Building Description
The Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex is a state-of-the-art facility for scientific discovery. Opened in 2015, the six-story building was engineered to foster research that crosses traditional boundaries. The building blends highly advanced physical infrastructure with deliberate social architecture. It houses the Physics and Astronomy Department, as well as researchers in the Leonard E. Parker Center for Gravitation, Cosmology & Astrophysics, the Zilber College of Public Health, the Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery and other fields.
Visitor Experience
Enjoy short, guided tours of the Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex and explore interactive exhibits in the building’s main atrium, including infrared selfie pictures and demonstrations about black holes. The student-led Coffeeshop Astrophysics team will present a trio of 20-to-25-minute lectures to explain more of the science behind our understanding of the universe. Also, meet UWM physicists on the LIGO team that made one of history’s great scientific discoveries, the first-ever detection of gravitational waves. It’s research that confirmed a phenomenon predicted by Albert Einstein a century earlier, earning the LIGO team a Special Breakthrough Prize and the LIGO founders the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Address
Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex, 3135 N Maryland Ave
Saturday Hours
10 am - 5 pm
Sunday Hours
Not Open
Photography
Photography allowed, Videography allowed, Tripod allowed
Accessibility
Fully wheelchair accessible
