What’s missing from your Halloween celebration? Some IceCube-themed pumpkins, probably. Never fear! We are providing you with a variety of stencils to use in your Halloween decor. […]
Happy Halloween! Try these IceCube pumpkin stencils
Outreach
Multimessenger Diversity Network welcomes new members, discusses future efforts in July meeting
From July 22-24, the Multimessenger Diversity Network (MDN) met at the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, located at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the lead institution of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. […]
A new edition of the IceCube Masterclass makes new connections with students
The sixth edition of the IceCube Masterclass hosted over 150 students at 13 institutions in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States. The masterclasses were held on January 30, March 20, April 4 and April 11. […]
The Multimessenger Diversity Network: astrophysics joins efforts to broaden participation in STEM
This past weekend, the first members of the new Multimessenger Diversity Network (MDN) met at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, hosted by the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center. The MDN foundational members are LIGO, VERITAS, and LSST observatories together with IceCube. […]
Artist Tim Otto Roth synthesizes IceCube
The Astroparticle Immersive Synthesizer is not only a huge piece of art, but also a sound laboratory and an experiment in psychoacoustics. […]
The 2018 IceCube Masterclass: engaging students around the world with IceCube scientists
The fifth edition of the IceCube Masterclass hosted over 300 students at 17 institutions in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States. […]
PolarTREC teacher joins neutrino hunters at the South Pole
PolarTREC research experiences connect teachers and scientists in a life-changing experience
that nurtures transformative science learning in the classroom. […]
IceCube launches an international contest to engage students in STEM research and careers
The new South Pole Experiment Contest run by the IceCube Collaboration is a contest developed for middle school students from around the world. […]
The 2017 IceCube Masterclasses: connecting students and researchers through IceCube
The fourth edition of the IceCube Masterclass hosted over 200 students at 14 institutions in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and the US. Stony Brook University, which joined the masterclass program for the first time, had a full program for women. The positive interaction with scientists is again one of the things that students value most from this program. The masterclasses were held on March 8, 11 and 22. […]
IceCube welcomes Tintin to the South Pole
The IceCube team in Brussels has been getting ready for a special deployment to the South Pole. On December 11, Gwen de Wasseige, a graduate student at the Interuniversity Institute for High Energy Physics (IIHE), left Belgium for Antarctica, to take part in the austral summer maintenance and operations activities at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. However, she was not flying on her own but in the company of one of the most famous Belgians of all time, Tintin. […]