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Student Financial Aid director finalists announced
The candidates are Nicholas Prewett, director of financial aid at the University of Missouri-Columbia, and Susan M. Teerink, director of financial aid at Marquette University.
Vilas professors and investigators honored
The faculty members were recognized May 11 with awards supported by the estate of the late professor, Senator and Regent William F. Vilas.
Video: The Class of 2016, in their own words
Who are they thankful for? Where do they hope to work? What will they remember fondly? What surprised them? And what if they'd known then what they know now?
ROTC students commissioned as officers upon graduation
The group of graduates are future leaders in the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force.
Panda poop study provides insights into microbiome, reproductive troubles
Gastrointestinal diseases are a major cause of mortality in pandas but scientists understand little about their digestive process.
UW technology key to growth as firm stays in Madison long after sale
The explosion in next-generation sequencing has opened windows throughout medicine and biology.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity suspended
The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, 627 N. Lake St., has been suspended from all university activities until Nov. 1, 2016.
Ready to serve
Members of UW–Madison’s Army, Navy and Air Force ROTC units take the oath of office during a commissioning ceremony Saturday, led by Maj. Gen. Daniel R. Ammerman,…
Snapshot Wisconsin: Trail cams to document state’s wildlife
With the help of satellites and a global crowd-sourced database, Wisconsin’s wildlife will soon have its prime time moment.
Regeneration pioneer to join Morgridge Institute, UW–Madison faculty
Phil Newmark is a developmental biologist studying the mysteries of how the body regenerates damaged tissue.
Partnership prepares students to tackle cybersecurity
As security breaches of household name corporations make headlines and complicate lives, undergraduates remain surprisingly underexposed to basic cybersecurity tactics. The Morgridge Institute for Research is addressing this gap through a partnership with Bowie State University.
Cheers despite the chill at UW–Madison Commencement Saturday
More than a few mittens accompanied the caps and gowns at Camp Randall on Saturday. But the proud families and friends were warmed by the excitement of graduation (and, yes, extra blankets).
Russell Wilson 2016 Commencement speech: “When Life Tells You No”
"I’ve learned that the difference isn’t the way people handle themselves when things go well. ... The moments that really matter are the moments when life tells you no."
Moments to remember: Commencement 2016
Beaming families, blinged-out mortarboards and hugs with best friends - a slide show celebrating Commencement.
In memoriam
Chancellor Rebecca Blank greets the parents of graduate student Craig Schuff as they receive his posthumous degree during Friday’s commencement exercises at the Kohl Center.
Thompson’s advice to Class of 2016: ‘Find your passion and follow it’
After countless hours of classes, test-taking and homework, more than 900 University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate and professional students received degrees Friday night at the Kohl Center.
UW-Madison students win prestigious graduate scholarships for biomedical research
Ryan Prestil of Janesville will study at the University of Cambridge and Alex Waldman of Chicago will attend the University of Oxford.
UW-Madison awards posthumous engineering degree to WWI aviator
Milton Griswold was a cadet in the university's naval science program who fulfilled the requirements of his degree but never received it.
UW-Madison part of new search for signals from the early universe
A consortium of researchers, including scientists from UW–Madison, is planning a new observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert.
Gene regulatory mutation linked to rare childhood cancer
This basic knowledge of a specific cancer is essential to start drug testing, says researcher Peter Lewis.