{"id":2707,"date":"2026-10-06T16:24:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T15:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eppg.ugent.be\/?p=2707"},"modified":"2026-10-08T13:09:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T12:09:48","slug":"remember-who-visited-eppg-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eppg.ugent.be\/index.php\/2026\/10\/06\/remember-who-visited-eppg-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember who visited EPPG in May?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remember who visited EPPG in May, and gave a wonderful colloquium on \u201cIceCube: The First Decade of Neutrino Astronomy\u201d? Yes, it was Francis Halzen who today got awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics \u201cfor decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin\u201d. &nbsp;Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nobelprize.org%2Fprizes%2Fphysics%2F2026%2Fsummary%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CDavid.Kavtaradze%40UGent.be%7Ceb75127424124813d7ee08df23bce18d%7Cd7811cdeecef496c8f91a1786241b99c%7C1%7C0%7C639268966287961202%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=tShD34Min3R5opBV1UhPtIDUW3Dm3o5OJDzRaFwqKiI%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/prizes\/physics\/2026\/summary\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and check out the IceCube news story here:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/icecube.wisc.edu\/news\/awards\/2026\/10\/francis-halzen-icecube-principal-investigator-wins-2026-physics-nobel-prize\">https:\/\/icecube.wisc.edu\/news\/awards\/2026\/10\/francis-halzen-icecube-principal-investigator-wins-2026-physics-nobel-prize<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is wonderful news, not just for our local IceCube group or EPPG, but for all of Belgium. And for everyone doing research on Neutrinos and Astroparticle Physics. &nbsp;We are very proud and overjoyed that Francis&#8217; pioneering work, and wonderful achievements got honored in the most prestigious way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congratulations from the local Cubers and all of EPPG!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/eppg.ugent.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rn_image_picker_lib_temp_e7bb67e7-2506-4eb1-9216-4cae2e0c1122-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eppg.ugent.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rn_image_picker_lib_temp_e7bb67e7-2506-4eb1-9216-4cae2e0c1122-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eppg.ugent.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rn_image_picker_lib_temp_e7bb67e7-2506-4eb1-9216-4cae2e0c1122-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eppg.ugent.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rn_image_picker_lib_temp_e7bb67e7-2506-4eb1-9216-4cae2e0c1122-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eppg.ugent.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rn_image_picker_lib_temp_e7bb67e7-2506-4eb1-9216-4cae2e0c1122-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/eppg.ugent.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rn_image_picker_lib_temp_e7bb67e7-2506-4eb1-9216-4cae2e0c1122-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/eppg.ugent.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rn_image_picker_lib_temp_e7bb67e7-2506-4eb1-9216-4cae2e0c1122-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember who visited EPPG in May, and gave a wonderful colloquium on \u201cIceCube: The First Decade of Neutrino Astronomy\u201d? Yes, it was Francis Halzen who today got awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics \u201cfor decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin\u201d. &nbsp;Learn more at https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/prizes\/physics\/2026\/summary\/&nbsp; and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eppg.ugent.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eppg.ugent.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eppg.ugent.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eppg.ugent.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eppg.ugent.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2707"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/eppg.ugent.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2712,"href":"https:\/\/eppg.ugent.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707\/revisions\/2712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eppg.ugent.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eppg.ugent.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eppg.ugent.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eppg.ugent.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}