Van Vleck Exhibit
The UW Department of Physics has a three-part exhibit on the life of Physics Nobel Prize winner and former UW-Madison student John H. Van Vleck. The exhibit is in the main lobby of Chamberlin Hall (University Aveune Entrance).To read more about it, click here.

L. R. Ingersoll Museum
The L.R. Ingersoll Museum of Physics, located in Chamberlin Hall, provides many opportunities to interact with interesting physics demonstrations. For all ages. For more information, visit the museum's Web site:
Ingersoll Museum Home Page

Annual Physics Fair
You are invited to attend the Annual Physics Fair held each February. This is an open house in which members of the public can come to learn about the research and teaching that are a part of our department. The Physics Fair includes laboratory tours, hands-on demonstrations, activities for kids and families, and informal conversations with scientists. We have exhibits representing research groups in the department as well as displays on more general physics topics. Additionally, the Ingersoll Physics Museum will be open and the Annual Wonders of Physics public presentations will take place. (Read More)

The Wonders of Physics
The Wonders of Physics inspires interest in physics among people of all ages and backgrounds. The heart of the program is a fast-paced presentation of physics demonstrations carefully chosen to be entertaining as well as educational. For more information, performance schedule, and tickets visit:
Wonders of Physics Home Page

Faculty Participate in Community Radio Program
On Thursday, November 16 2009 Professor Susan Coppersmith (UW Physics) and Professor Robert Hamers (UW Chemistry) appeared on Madison's listener-sponsored radio station WORT 89.9FM. Gino Segre, host of Perpetual Motion Notion, interviewed the two NSEC faculty about nanotechnology. To listen, click here.

Expanding Your Horizons Program
Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) is a one-day conference held annually at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for approximately 400 middle school-aged (6th-8th grades) girls from south-central Wisconsin. As part of a small group, each girl attends three career sessions as well as the opening session and closing activity.
Expanding Your Horizons Home Page

Physics Department Concert Pays Homage to Genius
The performance, with Jack Liebeck on violin, and Inon Barnaton on piano, had global origins. Its Madison connection, UW-Madison physicist Wesley Smith, has been collaborating with European scientists on two major research projects: the ZEUS project in Hamburg, which collides electrons with proton; to explore the inner structure of the proton and the CMS project at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, which will open up the highest energy discovery frontier in particle physics in 2007. To read the UW news article, click here.

Wave
The signature art project by Peter Flanary for the newly remodeled Physics Department in Chamberlin Hall was installed on June 8, 2005. View photos that document the installation.

Newton's Apple Tree
A direct descendant of the apple tree that bore the falling fruit that inspired the notion of gravitation by Sir Isaac Newton was donated to UW-Madison by U.S. Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner and planted in a small botanical garden beside the Physics Department. To read more about it, click here.