Campus COVID update: Looking ahead to spring semester
This message shares some important reminders as well as additional information about how the university plans to operate in the spring. As always, we will continue to evaluate our plans and policies as new information and public health guidance emerges.
Two UW–Madison teams chosen 2021 WARF Innovation Award winners
Researchers who created a device for detecting explosives and a cross-disciplinary group working at the frontiers of medicine and nanotechnology have taken top honors from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
Moments in Time 2021: Our photographers’ favorites
University Communications photographers present a year of views — chosen for their artistic beauty, the stories they tell and the emotions they convey. The resilience, resurgence and joy you see will jog your memory and, we hope, refresh your spirit as you contemplate what 2022 may have in store.
In a busy and productive 2021 for UW–Madison research, these stories stood out
University Communications covered a range of insightful, fun and important research developments. The writers who brought you those stories chose these as particularly memorable.
Senior Lydia Nyachieo named Marshall Scholar, one of country’s top undergraduate honors
Nyachieo intends to use the scholarship to earn a master’s degree in international development through the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester in the U.K.
Karpus reappointed as dean of the Graduate School
William Karpus has been dean since the Grad School was restructured in 2014 to enhance the roles of graduate education and research at UW–Madison.
Badgers advance to Elite 8 in NCAA volleyball
Fourth-seeded Wisconsin swept No. 13 UCLA in the NCAA Madison Regional volleyball semifinals at the Field House on Thursday night, 25-16, 25-18, 25-17. On Saturday, UW will play 12th-seeded Minnesota, which advanced earlier Thursday with a five-set win over No. 5 Baylor.
UWPD launches data dashboard, emphasis on racial equity
After more than a year of community meetings, listening to concerns and collecting feedback, the UW–Madison Police Department is embarking on a one-of-a-kind approach to sharing key data with a focus on racial equity.
South Madison Partnership connects UW with neighborhood
Two miles down Park Street from the UW–Madison campus are the facilities of the UW South Madison Partnership — an effort to overcome that geographic distance to draw the university and the neighborhood closer through respectful, equal collaboration.
Search underway for new agricultural and life sciences dean
Kate VandenBosch has served as dean since 2012 and will be stepping down at the end of this academic year. Troy Runge, a professor and department chair in Biological Systems Engineering, is chairing the search committee.
Two UW researchers named National Academy of Inventors fellows
The NAI program recognized Thomas R. “Rock” Mackie and Bulent Sarlioglu for "creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society.”
Committee seeks next vice chancellor for finance and administration
Previous Vice Chancellor Laurent Heller left UW–Madison to take a similar role at Johns Hopkins University. Rob Cramer is serving as interim VCFA.
Seizures and memory problems in epilepsy may have a common cause
A new study could lead to earlier diagnosis of epilepsy and possibly new ways to treat epilepsy and other disorders that share symptoms, like Alzheimer’s disease, traumatic brain injury and autism spectrum disorder.
Torstveit to lead Facilities Planning and Management at UW–Madison
With more than 25 years of experience in facilities management, capital planning, facilities design and real estate services, she will provide leadership, supervision and oversight to one of the largest and most diverse divisions at UW–Madison.
UW–Madison Alzheimer’s disease study is largest of its kind
With more than 1,700 participants and 20 years of data, "we are making real progress — and a future of delaying, preventing and ending Alzheimer’s disease is possible,” says researcher Sterling Johnson.
An Indigenous story map experience about water
A new website created by a Wisconsin Sea Grant intern in partnership with the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission details what Indigenous communities in the Upper Midwest are doing to conserve and protect water.
Virgil Abloh: A visionary designer and artist
Abloh, a UW–Madison graduate in civil engineering who became the artistic director of menswear for Louis Vuitton, died of cancer Sunday at age 41.
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.
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.
2021 UW–Madison Holiday Gift Guide
Some brim with Badger spirit, some spring from artists’ gifted hands, while others stem from scientific research and discovery. All are uniquely UW–Madison.