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Antibiotic alternatives, delivered by friendly microbes
A University of Wisconsin–Madison professor is looking to probiotics as a way to sneak in antibiotic-free treatment for Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, a resilient gastrointestinal pathogen.
They look like surgeons: UW Health women surgeons spark meme
Take a magazine cover drawn by a French artist, add in the feminist spirit of Wisconsin surgeons, and you get a Twitter meme that travels the world.
12th Annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium to focus on bioengineering
Talks will include emerging strategies to control stem cell behavior in the lab and in the body; stem cells as models of cell and developmental biology; and other topics.
Director of undergraduate admissions and recruitment finalists announced
The director serves as a key campus leader in enrollment planning and management, and works with campus and community partners to build a class consistent with enrollment goals.
UW Health Chief Diversity Officer Shiva Bidar to join Annual Women in Leadership Symposium panel on April 20
UW Health Chief Diversity Officer Shiva Bidar will bring her expertise and experience in forging a career path in the contemporary market to the 5th Annual DDEEA/National Diversity Council Women in Leadership Symposium on Thursday, April 20, at Grainger Hall.
Study finds Pokemon Go players are happier, friendlier
Media researchers at UW–Madison leapt at the opportunity to study the wildly popular mobile game shortly after its release in July 2016. Now they're reporting their results.
Students and siblings bond through the college experience on Sibs Day
More than 200 UW students and brothers, sisters or other relatives or friends gathered to experience college life, campus and the city of Madison at the UW–Madison Parent Program’s Sibs Day.
Madison company obtains FDA approval for sleep-data software
Ensodata, a UW–Madison spinoff that sifts through mountains of data from studies at sleep centers, received approval from the Food and Drug Administration on April 11 for its main product to be a medical device.
Carlini wins Sullivan Award
The four-time UW volleyball All-American takes home the most prestigious award in amateur athletics. Carlini is the first UW student-athlete to win the honor.
UW project brings Milky Way’s ionized hydrogen into focus
Building on efforts to tease out a new and mostly hidden feature of our galaxy, UW–Madison astronomers developed a spectrometer capable of detecting the faint, diffuse light emanating from the space between the stars.
Spinoff that puts phosphorus in its place signs key contract
In a bit of high-tech judo, a UW–Madison spinoff has started selling a technology to transform phosphorus at wastewater treatment plants from a major headache into an asset.
University honors excellence in academic staff
Eight members of UW–Madison’s academic staff have been selected as recipients of the 2017 Academic Staff Excellence Awards.
Road salt is making North America’s freshwater lakes, well, saltier
Road salt is making North America’s freshwater lakes saltier, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Alumnus Matthew Desmond wins Pulitzer Prize for ‘Evicted’
Desmond received his doctorate from UW–Madison in 2010. He is an affiliate of the UW's Institute for Research on Poverty.
Internet Atlas maps the physical internet to enhance security
A thorough understanding of the internet’s physical makeup has only recently emerged, thanks to painstaking work by UW–Madison researchers and their collaborators.
Sunburst chairs to return to Memorial Union Terrace on April 13
The Wisconsin Union invites UW–Madison students and the campus community to ring in the opening of the Memorial Union Terrace by bringing the iconic orange, yellow and green sunburst chairs back onto the Terrace on April 13 at 3 p.m.
UW–Madison launches STEM Diversity Network
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has launched the STEM Diversity Network, a website and collection of resources for students, faculty and staff in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
Returning adult students honored for overcoming obstacles
The winners of the Outstanding Undergraduate Returning Adult Student Award have resumed their academic pursuits after a significant interruption and have attained senior status while handling all the demands of adult life.
Fore! University Ridge Golf Course opens for season
It's April, the temperature is rising and the grass is turning green. For golfers, you know what that means. Today, University Ridge Golf Course opens again for the season.
Athletes’ treat
It's still ice cream, but it's so much more. UW Athletics has teamed up with the Babcock Dairy Plant on campus to add and subtract ingredients to produce a variety with performance and recovery benefits for student-athletes — and all the flavor of real ice cream.