Category: Undergraduate

Congrats, Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium award winners!

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The Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium (WSGC) recently announced its 2026 Spring Awardees, including several UW–Madison physics students. WSGC award winners are Wisconsin students, educators, faculty, and research teams conducting NASA-aligned research, STEM education, and aerospace outreach across the state. These awards strengthen Wisconsin’s STEM workforce pipeline through hands-on research, outreach programming, academic advancement, and national …

Highlight: physics major Val Díaz Moreno’s summer as an Open Quantum Initiative Fellow at Argonne

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Game on! New course explores the physics of sports

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By Francesca Smith, physics communications intern Students who signed up for a course about the physics of sports probably did not expect to take a field trip to the Kohler Art Library at the beginning of the semester. But the unexpected is the norm with Jim Reardon, the instructor for Physics 106: Physics of Sports. …

Hilldale Undergraduate Award Winners in Physics

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Four physics majors have earned 2025 Hilldale Fellowships. They are: Ruben Aguiló Schuurs, Computer Sciences and Physics major, working with Mark Saffman Zijian Hao, Astronomy – Physics and Physics major, working with Paul Terry (Physics) Nathaniel Tanglin, Astronomy – Physics and Physics major, working with Elena D’Onghia (Astronomy) Michael Zhao, AMEP and Physics major, working with Saverio Spagnolie …

Nathan Wagner named 2025 Astronaut Scholarship Foundation scholar

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This post is adapted from an announcement originally made by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation recently announced its 2025 class of Astronaut Scholars, including University of Wisconsin–Madison physics and math major Nathan Wagner. For 2025, a total of 74 undergraduate students from 51 universities and colleges across the United States will each …

Physics major Caleb Youngwerth wins poster prize at APS Eastern Great Lakes meeting

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Congrats to physics, astronomy-physics, mathematics and french major Caleb Youngwerth on winning the Meeting Award for Undergraduate Student Poster at the Fall 2024 meeting of the Eastern Great Lakes Section of APS! Youngwerth’s poster, entitled, “Harnessing Molecular Simulation of the DLVO Potential to Engineer New Battery Technologies,” was presented at the meeting held October 18-19 …

Four students named Hilldale Fellows

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Four physics majors have earned 2024 Hilldale Fellowships. They are: Erica Magee, Mathematics and Physics major, working with Martin Zanni (Chemistry) Quinn Meece, Astronomy – Physics and Physics major, working with Mark Saffman (Physics) Elias Mettner, Physics major, working with Abdollah Mohammadi (Physics) Leah Napiwocki, Astronomy – Physics and Physics major, working with Marsha Wolf (Astronomy) The Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty …

Two physics students win presentation awards at APS April Meeting

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Elias Mettner and Nadia Talbi, both conducting research in high energy physics at UW–Madison, won undergraduate presenter awards at the American Physical Society’s April Meeting. The meeting, held in Sacramento April 3-6, included seven undergraduate oral presentation sessions with six to eight students in each session. The top two students from each session earned “Top …

Physics students inducted into Phi Beta Kappa

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This post is modified from one originally published by University Communications On Saturday, April 13, physics students Will Cerne and William Griffin were among the 168 University of Wisconsin–Madison Letters & Science undergraduates inducted to the Phi Beta Kappa (ΦΒΚ) academic society. The induction ceremony was held at Varsity Hall in Union South with 350 …

Jim Reardon wins WISCIENCE Lillian Tong Teaching Award

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Each year, the University of Wisconsin–Madison recognizes outstanding academic staff members who have excelled in leadership, public service, research and teaching. These exceptional individuals bring the university’s mission to life and ensure that the Wisconsin Idea extends far beyond the campus and the state. Ten employees won awards this year, including Dr. Jim Reardon, Director …