People taking note of music hall construction and its surprising features
The facility will handle a wide range of performances — from intimate recitals, to ensembles, to groups of 100 or more musicians and singers. And what look like wagon-wheel windows are actually not windows at all. Read More
From fungi to humans, ‘smart valves’ assist communication within, between cells
Trees. Fungi. Monkeys. Fish. Your aunt and uncle. Without fusion pores built of SNARE proteins, they can't exist. Read More
Colorado potato beetle genome gives insight into major agricultural pest
The new information sheds light on how this insect jumps to new plant hosts and handles toxins, and it will help researchers explore more ways to control the beetle. Read More
Family tree traces the history of UW’s chemistry department
The current chemistry faculty is linked to the founders of modern chemistry in a 200+ year-old "chemical genealogy" laid out in three posters in the Chemistry Building. Read More
New UW–Madison counseling service helps employees meet career goals
To assist UW–Madison employees with their professional development, the Division of Continuing Studies has added a career counselor in its Adult Career and Special Student Services (ACSSS) office. Read More
Cartoons communicate issues in bioethics research
The comics span topics from gene editing to clinical trials and statistical manipulations. Many are ultimately about how truthfully research is communicated — to patients, to the public, even to other scientists. Read More
New website helps faculty and staff prevent and address hostile and intimidating behavior
Hostile and intimidating behavior, sometimes known as “bullying,” is “unwelcome behavior pervasive or severe enough that a reasonable person would find it hostile and/or intimidating and that does not further the University’s academic or operational interests.” Read More
Committee seeks applicants for new finance position
The associate vice chancellor for finance will help senior leadership in crafting a financial strategy for the campus and will serve as an important adviser to Chancellor Rebecca Blank and other campus leaders. Read More
Four Waisman Center director finalists to present public seminars
UW–Madison's Waisman Center is one of the nation’s premier hubs for research and clinical outreach on human development, developmental disability and neurodegenerative disease. Read More
Spirit of service
UW–Madison held its Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Monday, a week after the official holiday, so more students returning from winter break could participate. Students and staff members took part in a direct service volunteer event at Reach-A-Child on Madison's west side. Read More
Computer Sciences working group to advise on growth strategies
Chancellor Rebecca Blank has appointed two UW–Madison graduates — a technology entrepreneur and a Silicon Valley veteran — to head a group drawn from campus, alumni and industry. Read More
Bio-renewable process could help ‘green’ plastic
Plastics are often derived from petroleum, but Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center scientists at UW–Madison are developing new and renewable ways of creating them from biomass. Read More
Students give UW high marks for encouraging critical thinking, leadership
The National Survey of Student Engagement shows UW–Madison students gave high scores in the four areas of growth laid out in the Wisconsin Experience — intellectual curiosity, empathy and humility, relentless curiosity and purposeful action. Read More
Bringing cheap and accurate tuberculosis tests to Africa
Researchers are developing a "robust, simple and inexpensive way to increase the sensitivity of an existing TB test" by integrating a step very similar to a pregnancy test. Read More
New conference helps employees manage their careers
The inaugural "Construct Your Career at UW" event is designed to support the career development of UW–Madison employees at every stage of the career life cycle, providing the skills and tools needed to meet one’s career goals while remaining employed at UW–Madison. Read More
UW–Madison will provide pay adjustments to faculty and staff
The 2017-2019 state budget provided the university with the authority and funding to proceed with the pay increases, which are subject to approval by the state legislature's Joint Committee on Employment Relations. Read More
Maria Cancian named Galbraith Fellow for work on child welfare
Cancian and her research have shaped national research agendas and discourse on child support policy, poverty policy and child welfare policy, and generated more than $50 million in grants to the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More
Light paints on snow canvas
A blanket of freshly-fallen snow coats the campus as winter-morning sunlight shines through bare tree branches on Bascom Hill. Photographs were made using a tilt-shift-focus lens. Read More
Cakes make for delicious, approachable science outreach
For 14 years, Ahna Skop, a professor of genetics, has baked a cake to celebrate each of her lab’s academic publications and graduating students. Read More
Radar adds technological twist to age-old cranberry counting process
UW electrical and computer engineers, acting on an idea from a Wisconsin cranberry grower, have developed a device to make a laborious, time-consuming process more efficient. Read More