This article originally posted on CBS58 by Amanda Porterfield For most of his life Stephen Hawking was trapped motionless by disease, but his mind reached beyond the furthest stars. Hawking passed away this month at his home in Cambridge, England. … Continue Reading »

Professor Joachim Frank, who shared the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, visited UWM on Friday, 3/9/2018 to deliver a colloquium, at the invitation of Abbas Ourmazd, a UWM distinguished professor of physics, who has published recent papers with Professor Frank. … Continue Reading »

Following the death of famed Physicist Dr. Stephen Hawking on March 14, 2018, Milwaukee’s WTMJ Channel 4 interviewed UWM’s Distinguished Physics Professor Emeritus Leonard Parker who discussed his friendship and previous work with Dr. Hawking. Click here to view the … Continue Reading »

Kirill Shmilovich, a UWM senior pursuing a double major in Physics and Mathematics, has been accepted to present his undergraduate research at the 22nd Annual “Posters on the Hill” event in Washington, D.C., presented by the Council on Undergraduate Research. … Continue Reading »

The 2018 edition of UWM Research magazine has launched, celebrating the stories and work of nearly 100 faculty members, students and staff. “I’m amazed every day at the sheer breadth of research at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,” UWM Chancellor Mark … Continue Reading »

Members of the UWM Physics Department appeared on WUWM twice during the month of February, discussing both research and a program celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope presented by the UWM Manfred Olson Planetarium. On February 8, 2018, Physics Professors Marija … Continue Reading »