Outreach – Page 4

Meet Jocelyn Argueta, our 2019 PolarTREC educator

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Madeleine O'Keefe

IceCube’s South Pole crew will have another pair of helping hands (and flippers) this summer season: Jocelyn Argueta will be at the Pole from November 30 to December 27 as our 2019 PolarTREC educator. (As for the flippers…keep reading to find out.)
Jocelyn is a bilingual scientist-performer with Phantom Projects Theatre Group in La Mirada, California. She has a Bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of California, Irvine, and has her own show based around her character, Jargie the Science Girl! […]

Happy Halloween! Try these IceCube pumpkin stencils

Posted on October 28, 2019 by Staff

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. […]

Multimessenger Diversity Network welcomes new members, discusses future efforts in July meeting

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Staff

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

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Staff

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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

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Silvia Bravo

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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

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Silvia Bravo

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

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Staff

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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

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Staff

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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

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Staff

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

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Silvia Bravo

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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. […]