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Exploring the Legacy of Black History at UW–Madison

February 28, 2024

Take a look back at "Legacy X," this year's celebration of Black History Month and 10 years of student-organized, campus-wide celebrations at UW–Madison.

Walleye struggle with changes to timing of spring thaw

February 27, 2024

Newly-hatched walleye are hungry fish, dependent on meals of tiny zooplankton during the spring. As Midwestern lakes thaw unusually early or late, these prized fish can miss the dinner bell.

David Bagby now leading UW–Madison federal relations

February 21, 2024

David Bagby, a 14-year veteran of Capitol Hill, is the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s new director of federal relations.

Women shouldered most of kids’ in-home schooling needs during early pandemic

February 21, 2024

Women took on more education-related childcare responsibilities than men during the first several months of the COVID-19 pandemic, and this disparity was even sharper for some lower-income women, according to a new University of Wisconsin–Madison study.

Celebrating the Year of the Dragon: Discover your zodiac and UW–Madison’s Lunar New Year 

February 20, 2024

UW–Madison students ring in the Year of the Dragon with celebrations across campus.

New toolkit helps scientists study natural cell death

February 20, 2024

Taking advantage of the unique biochemical properties of protein fragments, their tool uses less expensive, more efficient, off-the-shelf chemical compounds to help identify sites where proteins were cut.

Two UW–Madison researchers receive prestigious Sloan Fellowships

February 20, 2024

UW–Madison’s 2024 Sloan Fellows are Ke Fang, assistant professor of physics, and Xiangyao Yu, assistant professor of computer sciences.

UW–Madison aligns spring recess with local school district calendars

February 19, 2024

The Faculty Senate has approved a change to the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s academic calendar to better align spring recess with those of local K-12 school districts and provide greater consistency for the timing of the recess from year to year. This change will start in the 2024-25 academic year; it will not affect the 2024 spring recess.

Search begins for 2 new ombuds

February 19, 2024

The Office of the Provost and the Ombuds Office are seeking two new ombuds, one to begin service in June and the other to begin in December of this year.

UW–Madison shifts admitted student deposit deadline due to FAFSA delays 

February 19, 2024

Due to continued delays to the U.S. Department of Education’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the University of Wisconsin–Madison has moved the…

UniverCity Alliance announces six partnerships with Wisconsin communities

February 19, 2024

The six communities include the villages of DeForest and Mount Pleasant; the city of Waupaca; and Chippewa, Jackson, and Iowa counties. Jackson County applied to UniverCity in collaboration with the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin.

Programming cells to organize their molecules may open the door to new treatments

February 15, 2024

Biochemists at UW–Madison have developed a tool to control how certain proteins move in mammalian cells, a discovery that has multiple potential uses for treating or studying diseases by engineering specific cellular activities or studying cellular activity in a living organism.

UW–Madison ranks 39th in worldwide reputation

February 14, 2024

The rankings are based on the world’s largest invitation-only opinion survey of senior, published academics who were asked to name, at most, 15 universities that they believe are the best in both research and teaching in their field.

Three tips to make the most of the spring career fair

February 14, 2024

While it is certainly a stressful time of preparation, there are certain keys to success that every student should keep in mind — brought by both a fellow Badger and a recently graduated one.

14 UW–Madison students win Fulbright awards

February 13, 2024

Fulbright Top Producing Institutions like UW–Madison value global connection and support members of their campus communities to pursue international opportunities.

Brent Plisch named interim UWPD chief 

February 12, 2024

Brent Plisch has been named interim chief of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Police Department. Plisch joined UWPD in 2005 as a police officer and has served in a variety of roles. The university will conduct a nationwide search for the next chief

The (Winter Carnival) show must go on

February 12, 2024

Unseasonably warm weather has melted most of the snow and thinned the ice, but UW–Madison's Winter Carnival proceeded last weekend with a modified schedule.

New sustainable visitor and education center to transform Picnic Point, Lakeshore Nature Preserve

February 9, 2024

With a generous gift from Jerry Frautschi, a new visitor and education center will create increased access for all visitors, provide safer pedestrian crossing and entry to the parking area off University Bay Drive and serve as the new “front door” for visitors to begin their journey.