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Tomorrow’s Yellowstone: Researchers
Getting to work, eat, live and sleep in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park everyday is a unique experience and one Arielle, Timon and Lucy don’t take for granted. But with such important work and busy field days, it’s also important for the researchers to care for themselves.
Tomorrow’s Yellowstone: Monica
Rooted in a deep love of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Monica Turner has spent the last 35 years training a generation of fire ecologists, influencing forest management and shaping our understanding of the future of western landscapes. While she feels the urgency to find answers and take action towards solutions that help limit human-driven climate change, she also feels optimistic.
Tomorrow’s Yellowstone: Lucy
Driven by her passion for the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and endless curiosity, recent UW–Madison grad and lab manager Lucy McGuire helps everyone stay organized and conduct their projects smoothly in the field. Whether they need an extra hand, a morale boost or a debrief on the discoveries of the day, Lucy is there.
Tomorrow’s Yellowstone: Timon
It can be difficult to connect the urgency and magnitude of climate change with every day life, but by starting with explaining the changes that are happening in these beloved national parks, PhD student Timon Keller hopes to inspire people to reflect on what a changing climate would mean for their own communities.
‘Go Big Read’ seeking suggestions for 2024-25 book
UW–Madison’s common reading program is seeking title suggestions of any book relating to contemporary issues of broad interest to the campus community.
A peek into how art is created
Visitors got to tour art studios, meet student artists and get a behind-the-scenes look at how art is created during UW–Madison’s annual Open Studio…
Go Big Read author explores how minds are changed
McRaney acknowledged that the process of changing one’s mind isn’t always black and white, and often it’s uncomfortable to engage with individuals who don’t share the same viewpoint. But he challenged audience members to be open to it.
Event helps students build professional wardrobe inexpensively
More than 165 students attended the inaugural Career Closet Stockup event on Oct. 16-17 in the Law School's Lubar Commons, to help kick start their professional wardrobes with free gently used professional clothing.
Seed by Seed
In celebration of the University of Wisconsin’s 175th anniversary, banners designed in collaboration by Molli Pauliot, Marianne Fairbanks and Stephen Hilyard merge traditional Ho-Chunk handcrafts with cutting edge animation software to create a design that honors Ho-Chunk heritage and the technical skill of the handmade.
Artists bring Ho-Chunk beadwork, imagery to giant banners on Bascom Hall
At a special ceremony held Tuesday, Nov. 7, the campus community and invited guests celebrated the installation of Ho-Chunk banners on Bascom Hall, commissioned as part of the University of Wisconsin's 175th anniversary.
Media engagement forum offers more expertise to — and from — UW experts
A panel of UW scholars who frequently lend their expertise to news media shared tips and perspectives on building positive relationships with journalists, preparing for interviews and creating boundaries.
New study shows mRNA vaccine harnesses T-cell power to combat COVID-19 in lungs
The study sheds new light on the protective mechanisms mRNA vaccines use to lessen severe disease following breakthrough infections. It also raises important new questions about the role of memory T cells in limiting the spread of the virus, the frequency with which we get vaccinated and the most effective methods for vaccine delivery.
Wisconsin business leaders and UW–Madison push for new engineering building with latest campaign
Statewide effort includes letter to legislators signed by executives of the state’s top companies and associations.
Choosing humility, not hate
I am writing to share what is, to my mind, an extraordinarily thoughtful statement prepared by faith-based and community leaders who are on the UW–Madison Center for Interfaith Dialogue’s Faith Advisory Council. In it, they name a tension we are feeling acutely on our campus right now: the responsibility to ensure the right to free speech while simultaneously acknowledging that certain forms of legally protected speech can cause significant emotional harm to members of our community.
Paul DeLuca, former provost and physicist, dies at 79
As a faculty member and administrator, DeLuca championed the School of Medicine and Public Health and helped shape UW–Madison's research enterprise.
Call for Go Big Read book selection committee members
The Go Big Read Program invites you to apply to participate in the 2023-2024 book selection committee to help pick the book for the upcoming academic year. Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Nov. 14.
Retired staff, alumni lead campus tours for new UW–Madison employees
Recently hired faculty and staff have the opportunity to tour UW's sprawling, 933-acre campus that is their new workplace.
Scenes from a spooky Halloween night
On a brisk Halloween night, members of the UW–Madison community got out to celebrate the spookiness across campus.
Chancellor shares update on employee pay plan
The following message was emailed to all faculty, academic and University Staff and Limited Appointments on Nov. 1.
UW–Madison statement related to social media coverage of off-campus protest
We are aware that allegations about what happened during a protest that took place in front of Hillel last week are circulating on social media.