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Fashion show moves to Sunday
Students in the Textile and Fashion Design program will show their creations on Facebook at 7 p.m. Central Time Sunday in School of Human Ecology's annual fashion show, "Threads 2020: React."
Virtual symposium addresses key resource during pandemic: clean water
COVID-19 may have forced the event to go virtual, but it also brought the importance of its topic into sharp focus. “You can’t wash your hands if you don’t have water,” says Water@UW–Madison's Matt Ginder-Vogel.
Airman of the Year, a UW–Madison senior, is helping with state’s COVID-19 response
Alex King enlisted in the Wisconsin Air National Guard in September of 2016 — the same month he began classes at UW–Madison as a freshman. He’s juggled school work and military training ever since, excelling at both.
Researchers create hybrids of six yeast species to combine useful traits
There may be many potential research and industrial uses for such hybrids, including studies in genetics, cancer biology, brewing and bioenergy.
The perfect match: UW alum donates bone marrow to blood cancer patient
Kelsey Rahe’s act of heroism has even received national recognition. She was featured on ABC’s World News Tonight — a show hosted by David Muir, who was also the UW commencement speaker when Rahe graduated in 2018.
Budget and furlough information for UW–Madison employees
To address the substantial costs of the COVID-19 crisis, the university is continuing to cut expenses including through employee furloughs.
Chancellor Blank: Budget and furlough information for UW–Madison employees
To our faculty and staff, Over two hectic months, COVID-19 has dramatically changed the world we live in and our campus operations. I am tremendously proud of the ways UW–Madison has responded. The value of a great public university has never been clearer, providing research, information and education related to the pandemic.
Healthy Minds Innovations calms an anxious world with live YouTube meditations
As the pandemic spread in early 2020, Healthy Minds Innovations saw a dramatic increase in demand for its services. Along with the meditations, it offers a Healthy Minds @Work program and a free Healthy Minds Program app that describes four pillars of well-being.
UW−Madison Guidelines: Furloughs, Work-Share Program, Reassignments and Leave Provisions
UW−Madison employees have a strong tradition of working together as a community to address challenging circumstances. Our current situation requires that we implement short-term, cost-saving measures to address the fiscal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Student to student: At opposite ends of the country, roommates motivated by the same #Badgerpride
When UW–Madison suspended in-person instruction for the semester, we each returned to our homes -- Christine to Queens, N.Y. on the east coast, me to Los Angeles on the west coast. We are approximately 2,700 miles apart from each other.
Nine projects win Wisconsin Idea Fellowships
The projects, which are all rooted in the concept of addressing needs identified by community partners, range in topic from food insecurity, the disparity in education, civic responsibility and more.
Student forges special bond with commencement speaker James Patterson, her childhood reading hero
Marie Aguirre has become friends with Patterson and his wife Susan. She’s also been a recipient of their generosity — the couple supported her college studies with a generous scholarship.
Interim Extension official to lead division permanently
Karl Martin "has thoroughly demonstrated his leadership qualities since arriving at Extension, and his term as interim has shown that he is the right choice to lead the unit in the long term,” UW–Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank says.
Report finds regional health, economic factors are key to reopening Wisconsin economy
“Policymakers will need to balance the health risks of relaxing social distancing guidelines with the economic costs of maintaining the restrictions,” says Professor Noah Williams. “We provide metrics to help inform decisions on those tradeoffs."
COVID-19 experts available: Misinformation, poverty, fact-checking
Numerous experts from the University of Wisconsin–Madison are available to discuss the impact of COVID-19 and provide tips and information to help people navigate the challenges to their daily lives.
Sea Grant research addresses the growing crisis of PFAS exposure, finds PFAS in rainwater
A Wisconsin Sea Grant-funded project has helped improve the state’s capability to test for PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) and led to the discovery of their widespread presence in rainwater across the country.
2020 Academic Staff Excellence Awards
Academic staff members bring UW–Madison’s mission to life — they are gifted teachers, world-class researchers, dedicated administrators, and more. Right now, their creativity and dedication are more apparent and more needed than ever.
Making work-at-home work: A little more help
Here are more of the tips and tricks that faculty and staff have shared with their colleagues for adjusting to changes in work and home life.
Teams from Wisconsin, New York search for molecular clues to defeat COVID-19
Morgridge Institute researchers are hoping to better understand what factors influence whether a patient will suffer from complications such as acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Firefighters parade in support of health workers
Fire engines from local Madison stations circled the VA Hospital, UW Hospital and Clinics and American Family Children's Hospital, flashing their lights and sounding their sirens in appreciation of medical staff for their work in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.