Author Archives: Alisa King-Klemperer

A novel technique to search for ultra-high-energy photons using the Pierre Auger Observatory

Cosmic rays, the highest energy particles of the universe, bombard Earth from all directions and [...]

WIPAC researchers set new limits on the origins of the Galactic neutrino emission detected by IceCube

Neutrinos are tiny, nearly massless particles that travel cosmological distances unhindered, acting as messengers that [...]

Sánchez Scholars, Mann Scholars learn about potential careers in STEM as they tour WIPAC

This story was originally published by Madison365. About 30 students from across the Madison Metropolitan [...]

WIPAC, UW–Madison Physics Department host after-school program

Last week, 23 participants and their family members gathered for an evening of presentations and [...]

WIPAC scientists meet with educators to develop an astrophysics video game

Last week, scientists from the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) met with librarians, teachers, [...]

WIPAC and IceCube are back at Holiday Fantasy in Lights

WIPAC is back with our IceCube display at the Holiday Fantasy in Lights event in Madison, WI!

Justin Vandenbroucke receives Vilas Associates award

UW–Madison physics professor Justin Vandenbroucke was selected as one of 23 awardees of the Vilas [...]

WIPAC graduate student earns 2023 NSF graduate fellowship

This story was originally published by UW–Madison Physics WIPAC and physics PhD student Samuel Hori was selected to [...]

UW–Madison researchers key in search for neutrino emission from the brightest gamma-ray burst ever detected

On October 9th, 2022, an unusually bright pulse of high-energy radiation whizzed past Earth, captivating [...]

WIPAC hosts after-school program in person

After two years of virtual offerings, the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) hosted its [...]