The Fall 2018 Awards Ceremony took place on October 17, honoring those who have shown exemplary service at UWM. Among the twenty-eight people recognized for their contributions to UWM were the department’s own David Kaplan and Philip Chang. Associate Professor … Continue Reading »

Article by Laura Otto In the last several years, UWM physicists have participated in experiments to capture images of atomic biology unfolding by using an X-ray free electron laser, equipment that creates slow-motion movies of molecular events happening at split-second … Continue Reading »

Originally posted by Anthony Mandella on the UWM Report UW-Milwaukee has been recognized for demonstrating outstanding performance in physics research by the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities. The ranking scores universities around the world by subject, field … Continue Reading »

Originally posted on 7/24/18 by the W. M. Keck Observatory A team of astronomers has discovered a new way to unlock the mysteries of how the first galaxies formed and evolved. In a study published [on July 24th, 2018] in … Continue Reading »

Students and faculty members from the UW-Milwaukee Physics Department have recently been featured in several stories published in the UWM Report. With Help from NASA, Students Launch Experiment into Space: The UWM Students for the Exploration and Development of Space … Continue Reading »

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 »