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Welcoming home the national champions
For the first time in program history, the Wisconsin volleyball team has won a national title. Fans celebrated with the victorious Badgers on Sunday at the Field House after the players returned home from the NCAA finals in Columbus, Ohio.
‘Look at us now:’ Graduates reclaim Kohl Center traditions for 2021 winter commencement
Sunday’s winter commencement ceremony marked a sweet return to an in-person celebration at the Kohl Center following a one year pause and a virtual winter commencement in December of 2020 due to COVID-19.
National champs!
The Badger volleyball team beat Nebraska 3-2 in a thrilling NCAA National Championship final, as fans on campus cheered them on heartily.
A study day, but with dogs and art
Students got together to study — and pet dogs — during Study Day at the Chazen Museum of Art on Dec. 16. The pet-therapy event is intended to provide a study break for students as they head into final-exam week.
Public Health blog: Omicron in Dane County
The appearance of omicron means people should pay more attention to COVID-19 and get vaccinated/boosted, but not panic, according to Public Health Madison & Dane County.
On to the championship!
The Badgers volleyball team defeated Louisville 3-2 on Thursday to advance to the national championship in the NCAA volleyball tournament.
Shark antibody-like proteins neutralize COVID-19 virus, help prepare for future coronaviruses
“What we’re doing is preparing an arsenal of shark VNAR therapeutics that could be used down the road for future SARS outbreaks," says researcher Aaron LeBeau.
Pandemic-Affected Research Continuation Initiative funds 50 new proposals
PARCI provides support through the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation for research projects that had to spend down grants during the pandemic even though the research activities themselves were stalled.
From ground to orbit, sensors check air to improve quality
To comprehensively tackle the complexities of air pollution, proper monitoring and modeling is required from a community to global scale.
Campus COVID update: Looking ahead to spring semester
This message shares some important reminders as well as additional information about how the university plans to operate in the spring. As always, we will continue to evaluate our plans and policies as new information and public health guidance emerges.
Two UW–Madison teams chosen 2021 WARF Innovation Award winners
Researchers who created a device for detecting explosives and a cross-disciplinary group working at the frontiers of medicine and nanotechnology have taken top honors from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
Student creates performance piece about 2020 derecho
My work deals a lot with place and memory,” she said, “and how our sense of memory and connection to place is often skewed by ideas that we have given to that place in a contemporary way.”
Moments in Time 2021: Our photographers’ favorites
University Communications photographers present a year of views — chosen for their artistic beauty, the stories they tell and the emotions they convey. The resilience, resurgence and joy you see will jog your memory and, we hope, refresh your spirit as you contemplate what 2022 may have in store.
Fluno Center transferred to UW Conference Centers, will join Wisconsin Union team
Under the umbrella of Conference Centers, the Fluno Center will emphasize expanding services to all of UW–Madison, and serving as the premier conference and lodging resource for continuing education, campus conferences and visitors
2021 UW–Madison winter commencement takes place on Sunday
This will mark a return to an in-person ceremony at the Kohl Center following a virtual ceremony in winter 2020 due to the pandemic. A virtual livestream will be offered too.
General pay increase for faculty and staff anticipated early next year
The 2 percent increase is anticipated to take effect Jan. 2, 2022. However, the effective date will need to be confirmed once the pay plan is formally approved by the JCOER.
In a busy and productive 2021 for UW–Madison research, these stories stood out
University Communications covered a range of insightful, fun and important research developments. The writers who brought you those stories chose these as particularly memorable.
Meet some of the exceptional graduates of winter 2021
This year’s winter graduates are an accomplished bunch — they’ve created new student organizations, toured the world on music stages, undertaken important research, and won major awards
Senior Lydia Nyachieo named Marshall Scholar, one of country’s top undergraduate honors
Nyachieo intends to use the scholarship to earn a master’s degree in international development through the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester in the U.K.
Pandemic brought life lessons for Jai Khanna, winter commencement student speaker
Khanna said weathering the pandemic offered lessons. “It was a great time to bond. And I learned a lot about myself because there was so much time to think.”