UW teams up with NFL on research designed to reduce head injuries in athletes
Researchers will collect data from high-tech mouthguard sensors that measure impact speed, direction, force, location and severity of head impacts.
$4 million awarded for health partnerships with state communities
This year’s awards promote food sovereignty in the Oneida Nation; access to housing for criminal justice-impacted women; dementia healthcare for Latinos and access to healthcare in rural Wisconsin for people with substance use disorders.
Urban planning students develop green recommendations for UW–Madison fleet
Students estimated the fleet’s baseline greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions using the Alternative Fuel Life-Cycle Environmental and Economic Transportation (AFLEET) Tool, created by the Argonne National Laboratory.
Recent Sightings
‘The most authentic version of yourself’ Plenty of students showed a flair for style at Fashion Forward, a multicultural and international student campus fashion showcase, held at the Memorial Union. See more
Photo by: Brian Huynh
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Ajay Sethi: The omicron variant
Experts from UW–Madison are available to available to discuss news of the concerning coronavirus variant, omicron. Ajay Sethi, an associate… More
Events calendar
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Speakers: Jessie Conaway, Bethany Redbird, and Michelle Cloud12:00 pm, Online
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Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes Summer 2022 programming2:00 pm, Online
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Student’s innovative climate research could change building design
“By the end of the 21st century, building cooling in Madison will be very similar to Montgomery, Alabama,” says Nelson Institute graduate student Gesangyangji. That startling realization motivated her to research how projected climate data can inform building energy design.
Magellanic Stream arcing over Milky Way may be five times closer than previously thought
The stars in the Magellanic Stream have eluded researchers for decades. But a new study suggests that they may have simply been looking in the wrong place.
Studying Child Tax Credit expansion, labor force reductions among new Social Security Administration-funded projects
The U.S. Social Security Administration has funded 13 major research projects at the Center for Financial Security that focus on the financial well-being of economically vulnerable people.