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Eli Sofovich: NASA FINESST

WiCOR Postdoc for Fall 2026

This position has been filled. The job posting below is provided for reference. ______________________________________________________________ The Wisconsin Center for Origins Research (WiCOR) seeks a postdoctoral fellow to participate in Center research in any discipline related to our two main research questions: 1. How do habitable planets form? 2. How does life emerge on habitable planets? WiCOR is …

Tayt Armitage: WSGC Student Spotlight

Ángel F. Adames Corraliza: MacArthur Fellowship

Tayt Armitage: NSF GRFP

From Earth to Exoplanets: Studying Oceans Across the Universe

by Margaret Shreiner  Hannah Zanowski’s research on polar oceanography could help answer key questions about different types of oceans that exist on distant planets.

Annie Bauer: ESS Emerging Leader Award

Out of This World

By Aaron R. Conklin Six things we’ve learned from the James Webb Space Telescope.

Wisconsin Center for Origins Research (WiCOR) “Launches” This Week

by Aaron R. Conklin 

Where It All Began

By Aaron R. Conklin A new multidisciplinary center is poised to explore the origins of life in the universe.