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UW–Madison seniors Klingele, Boes were finalists this year for the Rhodes Scholarship

November 18, 2024

“Beyond academic excellence, both are concerned for the welfare of others and committed to using their talents to improve communities. That ambition to serve the common good is at the heart of the Wisconsin Idea and the Rhodes Scholarship.”

Recent Sightings

People sitting around a table eat and talk.

Friendsgiving is all about the friends — and food Students gathered to eat and socialize at a Student Friendsgiving meal at the Tripp Commons at the Memorial Union on Nov. 19. See more

Photo by Xiaomeng Shen/UW–Madison

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Jonathan Temte: The seasonal flu shot

Family medicine professor Jonathan Temte is available to discuss this year's updated seasonal flu shot and flu prevention and control.  More

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Research

New tool makes quick health, environmental monitoring possible

November 26, 2024

Vatsan Raman, who has received a provisional patent for this work, sees broad applications for the technology his lab developed, including field tests that identify pollutants in local water sources in minutes and at-home tests that track health indicators.

Students

New mentorship program offers support, community for Indigenous graduate students

December 4, 2024

CIRCLE aims to support Indigenous students throughout their time in graduate school, and in turn, improve graduation rates and increase the number of Indigenous scientists contributing to STEM knowledge.