP by email to media-services-team@uwm.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The University of Wisconsin\u2013Milwaukee will host a public lecture to commemorate a decade since the groundbreaking detection of gravitational waves, or ripples in space-time caused by cosmic collisions of black holes and neutron stars. UWM scientists played a pivotal role in the discovery, which confirmed a major prediction of Einstein\u2019s general theory of relativity and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39392,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[202],"tags":[],"section":[],"display_categories":[],"related-coverage":[],"uwmnews-feed":[],"class_list":["post-149031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-releases"],"yoast_head":"\nUWM celebrates 10 years of gravitational wave discovery with public lecture<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The University of Wisconsin\u2013Milwaukee will host a public lecture to commemorate a decade since the groundbreaking detection of gravitational waves, or\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-celebrates-10-years-of-gravitational-wave-discovery-with-public-lecture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UWM celebrates 10 years of gravitational wave discovery with public lecture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The University of Wisconsin\u2013Milwaukee will host a public lecture to commemorate a decade since the groundbreaking detection of gravitational waves, or\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-celebrates-10-years-of-gravitational-wave-discovery-with-public-lecture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UWM REPORT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-17T20:27:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Luella J Dooley-Menet\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UWMNews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UWMNews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Luella J Dooley-Menet\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/uwm-celebrates-10-years-of-gravitational-wave-discovery-with-public-lecture\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/uwm-celebrates-10-years-of-gravitational-wave-discovery-with-public-lecture\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Luella J Dooley-Menet\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/269042f212c5574027a705f723382c8e\"},\"headline\":\"UWM celebrates 10 years of gravitational wave discovery with public lecture\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-17T20:27:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/uwm-celebrates-10-years-of-gravitational-wave-discovery-with-public-lecture\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":230,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"News Releases\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/uwm-celebrates-10-years-of-gravitational-wave-discovery-with-public-lecture\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/uwm-celebrates-10-years-of-gravitational-wave-discovery-with-public-lecture\\\/\",\"name\":\"UWM celebrates 10 years of gravitational wave discovery with public lecture\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-17T20:27:31+00:00\",\"description\":\"The University of Wisconsin\u2013Milwaukee will host a public lecture to commemorate a decade since the groundbreaking detection of gravitational waves, or\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/uwm-celebrates-10-years-of-gravitational-wave-discovery-with-public-lecture\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/uwm-celebrates-10-years-of-gravitational-wave-discovery-with-public-lecture\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/uwm-celebrates-10-years-of-gravitational-wave-discovery-with-public-lecture\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"UWM celebrates 10 years of gravitational wave discovery with public lecture\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"UWM REPORT\",\"description\":\"News from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/41\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/41\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg\",\"width\":225,\"height\":224,\"caption\":\"University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/UWMNews\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/269042f212c5574027a705f723382c8e\",\"name\":\"Luella J Dooley-Menet\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/author\\\/dooleymeuwm-edu\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UWM celebrates 10 years of gravitational wave discovery with public lecture","description":"The University of Wisconsin\u2013Milwaukee will host a public lecture to commemorate a decade since the groundbreaking detection of gravitational waves, or","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-celebrates-10-years-of-gravitational-wave-discovery-with-public-lecture\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"UWM celebrates 10 years of gravitational wave discovery with public lecture","og_description":"The University of Wisconsin\u2013Milwaukee will host a public lecture to commemorate a decade since the groundbreaking detection of gravitational waves, or","og_url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-celebrates-10-years-of-gravitational-wave-discovery-with-public-lecture\/","og_site_name":"UWM REPORT","article_published_time":"2025-09-17T20:27:31+00:00","author":"Luella J Dooley-Menet","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UWMNews","twitter_site":"@UWMNews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Luella J Dooley-Menet","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-celebrates-10-years-of-gravitational-wave-discovery-with-public-lecture\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-celebrates-10-years-of-gravitational-wave-discovery-with-public-lecture\/"},"author":{"name":"Luella J Dooley-Menet","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/269042f212c5574027a705f723382c8e"},"headline":"UWM celebrates 10 years of gravitational wave discovery with public lecture","datePublished":"2025-09-17T20:27:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-celebrates-10-years-of-gravitational-wave-discovery-with-public-lecture\/"},"wordCount":230,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#organization"},"articleSection":["News Releases"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-celebrates-10-years-of-gravitational-wave-discovery-with-public-lecture\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-celebrates-10-years-of-gravitational-wave-discovery-with-public-lecture\/","name":"UWM celebrates 10 years of gravitational wave discovery with public lecture","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-09-17T20:27:31+00:00","description":"The University of Wisconsin\u2013Milwaukee will host a public lecture to commemorate a decade since the groundbreaking detection of gravitational waves, or","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-celebrates-10-years-of-gravitational-wave-discovery-with-public-lecture\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-celebrates-10-years-of-gravitational-wave-discovery-with-public-lecture\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-celebrates-10-years-of-gravitational-wave-discovery-with-public-lecture\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UWM celebrates 10 years of gravitational wave discovery with public lecture"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/","name":"UWM REPORT","description":"News from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#organization","name":"University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/02\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/02\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg","width":225,"height":224,"caption":"University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/UWMNews"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/269042f212c5574027a705f723382c8e","name":"Luella J Dooley-Menet","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/author\/dooleymeuwm-edu\/"}]}},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-25 22:00:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39392"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149031"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149033,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149031\/revisions\/149033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149031"},{"taxonomy":"section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section?post=149031"},{"taxonomy":"display_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/display_categories?post=149031"},{"taxonomy":"related-coverage","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related-coverage?post=149031"},{"taxonomy":"uwmnews-feed","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uwmnews-feed?post=149031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}