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Deadline extended! Submit your entry to US Assoc. of Polar Early Career Scientists International Polar Film Festival! Showcasing short films about polar and alpine regions: science, culture, art, storytelling, fieldwork, and more: www.usapecs.org/polar-film-f...
Extended Deadline: February 13, 2026

Submit your entry to the US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists International Polar Film Festival! Showcasing short films (1–30 min) about the polar and alpine regions: science, culture, art, storytelling, fieldwork, and more: www.usapecs.org/polar-film-f...
Deadline: February 06, 2026

AOS professor Michael Morgan

AOS professor Michael Morgan is the new L&S Associate Dean for Research. He brings a wealth of experience, having held numerous departmental, campus, and federal leadership roles, and is well positioned to help address the challenges facing academic research today. Congratulations, Michael!

The 50th Anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: A New Perspective on an Old Storm November 10, 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most-remembered weather-related disasters of all time: the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. This ship was an ore freighter that sailed the G...

The CIMSS Satellite Blog takes a new, in-depth look at the historical storm that sank the Edmund Fitzgerald 50 years ago: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...

Fifty Loops for the 50th Anniversary of GOES Loading map … To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the GOES-A launch (GOES-A became GOES-1 on reaching geostationary orbit), this blog post contains one or two satellite animations (or images) for eac...

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the GOES weather satellites, the CIMSS Satellite Blog has gathered 50 unique weather videos over every US state:
cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...

Ángel F. Adames Corraliza Advancing understanding of the forces that drive tropical weather patterns.

We are thrilled and proud to share that AOS prof Ángel F. Adames Corraliza has been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow!

Congrats, Ángel! The department is ecstatic for you. In addition to the MacArthur announcement linked below, check out the UW–Madison news release here: go.wisc.edu/r0ff84

NASA’s PREFIRE CubeSat Mission Extended The twin cube satellites will operate through at least September 2026, expanding focus from the poles to the whole planet to improve modelling and weather forecasts.

NASA’s PREFIRE CubeSat Mission Extended:
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-p...

SSEC celebrates 60 years On August 20, 1965, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Board of Regents officially recognized the establishment of the Space Science and Engineering Center, a new research center dedicated to the eme...

SSEC turns 60!

We’re celebrating six decades of atmospheric and satellite meteorological research that supports the mission to protect property and save lives:

ssec.wisc.edu/news/article...

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