<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2026/breakthrough-physics-prize-reinforces-value-of-liberal-arts-for-dean-miller.html" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>05/22/2026 01:24:48 PM</pubDate><title>Breakthrough Prize Recognition Reinforces Value of Liberal Arts Education for Dean Miller ’92</title><description>Dean Miller '92 contributed to a series of experiments while in graduate school more than 30 years ago, work which continued for decades and has collectively received the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.</description><author>Emily Bollinger</author><image><img src="/news/2026/images/physics-grad-dean-miller-thm.jpg" alt="Dean Miller and his wife Beth (Mampe) Miller '92"/></image><image-caption>Dean Miller and his future wife Beth (Mampe) Miller at their IWU graduation in 1992.</image-caption><tags><tag>home</tag><tag>news</tag><tag>physics</tag></tags></item>