Graduates embody excellence and goodness at commencement
Celebratory cheers, proudly smiling faces and a sea of silly looking hats filled the Kohl Center on Friday evening as hundreds of University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate and professional degree recipients celebrated the culmination of years of work. Read More
Learning by experience: Students embrace opportunities to practice their profession and jumpstart their careers
The School of Human Ecology aims to ensure every alum is confident in their post-graduation plans. This means providing ample experiences to explore career paths and step into roles similar to those that SOHE students will apply for. Read More
UW biochemists engineered a poplar tree that produces a high-demand industrial chemical. It was a surprise discovery only made possible by sustained investment in research.
Professor Brian Fox has engineered a genetic alteration to poplar trees to help them produce an industrial chemical commonly used as a preservative and an ingredient for synthetic fibers. Read More
Recent Sightings
Commencement celebrations fill a Terrace-perfect weekend Joy dominated the Kohl Center and Camp Randall ceremonies, with crowds of family and supporters cheering the biggest graduating ceremonies in UW history. It was one of those Terrace-perfect weekends Madison routinely churns out — the kind that will make it heartbreakingly difficult for graduates to leave the city. See more
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Congratulations to the 10 recipients of the Awards for Mentoring Undergraduates in Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities!
Meet the awardees and read about how they guide students' learning with just the right mix of challenge and support.
Mentor award winners guide, inspire undergraduates
The nominations for this year’s recipients read like a textbook of great mentoring practices — meeting students ...
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.@UWMadison researchers utilize augmented reality to make the homes of older adults safer with new app.
We are thrilled to celebrate Professor Emerita Grace Wahba, who has been awarded the 2025 International Prize in Statistics — one of the highest honors in the field — for her foundational contributions to smoothing splines.
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Congratulations to the 101 students and 3 honorary members initiated into the #UWMadison chapter of the @phikappaphi Honor Society this year! #OnWisconsin
101 New Members join Phi Kappa Phi at UW-Madison
Phi Kappa Phi was founded in 1897 at the University of Maine by a group of students who felt a need for an...
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Charles (Chuck) Nicholson: Tariffs and agriculture
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5:00 pm, Tandem Press, 1743 Commercial Ave, Madison, WI 53704
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Audition NOW as a Singer, Dancer, or InstrumentalistAll day, Memorial Union
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A UW biochemistry researcher is studying effective treatments for the next pandemic. Federal funding changes are slowing the work.
UW–Madison biochemistry professor Robert Kirchdoerfer is studying the structure of coronaviruses like COVID-19 to better understand how they work and to help develop drugs that protect against them. Read More
With first graduate, accelerated UW program aggressively takes on physician shortage in rural Wisconsin
Shane Hoffman will become the first graduate of a UW School of Medicine and Public Health program that reduces the time it takes to train doctors interested in serving rural parts of the state. Read More
Beyond the weather forecast: 5 ways UW satellite technology helps save lives
The University of Wisconsin–Madison may be the birthplace of satellite meteorology, but scientists on campus have never stopped developing new ways for space-based instruments to protect and improve the lives of people back on Earth. Read More