Fickell ushers in new era for Badger Football
Wisconsin Director of Athletics Chris McIntosh announced the hiring of Luke Fickell as UW's head football coach. The consensus 2021 National Coach of the Year becomes the 31st head coach in program history.
Study finds that big rains bring big algae blooms… eventually
Phosphorus is only one part of the algae bloom recipe, research shows. Other key factors at play are calm winds, warm surface waters and a low abundance of tiny crustaceans called zooplankton.
UW–Madison senior was a finalist this year for a Rhodes Scholarship
Sarah Almutawa's independent research project involves using the genome editing tool known as CRISPR to study blood oxidation and fin regeneration in zebrafish.
Recent Sightings
The snowball effect, campus edition The wet, heavy snow that fell on campus on Nov. 15 provided the perfect material for a friendly snowball battle among a group of friends. See more
Photo by: Colton Mansavage
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Jason Lopez: Activism and spectacle at the World Cup
Jason Lopez is an assistant professor of Communication Arts and an expert on athlete activism and sports gaming. Lopez can discuss… More
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New approach could push limits of immunotherapy for difficult-to-treat cancers
The approach relies on hydrogels or patches, depending on the location and type of the tumor, to deliver a suite of therapeutics that turbocharge the body's immune response to cancer cells.
How’s the weather? Ask The Weather Guys
Steve Ackerman and Jonathan Martin open up about their favorite seasons, why forecasts have become so much more accurate and what kind of winter we can expect.
UW researchers working to improve and simplify models for how PFAS flows through the ground
Researchers found that several factors have a major influence on where and how long harmful PFAS chemicals stay locked in the ground before flowing below the water table. T