For 40 years, the Wonders of Physics has been wowing
KIMBERLY WETHAL
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Michael Winokur, a professor emeritus with UW-Madison’s Physics Department, demonstrates the concept of fire tornados to attendees of the department’s “The Wonders of Physics” program on the campus on Saturday.
UW-Madison professor emeritus Clint Sprott has spent half of his life making people’s hair stand on end and shooting sparks out of people’s fingertips.
UW-Madison graduate student Sam Kramer assists Oliver Hirschy, 12, during a demonstration of a vortex cannon during a presentation of the Physics Department’s “The Wonders of Physics” on the campus on Saturday.
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In the weeks before I joined the Wisconsin State Journal in September, I was told this: Remember that a higher education institution is like their own city. It has its own character and struggles, defined by the students who learn there and the faculty who teach them.
I have seen this over and over again, and it was particularly clear when I visited UW-Platteville at Richland a week after the University of Wisconsin System ordered degree-fulfilling classes to cease because of low enrollment. During my visit, I found many of the devastated students to be emotionally invested in their campus community — and committed to saving it.
Michael Winokur, a professor emeritus with UW-Madison’s Physics Department, demonstrates the concept of fire tornados to attendees of the department’s “The Wonders of Physics” program on the campus on Saturday.
UW-Madison graduate student Sam Kramer assists Oliver Hirschy, 12, during a demonstration of a vortex cannon during a presentation of the Physics Department’s “The Wonders of Physics” on the campus on Saturday.
