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School of Veterinary Medicine assists Wisconsin animal shelters with canine brucellosis response
Two dogs recently transported from overseas to animal shelters and rescue groups in Wisconsin have tested positive for canine brucellosis. The UW–Madison Shelter Medicine Program is advising the shelters on quarantine procedures.
Bucky’s Classroom introduces middle school students to college
Bucky’s Classroom is designed to increase college opportunities for all students by building college access knowledge and providing classroom resources focused on career exploration.
Returning adult students honored for hard work through challenges
Aysha Dominquez takes a full load of classes, while raising a family and commuting from Beaver Dam. She, and Olivia Wine, won the Outstanding Undergraduate Returning Adult Student Award.
Fruit smoothie DNA: Online summer course offers fun, hands-on science learning
"Plant Pathology 123: Plants, Parasites, and People" provides a fun and approachable option for fulfilling a science or lab requirement.
UW Changes Lives: Libraries take steps to keep education affordable
As the cost of higher education continues to rise, libraries are in a unique position to help minimize the impact on the wallets of students and faculty.
UW Changes Lives Video: Bucky’s Tuition Promise offers opportunity
Hear about one student's experience with Bucky's Tuition Promise, which guarantees scholarships and grants to pay for tuition and segregated fees for Wisconsin students whose household adjusted gross income is $58,000 or less.
Four faculty receive 2019 Hilldale Awards
One faculty member each from the arts and humanities, social sciences, physical sciences and biological sciences is selected from nominations by department chairs. The winners this year are Patricia Devine, Jin-Wen Yu, Ellen Zweibel and Linda Schuler.
Get Social: Badgers all over on spring break
From canyons to mountains to oceans to the Antarctic, Badgers spread all over the world during spring break. But they made sure to throw the W, wherever they were.
Visit by fraternity and sorority experts includes open session
A team of national experts will begin a four-day campus visit Sunday as part of a proactive review to strengthen fraternity and sorority life.
Prescribed fires begin at Arboretum, Lakeshore Nature Preserve
Prescribed fire restores a natural process, stimulates native vegetation growth and seed production, improves wildlife habitat, and provides valuable training and research opportunities.
After winning online vote, researchers to assemble German shepherd genome
This genome will allow the group to expand its research into diseases that affect German shepherds. It will also contribute to further understanding of structural variation between the genomes of different dog breeds.
Personalized in vitro model enables drug screening for kidney cancer
One way to treat the most common type of kidney cancer is to use anti-angiogenic drugs to cut off the blood supply to the tumors, but patients respond differently to the drugs, and choosing the wrong one can make the cancer grow faster.
From track to pool to ice: UW celebrates national championships
There was no shortage of national titles to celebrate Monday night at the Kohl Center as fans gathered to pay tribute to the women's hockey team, fresh from their fifth championship, as well as champion swimmer Beata Nelson and runners Alicia Monson and Morgan McDonald.
Study suggests trees are crucial to the future of our cities
According to a new UW–Madison study, the right amount of tree cover can lower summer daytime temperatures in a city by as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
New mechanism of action found for agricultural pesticide fludioxonil
The fungicide was originally devised to protect seeds during storage but was so effective at limiting mold damage that it is now widely used to treat produce after harvest to extend its shelf life.
Badgers win 5th national hockey title
Wisconsin is on top of the collegiate hockey world once again after defeating Minnesota, 2-0, to claim the 2019 NCAA National Championship on Sunday.
Women’s hockey: Eyes on the prize
The Badgers seek their fifth NCAA crown Sunday at 1:30 p.m. against archrival Minnesota.
UW Changes Lives: Opening doors for transfer students
Transfer students are a vibrant and diverse part of UW–Madison's student body. UW–Madison has created several programs in recent years to help them academically, financially and socially.
UW–Madison mathematicians named Simons Fellows
Andreas Seeger, Autumn Kent and Gheorghe Craciun are among 48 distinguished scientists named to the fellowships, which will help them “focus solely on research for the long periods often necessary for significant advances.”
UW Changes Lives: Dairy industry support for grad students pays off
“This benefits the industry in two ways,” says the chair of the Department of Dairy Science. “Students conduct research that leads to new products and protocols and technologies. And they graduate as highly trained potential employees.”