The UNI Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is excited to welcome UNI alum Dr. Cassara Higgins as the guest speaker of this year’s Leland Wilson Lecture Series. Higgins is a 2016 graduate of UNI, who double-majored in Chemistry and Physics, who currently works as a nuclear chemist at Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico. Higgins will present a talk titled “79 Years After Oppenheimer: Los Alamos National Lab’s Mission Today” at 7 p.m. Thursday, October 24, in the Lantz Auditorium in McCollum Science Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
UNI collaborators worked together to create a one-of-a-kind program specifically tailored for migrant English language learners enrolled in the Waterloo school district.
UNI Physics students attended the American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting in Minneapolis in March 2024, where they presented their work at poster sessions, as well as had an opportunity to interact with other researchers from all over the world.
UNI Physics major Brandon Schmidt presented his research at the poster session of the conference. Brandon’s research is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF).