Yearly Archives: 2018
The 2018 IceCube Masterclass: engaging students around the world with IceCube scientists
The fifth edition of the IceCube Masterclass hosted over 300 students at 17 institutions in [...]
Week 10 at the Pole
It takes a long time for the sun to set at the South Pole. Maybe [...]
Week 9 at the Pole
The fuel arch under the station is one of the coldest—and creepiest—places at the Pole, [...]
Week 8 at the Pole
A quiet week at the Pole. And when the quiet stems from a well-behaved detector, [...]
Week 7 at the Pole
That’s it—the South Pole station is officially closed for the season. The few remaining summer [...]
Week 6 at the Pole
It was a busy week at the Pole. There are always lots of preparations to [...]
South Pole talk at Aldo Leopold Nature Center
Last week, WIPAC graduate student Rishabh Khandelwal shared his experiences living and working at the [...]
Juan Carlos Díaz-Vélez awarded the best PhD thesis from Centro Universitario de los Valles
At WIPAC, Juan Carlos Díaz-Vélez leads the simulation production for IceCube, but he has also [...]
Week 5 at the Pole
The summer season is nearing its end. So IceCube’s winterovers were busy helping summer crew [...]
WIPAC alumnus Markus Ahlers receives $1.2 million to continue his work with IceCube
After a five-year John Bahcall postdoctoral fellowship at WIPAC, astroparticle physicist Markus Ahlers returned to [...]