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WARF taps Fujifilm chief, local executives for Entrepreneurons series

January 19, 2016

WARF, in conjunction with BioForward, is hosting a special two-part series exploring why Wisconsin is the right environment for tech businesses. Read More

UW astronomer recognized for demystifying star system

January 15, 2016

Sebastian Heinz has been honored by the American Astronomical Society for his work to unravel the mystery of Circinus X-1, a bizarre binary star system in our galaxy that exploded some 2,500 years ago. Read More

Working group recommends coordination of campus research cores

January 12, 2016

“Implementation of these methods should contribute to a supportive, sustainable environment for research at UW–Madison,” the group says in its report. Read More

Between soil and snow

January 5, 2016

Professors Jonathan Pauli and Benjamin Zuckerberg explain the subnivium — habitat between the ground and winter snow cover that is being affected by climate change. Read More

Bird habitat changing quickly as climate change proceeds

December 22, 2015

The climatic conditions needed by 285 species of land birds in the United States have moved rapidly between 1950 and 2011 as a result of… Read More

Veterinary medicine partnership with community saves baby crane

December 18, 2015

A young Wisconsin sandhill crane is back to full health and flying south for the winter thanks to a partnership with the School of Veterinary medicine. Read More

Study finds people transformed how species associated after 300 million years

December 16, 2015

The researchers found a surprising and very recent shift away from the steady relationship among species. Read More

WARF announces additional grant to benefit IT, energy institute

December 15, 2015

An additional grant of $20 million to the UW–Madison campus was announced by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Board of Trustees this week. WARF’s grant will help support important IT infrastructure commitments that are essential to the university’s research and academic mission. Also benefitting from the additional funds will be the Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI). Read More