Category State & Global
Odyssey Project celebrates 15 years of changing lives for low-income adults
A recent survey shows that the Odyssey Project’s 400-plus graduates are more likely to read, vote and go to college after their experience.
Wisconsin corn maze features 480-foot trilobite
Wiped out more than 250 million years ago, a trilobite today is the Wisconsin state fossil. It is also the defining feature of this year’s award-winning Treinen Farm Corn Maze in Lodi.
Alumni Park opening celebration will be Friday, Oct. 6
A full weekend of activities is planned to follow up on Alumni Park's unveiling on Oct. 6. The park's artful exhibits tell more than 200 alumni and UW stories, and it has gardens, a visitor center and a statue of Bucky Badger.
From moon rocks to flash talks, explore 100+ Wisconsin Science Festival events
Now in its seventh year, the festival continues to engage communities in the enterprise of science and discovery and aims to communicate the power of knowledge and creativity, promote innovation and cultivate the next generation of global citizens.
Center for Dairy Research helps entrepreneur create snack bar for young women
A new line of dairy-based snack bars developed to promote healthy eating and a healthy self-image among young women were created by a UW–Madison alumnus with help from UW–Madison’s Center for Dairy Research (CDR).
University of Wisconsin Midshipmen experience life in the fleet
In their summer training assignments, 36 UW–Madison midshipmen experienced life in the Navy and Marine Corps, ranging from submarines to aviation squadrons to participation in Marine Corps Officer Candidates School.
Having cows put proteins into milk, not waste, is researcher’s goal
“On average, only about a quarter of the crude protein in a dairy ration goes to milk,” says Professor Sebastian I Arriola Apelo.
WRI Researchers track groundwater usage by trees in key Wisconsin regions
UW-Madison researchers are trying to address the question of how much groundwater is being used by trees — and how the changing levels of available groundwater may be affecting the trees’ growth over time.
Annual call for pre-proposals for the Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment
The Office of the Provost is soliciting proposals from faculty, staff and students for the 2018 Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment grant…
UW lab in Stoughton has equipped complex scientific projects for 50 years
“Without PSL, I would be a lonely theorist writing papers,” says Francis Halzen, UW–Madison physics professor and longtime principal investigator for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole.
Calling all Badgers: HLN to broadcast live during special tailgating weekend
The UW–Madison campus and its football tailgating traditions will be showcased Friday and Saturday, Sept. 29 and 30, during two mornings of live broadcasts on Headline News (HLN).
Meet the Class of 2021
This fall, UW–Madison welcomed 6,610 freshmen — the largest incoming class in the university’s history, up 2.8 percent from last year. Of the group, 3,746 are Wisconsin residents, up from 3,671 in 2016.
‘Badger Promise’ program offers free tuition to first-generation Wisconsin transfer students at UW–Madison
Chancellor Rebecca Blank proposed the program earlier this year with the goal of expanding access for lower-income Wisconsin residents and preparing the Wisconsin workforce to meet employers’ changing needs.
Study: MMSD’s 4-year-old kindergarten expands educational equity
“The district is adding to the learning opportunities of children from historically disadvantaged groups before they enter kindergarten,” says researcher Jaymes Pyne.
Brand New Badger: Daughter of Hmong immigrants part of national push for more women in technology
“(My parents) urged my oldest sister to go to college, and she became the role model for the rest of us,” Rosee Xiong says. “And now I’m hoping I can be a role model for other minority students and for my younger siblings.”
At ‘Kick Back,’ plenty of fun but deeper bonds, too
A welcome celebration called “Kick Back” brought together students involved in various UW–Madison diversity programs, to have fun and build interpersonal connections.
Study finds Wisconsin children unequally ready for kindergarten
Researchers from the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), part of UW–Madison’s School of Education, compared the literacy skills of Wisconsin’s kindergarten students and found them “far from equally prepared to learn.”
UW senior takes a year off to represent the state as Miss Wisconsin
UW-Madison senior McKenna Collins was named Miss Wisconsin in June, and the title amounts to a full-time job for a year.
UW-Madison students in Houston to aid post-Harvey mosquito control
To assist efforts to control the millions of mosquitoes that hatched during recent flooding in the Houston area, two University of Wisconsin–Madison students have flown to Texas to help trap and identify them.
UW–Madison joins in Big Ten Voting Challenge
The challenge will help mobilize registration and turnout efforts at all 14 universities. Trophies will go to the schools with the highest and most most improved turnout.