{"id":7459,"date":"2025-04-11T12:14:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T17:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/webid2-test-lsweb\/?page_id=7459"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:24:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:24:39","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/about\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"uwm-p-posts uwm-c-list--cleanlist uwm-c-list--border has-dates\"><li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/uwm-faculty-receives-prestigious-award-from-the-aps\/\">51ÁÔÆæ Faculty Receives Prestigious Award from the APS<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-11-07T11:50:12-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">November 7, 2025<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Distinguished Professor Patrick R. Brady (51ÁÔÆæ Department of Physics &amp; Astronomy) was recently chosen as the 2026 recipient of the Richard A. Isaacson Award in Gravitational-Wave Science, presented by the American Physical Society (APS). The award is presented annually. Professor Brady was chosen, &quot;[f]or trailblazing work in gravitational wave data analysis techniques, computing, and cyberinfrastructure, &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/in-focus-citizen-scientists-can-now-also-use-their-brains-to-help-find-new-pulsars\/\">In Focus: Citizen scientists can now also use their brains to help find new pulsars<\/a><time datetime=\"2023-11-08T08:13:51-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">November 8, 2023<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This article originally appeared in In Focus Vol. 13, No. 11 By Laura Otto, Marketing and Communication Citizen scientists have provided important help to astronomers exploring the heavens, and now they are invited to take a more hands-on role. In their efforts to scour the universe for evidence of gravitational waves, scientists have enlisted the &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/uwm-physics-professor-receives-catalyst-grant\/\">51ÁÔÆæ Physics Professor Receives Catalyst Grant<\/a><time datetime=\"2023-09-05T09:34:15-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">September 5, 2023<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Original article by Laura Otto Associate Professor Ionel Popa is among several recipients of a 51ÁÔÆæ Research Foundation Catalyst Grant. The program, supported by the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and Clarios, has awarded a total of $180,000 to promising research and development in areas where 51ÁÔÆæ has the greatest potential to impact the regional &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/uwm-physicists-are-part-of-hte-team-that-uncovered-the-background-hum-of-the-universe\/\">51ÁÔÆæ physicists are part of the team that uncovered the &#8220;background hum&#8221; of the universe<\/a><time datetime=\"2023-07-05T08:00:53-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">July 5, 2023<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The full article may be found in the July 2023 issue of In Focus, located here It was a celebration more than 15 years in the making \u2013 and the second time 51ÁÔÆæ has had a role in the breakthrough science of gravitational waves. 51ÁÔÆæ physics students and faculty gathered to watch a livestream on &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/uwm-scientists-to-contribute-to-first-of-its-kind-scientific-imaging-effort\/\">51ÁÔÆæ scientists to contribute to first-of-its kind scientific imaging effort<\/a><time datetime=\"2023-03-22T14:17:34-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">March 22, 2023<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">51ÁÔÆæ is a partner on a $90.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation that supports the development of the next generation of X-ray Free Electron Lasers (XFELs) \u2013 novel instruments used to unmask phenomena that have never before been observed. Since 2009, XFELs have enabled scientists to examine how molecules in the human body &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/undergraduate-research-opportunity-reu-at-cspar\/\">Undergraduate Research Opportunity &#8211; REU at CSPAR<\/a><time datetime=\"2023-02-07T14:37:13-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">February 7, 2023<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) at the University of Alabama in Huntsville has announced a new REU program open to undergraduate students. The ten week program will take place from May 22 through July 28, 2023, in Huntsville, Alabama at the University of Alabama campus and at NASA&#039;s Marshall Space Flight &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/physics-department-welcomes-new-faculty-and-staff\/\">Physics Department Welcomes New Faculty and Staff<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-09-27T16:12:38-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">September 27, 2022<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Physics would like to formally welcome our newest hires, Assistant Professor Ahmad Hosseinizadeh and Lecturer Jeff Polak. Our newest faculty member, Assistant Professor Ahmad Hosseinizadeh, originally joined the 51ÁÔÆæ Physics Department in 2011, starting as a postdoctoral research associate and continuing on as a scientist prior to joining the &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/in-focus-what-the-mechanical-forces-behind-protein-folding-can-tell-us-about-cancer\/\">In Focus: What the mechanical forces behind protein folding can tell us about cancer<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-08-03T08:07:13-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">August 3, 2022<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Associate Professor Ionel Popa has been highlighted in the August 2022 issues of In Focus. Scientists have identified two proteins in the body that, when they act together, could help prevent the spread of cancer. But one of those proteins on its own may actual be a catalyst for creating tumors. 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