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WAA event to discuss sports and big data

March 11, 2022

Join fellow UW alumni in Phoenix to hear expert panelists, including former baseball commissioner and UW instructor Bud Selig, discuss how athletics have changed in recent years — and how big data is fueling the revolution. Read More

Antivirals, some antibodies, work well against BA.2 omicron variant of COVID-19 virus

March 10, 2022

The research team tested seven monoclonal antibodies, three combinations of antibodies, and three antiviral treatments against the BA.2 variant. Read More

Partners in Giving donates $2 million to charities

March 10, 2022

More than 4,000 State, University and UW Health employees pledged $2,030,727 million during the 2021 campaign. Read More

Can a virtual reality game help teens regulate emotions?

March 9, 2022

Researchers at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health are studying the potential of the game, in which players can only move around in a three-dimensional environment through deep breathing — which, in turn, relieves their anxiety. Read More

Ancient example of modern global warming was too hot for tiny, important ocean creatures

March 9, 2022

During another time in which Earth warmed rapidly in conjunction with a spike in atmospheric carbon similar to our modern climate, seawater temperature and chemical changes decimated an important piece of the food web in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Read More

Early voting starts this week

March 9, 2022

In-person absentee voting and voter registration for Madison residents will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Tuesday, March 22 to Friday, April 1 (except weekends) at Memorial Union and Union South, as well as other Madison locations. Read More

‘Sower in the Field’

March 9, 2022

Moving crews installed South African artist Mary Sibande’s sculpture "Sower in the Field" at UW–Madison's Chazen Museum of Art on Feb. 27. Sibande's works, exhibited in leading museums around the world, deal with race, gender and labor in South Africa, including her family's forced domestic work imposed by the then-apartheid state. Read More

Ella, Nosbusch, Grant to receive honorary degrees from UW–Madison

March 8, 2022

The recipients are a groundbreaking vaccine scientist and entrepreneur, a visionary who reinvented industrial automation, and a burn care expert known for his work treating victims of 9/11. Read More

Statement on recent antisemitic incidents

March 8, 2022

There have been a number of recent antisemitic incidents on or near campus. In a statement, Vice Chancellor Lori Reesor and Chief Diversity Officer LaVar Charleston emphasize that antisemitism will not be tolerated at UW–Madison and offer support and resources to those affected. Read More

UW Varsity Band spring concert returns to Kohl Center April 22, 23

March 7, 2022

The band is welcoming fans back to its live spring concerts statewide and at the Kohl Center after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. Read More

The big cat scan: modern radiology meets an extinct American cheetah 

March 3, 2022

The bones of an extinct North American cheetah are being analyzed at a UW–Madison lab and compared to the bones of modern big cats to try to gain insight into the path of evolution. Read More

School of Education Wisconsin Teacher Pledge extended; aims to address educator shortage

March 1, 2022

In addition to providing significant financial support to teachers, the initiative is also designed to incentivize teachers to stay on the job for at least three or four years. Read More

Moonshine: Celebrating poetry and dance

February 28, 2022

The UW–Madison Dance Department on Feb. 25 presented a live performance of Moonshine, a mix of music, theater, dance and poetry.  Read More

New lightweight super material could battle bullets, deflect space debris

February 28, 2022

The carbon nanotube could be used in lightweight, high-performance armor materials, for example, in bulletproof vests to better protect the wearer or in shields around spacecraft to mitigate damage from flying high-speed microdebris. Read More