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Q & A: Plant expert talks benefits of owning plants for students, Plant Adoption Day
Plants are beneficial for the well-being of students. They provide oxygen and are an essential resource for all human life on Earth. And now students can get a free one.
Thousands of UW students have activated their Handshake account – have you?
Handshake makes it easier than ever to connect to jobs, internships, career events, and even on-campus interviews. It launched as UW–Madison’s main career services tool in July 2018.
Brand New Badger: Triplets attending UW–Madison together
Annika, Claudia and Jenna Strand are triplets who are attending UW–Madison together this fall. Kayla Huynh For Annika, Claudia and Jenna…
A little less protection could bring about long-lasting solar cells
New research at UW–Madison helped researchers achieve the longest-ever useful life of a key component of some types of photovoltaic cells called the photoelectrochemical electrode.
New campus-wide effort provides coordinated training for hundreds of peer tutors
Nearly 250 UW–Madison peer tutors took part in campus-wide training recently. Peer tutors are high-performing students who provide academic help to fellow students, with proven academic and social development benefits.
Multi-university collaboration will use data science to find the next El Nino
A new collaboration involving UW–Madison will develop novel data science tools to sniff out hidden weather patterns, improving weather forecasts and scientific understanding of global climate.
A starring role for nonhuman primates in the stem cell story
“If UW–Madison is the birthplace of human embryonic stem cells, then the Primate Research Center is the cradle,” says Marina Emborg, director of the center's Preclinical Parkinson's Research Program.
Book club serves up an ‘intellectual feast’ for retired faculty members
For 23 years, a group of retired UW–Madison professors and administrators has met monthly to discuss works of historic and scholarly import. As book clubs go, it could be one of the world’s smartest.
UW2020: WARF Discovery Initiative is open for round five proposals
UW2020 supports collaborative, multidisciplinary research projects that are high-risk, high-impact, and transformative as well as those that require the acquisition of shared instruments or equipment that will open new avenues for research.
Last call for Bucky on Parade
The Bucky on Parade public art project ends on Sept. 12, and the next day most of the distinctively decorated statues will be removed from their summer display sites.
UW-Madison ranked 15th best public college by U.S. News & World Report
UW-Madison is ranked as the 23rd “Best College for Veterans." The College of Engineering ranks 14th overall for its undergraduate program and eighth among public doctoral institutions; The Wisconsin School of Business ranks 18th overall and eighth among public doctoral institutions.
Shalala returns for campus honor
Chancellor Emerita Donna Shalala returned to campus for her induction into the UW Athletic Hall of Fame and a tailgate party at Olin House.
Celebration marks launch of Babcock Hall construction project, honors partners
The $47 million project involves the renovation of the Babcock Hall Dairy Plant, as well as a new, three-story addition for the Center for Dairy Research.
Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Lab has new director, new direction
UW–Madison veterinarian Keith Poulsen will head the agency, which plays a critical role in preserving animal health and the integrity of the state’s animal production industry.
LAB3 exhibition helps high school students merge physics and art
A new exhibition featuring artworks inspired by scientific research led by UW–Madison physicists, and created by high school students with the help of artists and writers.
UW–Madison to co-lead $10 million grant to cultivate STEM faculty
To broaden participation in STEM programs and fields, the National Science Foundation awarded a five-year, $10 million NSF INCLUDES Alliance grant to be co-led by UW–Madison’s Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.
Initiative focuses on advanced technology innovations in biomanufacturing
A $750,000 grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. announced today (Sept. 6) establishes the Forward BIO Initiative, a collaborative effort to make Wisconsin a recognized center of excellence for biomanufacturing.
Ancient farmers spared us from glaciers but profoundly changed Earth’s climate
Ancient farming practices led to a rise in the atmospheric emission of the heat-trapping gases carbon dioxide and methane – a rise that has continued since, unlike the trend at any other time in Earth’s geologic history, according to new UW–Madison research.
New round of ‘cluster hires’ announced
Part of the goal is to foster collaborative research, education and outreach by creating new interdisciplinary areas of knowledge that cross the boundaries of existing academic departments.
Guidelines help students distinguish between activism and disruption
The newly updated document has two purposes: It helps individuals and groups plan for peaceful events, such as guest speakers, protests, counter-protests and demonstrations; and it provides students with behavior expectations as they participate in these campus activities.