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UW Changes Lives: Advice, research boosts Wisconsin potato growers
Wisconsin has a healthy potato industry, ranking in the top 5 nationally. It’s bolstered by support from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, ranging from supplying seed potatoes to advice on growing to research into pests.
Help save, recycle things students moving out might discard
As over 7,400 students prepare to move out of the University Residence Halls, the UW–Madison Division of University Housing is asking for volunteers to help residents and their families say goodbye sustainably to items they no longer need.
NSF awards 40 fellowships to UW–Madison students
The Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding, early-career graduate students who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.
Study identifies why some colds cause asthma attacks in children
A new study led by the School of Medicine and Public Health provides some insight on what differentiates a cold that leads to an asthma attack from a cold that remains a cold.
Phi Kappa Phi inducts 152 members, announces nine fellowships
Phi Kappa Phi was founded in 1897 by a group of students who felt a need for an honor society that would recognize excellence across the whole range of academic disciplines.
American Family Insurance boosts data science investment in UW–Madison
American Family Insurance will invest $20 million in UW data science initiatives, including $10 million in research over the next 10 years, and establish a $10 million endowment to create the American Family Insurance Data Science Institute.
UW Changes Lives: Experts advance new crops for long-term profitability
UW-Madison’s Division of Extension experts are helping Wisconsin farmers learn how to better grow crops like grapes, hops and hazelnuts, to support the bottom line in a state battered by low prices for corn, soybean and milk.
Microbiomes of diabetic foot ulcers are associated with clinical outcomes
New research suggests that the microbial communities associated with chronic wounds common in diabetic patients affect whether those wounds heal or lead to amputations.
Save the dates: Public forums for provost finalists
The successful candidate will succeed Sarah Mangelsdorf, who is leaving at the end of the 2018–19 academic year to assume the presidency of the University of Rochester.
The winners: Cool Science Images 2019
Ten images and two videos by University of Wisconsin–Madison students, faculty and staff have been named winners of the 2019 Cool Science Image Contest. The contest recognizes the technical and creative skills required to capture images or video that document science or nature.
Search for new vice chancellor for research hits pause
The search would be renewed in the fall semester for a new vice chancellor for research and graduate education. Norman Drinkwater has agreed to continue serving in the post for the foreseeable future.
Preserving art: Why Notre Dame Cathedral – and art – matter
Notre Dame is special not simply as one of the grandest Gothic cathedrals (in France and in Europe generally) — which it certainly is — but because of its special relationship with French identity.
Get Social: Campus springs to life again. Cause it’s spring
Like bears after a long winter, students this week re-emerged onto the fields and terraces of campus, to enjoy the warming weather. In this week's Get Social, enjoy the early signs of spring.
Scientists angle for more attention to fishing for fun
New research brings attention to the need to better manage recreational fisheries to protect the health of inland and near-shore fish populations and to preserve the recreational fishing experience.
Two UW–Madison scholars elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American politics expert Katherine Cramer and director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery Jo Handelsman are being recognized by the academy for their contributions to science and public affairs.
Major Bascom Hill utility project getting underway this month
Bascom Hill is getting a makeover — or more like a makeunder. Beneath the hill are antiquated utility lines, some of which date back to the 1890s and must be replaced. Grounds crews, landscape architects and arborists are all being consulted to keep impact to the hill at a minimum.
Food safety subject of Go Big Read book
Deborah Blum’s “The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century,” pays tribute to Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley and his work to ensure our food is safe.
Lands We Share project about six state farms wraps up with Madison exhibit
Focusing on the intersection of farming, land, race, and ethnicity in the state, this initiative of the Wisconsin Farms Oral History Project set out with a goal of bringing people from diverse backgrounds together; people often separated despite living and working in the same towns or regions.
Prevention research center to focus on mother-baby health
Wisconsin’s first Prevention Research Center is coming to UW–Madison this fall, thanks to a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The center’s mission will be to improve the health of low-income women, infants and families in Wisconsin.
Badgerloop team to unveil new-and-improved hyperloop pod
And students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have designed and built a super-sleek teardrop-shaped pod for the fourth annual SpaceX Hyperloop Competition—a contest that pits teams from universities around the world against each other to spark innovation in the transportation space.