{"id":64,"date":"2018-03-20T17:39:04","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T17:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wisconsinweb.cern.ch\/wu\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2026-01-31T20:57:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T20:57:02","slug":"media-coverage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wisconsinweb.cern.ch\/slw\/?page_id=64","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA COVERAGE"},"content":{"rendered":"

RECENT RECOGNITION AND HONOR<\/strong><\/p>\n

(1) A New Exciting Honor For Sau Lan Wu \u2013 minor planet (177770) ‘Saulanwu’<\/strong>
\nIn a continuing new recognition of my work, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named a minor planet (177770) ‘Saulanwu’ (=2005 JE163) after my name in May 2022 for my integral leadership and participation in particle physics discoveries. This minor planet ‘Saulanwu’ is in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter in our solar system. The size of this minor planet ‘Saulanwu’ is about 2 kilometers in diameter and it takes 4 years to go around the sun once. This planet is relatively stable, dynamically, and therefore it will remain in our cosmos for millions of years to come (Figures 1 and 2).<\/p>\n

Citation: Sau Lan Wu (b. 1940s) is a Chinese-American particle physicist. She is renowned for her integral leadership and participation in the discoveries of the charm quark, the gluon, and the Higgs boson. Wu is the Enrico Fermi Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and an experimentalist at CERN.<\/p>\n

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\nFigure 1: Certificate issued by International Astronomical Union (IAU) on the minor planet (177770) ‘Saulanwu’ (=2005 JE163).<\/p>\n

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\nFigure 2: The orbit of (177770) Saulanwu is marked by white color in between Mars (red) & Jupiter (pink) among the other planets in the solar system.<\/p>\n

(2) Alumnae Association of VASSAR College Distinguished Achievement Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I am the 2023 recipient of Alumnae Association of Vassar College (AAVC) Distinguished Achievement Award. The Distinguished Achievement Award is presented to an alum who has reached the highest level in their field, including the professions, science, the arts, and public affairs. While demonstrating exceptional talent, application, creativity, and skill within a certain career, this individual must at the same time exemplify the ideals of a liberal arts education and have used their position of visibility, power, or leadership to better the human community and serve the wider goals of society.<\/p>\n

MEDIA COVERAGE OF SAU LAN WU<\/strong><\/p>\n

(1) <\/b>Tribune de Geneve article<\/b><\/a> in 2008<\/b> (original version in French and translation)<\/p>\n

(2) Physics World, August 2012<\/b>: \u2018The long road to the Higgs boson<\/b><\/a>\u2019 by Michael Riordan.<\/p>\n

(3) Scientific American, October 2012 issue<\/b>: Sau Lan Wu co-authored the article \u2018The Higgs at last<\/b><\/a>\u2019 with Guido Tonelli (former CMS spokesman) and Michael Riordan (award winning historian).<\/p>\n

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(4) Scientific American special edition on \u201cextreme physics\u201d, May 2013. <\/b>The article \u201cThe Higgs at last\u201d is included among the 16 most intriguing articles that Scientific American has published in recent years.<\/p>\n

(5) Physics World, October 2012 issue<\/b>: Wu was quoted in \u2018Cornering the Higgs boson<\/b><\/a>\u2019 by Michael Riordan.<\/p>\n

(6) Particle at the end of the universe<\/b>: Wu was featured in this book by Caltech physicist\/author Sean Caroll.<\/p>\n

(7) New York Times, March 5, 2013:<\/b>Wu was featured together with Prof. Higgs and three Spokespersons: Incandela (CMS), Tonelli (CMS) and Gianotti (ATLAS) in the article \u2018Chasing the Higgs Boson<\/b><\/a>\u2019 by Dennis Overbye. The picture of the five appeared on the full front page in The ScienceTimes section.<\/p>\n

\"Description:Peter Higgs, center, of the University of Edinburgh, was one of the first to propose the particle\u2019s existence. From left, physicists at CERN who helped lead the hunt for it: Sau Lan Wu (University of Wisconsin), Joe Incandela (University of California-Santa<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

(8) There was an article in Vassar Alumnae Quarterly magazine winter 2013 with the title \u201c The Joy of Discovery Sau Lan Wu \u201963<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n

(9) International Herald Tribune, March 6, 2013: The New York Times article \u201c<\/b>Chasing the Higgs boson<\/b><\/a>\u201d<\/b> was reproduced and featured on the front page.<\/p>\n

(10) On May 25, 2014 Sau Lan Wu gave the 150th Commencement Address at Vassar College<\/b> on the Higgs Particle Discovery replacing Mrs Obama. Available on YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jERTKiNbARU<\/a><\/p>\n

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Vassar College conferred 625 bachelor\u2019s degrees in its 150th commencement ceremony on May 25, 2014.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(11) There was an article in Vassar Alumnae Quaterly magazine Fall 2014, with the full transcript of my Vassar speech and also with more pictures, with the title \u201cFrom Vassar to the Discovery of the Higgs Particle<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

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(12) Plaque in the Wisconscience Wall in the Town Center of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery : https:\/\/wisconsinweb.cern.ch\/slides\/wisconsinwall_2.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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(13) Sau Lan Wu was featured on page 103 of the book \u201cWomen in Science \u2013 50 Fearless Pioneers Who 2016 Changed the World<\/b>\u201d, by Rachel Ignotofsky, published by Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (NY Times best seller), in 2016.<\/p>\n

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(14) Sau Lan Wu was featured on the book \u201cThis Little Scientist – A Discovery Primer<\/b>\u201d, by Joan Holub and Daniel Roode, published by Simon & Schuster, New York, in 2018.<\/p>\n

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(15) Sau Lan Wu is featured in an article published online on July 18, 2018 in Quanta\u00a0 Magazine, with the title “THREE MAJOR PHYSICS DISCOVERIES and COUNTING<\/a>”<\/p>\n

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Sau Lan Wu is the Enrico Fermi Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She works with her team at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, on the Atlas Project. In the picture: Painting of the Atlas, one of the seven particle detector experiments constructed at the Large Hadron Collider.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Subsequently, the same article was published in Wired with the title \u201cMEET THE WOMAN WHO ROCKED PARTICLE PHYSICS\u2014THREE TIMES<\/a>”<\/p>\n

(16) There was an article about Sau Lan Wu\u2019s life and her work in the \u201cOn Wisconsin\u201d magazine published in the Summer 2019 issue, with the title \u201cA Pioneer\u2019s Perseverance<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

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Vassar College conferred 625 bachelor\u2019s degrees in its 150th commencement ceremony on May 25, 2014.
Photo credit: John Abbott\/Vassar College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(17) Sau Lan Wu was featured on the book \u201cHow to Be Extraordinary – 15 True Stories of Incredible Humans<\/b>\u201d, by Rashmi Sirdeshpande, published by Penguin Random House UK, in 2019.<\/p>\n

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(18) Sau Lan Wu was featured on the Cover and featured in an article (page 14) in American Institute of Physics (AIP) History Newsletter Volume 52<\/b> (2020), Number 2 .<\/p>\n

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(19) Sau Lan Wu was featured on page 174 of the book \u201cGood Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 10 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World<\/b>\u201d, by Elena Favilli, published by Rebel Girls, Los Angeles, in 2020.<\/p>\n

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(20)Sau Lan Wu was honored to be featured in the book “Bold Women in Science: 15 Women in History You Should Know<\/strong>” by Danni Washington, published in 2021.<\/p>\n

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(21) Sau Lan Wu was featured in the book named “Scientist Alphabet Book<\/b>\u201d by Christi Sperber published in January 2022. Inside the book, Sau Lan Wu was featured as the scientist on the “W” alphabet page. She was also featured and quoted on the back cover of the book.<\/p>\n

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(22) Sau Lan Wu was honored to be featured in the book “50 Women in Technology<\/strong>\u201d by Georgina Ferry, Bridget Greenwood and Ines Almeida, published in 2023.<\/p>\n

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(23) In November 2024, Prof. Wu was honored to be invited by SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University to deliver a special lecture marking the 50th anniversary of the Nobel-winning discovery of the J\/\u03c8 particle, which she and her colleagues made in 1974.\u00a0 Sau Lan Wu delivered another such lecture to motivate the young physicists in the \u2018SLAC Summer Institute-2024\u2019 which celebrated 50th anniversary of J\/psi discovery in a special session in August 2024.<\/p>\n

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RECENT RECOGNITION AND HONOR (1) A New Exciting Honor For Sau Lan Wu \u2013 minor planet (177770) ‘Saulanwu’ In a continuing new recognition of my work, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named a minor planet (177770) ‘Saulanwu’ (=2005 JE163) after my name in May 2022 for my integral leadership and participation in particle physics … <\/p>\n

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