The UW Physics Department awarded its first PhD in 1899. Since then our students have earned degrees in virtually every area of physics, and our faculty have played key roles in a myriad of important research efforts.

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Megan Tabbutt and Aedan Gardill earn NDSEG fellowships
Department welcomes congressional staffers
Daniel Freedman MS'62 Phd'64 wins special Breakthrough Prize
Making biominerals: nature’s recipe is old, evolved more than once
Duncan Carlsmith's innovative smart phone dropping physics course
Sau Lan Wu featured in OnWisconsin
Fatima Ebrahimi PhD'03 featured in OnWisconsin
Kimberly Palladino Awarded Vilas Faculty Early Career Investigator Award

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Data and computational advances in the fight against floods
Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - 12:05 to 13:00
Cosmology Journal Club
Thursday, September 19, 2019 - 12:00 to 13:00
The Geometry, Energetics, and Environment of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817: The Radio View
Thursday, September 19, 2019 - 15:30 to 17:00
Ethan Peterson Thesis Defense
Friday, September 20, 2019 - 12:00 to 13:00
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Megan Tabbutt and Aedan Gardill earn NDSEG fellowships
Tuesday, August 27th, 2019
Department welcomes congressional staffers
Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
Daniel Freedman MS'62 Phd'64 wins special Breakthrough Prize
Tuesday, August 20th, 2019
Making biominerals: nature’s recipe is old, evolved more than once
Monday, August 19th, 2019
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