Meet UW–Madison’s Nobel Prize winners
Francis Halzen, winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics, joins a community of Badgers who’ve changed the world.
Behind IceCube discoveries, decades of high-throughput computing
UW–Madison and Morgridge Institute researchers have supported Halzen’s work long before IceCube existed — an exemplar of computing collaborations that have now contributed to four Nobel Prize-winning efforts.
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Francis Halzen, winner of the 2026 @NobelPrize in physics, joins a community of Badgers who’ve changed the world.
Meet UW–Madison's Nobel laureates:
Meet UW–Madison’s Nobel Prize winners
Francis Halzen, winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics, joins a community of Badgers who’ve changed the world.
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Perseverance, teamwork, talent and luck.
UW–Madison professor and 2026 @NobelPrize laureate in physics Francis Halzen shares what it takes to overcome challenges on the road to scientific discovery.
It's been an exciting week here at WIPAC after Professor Francis Halzen's Nobel Prize in Physics win! Here are some photos taken at a @UWMadison press conference yesterday.
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#NobelPrize2026 #UWMadison #IceCubeNeutrinoObservatory
A huge Badger congratulations to @UWMadison physics professor Francis Halzen, who won a #NobelPrize for his work as principal investigator of the Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory. Learn more about the world’s largest telescope here.
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With some improvements beneath the ice, this Antarctic neutrino observatory should keep UW–Madison at the forefront of astronomy.
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