Chalking up the vote
Students working for the Big Ten Voting Challenge chalk the ground outside the Memorial Library polling place early on Election Day morning, Nov. 6. Read More
New Faculty Focus: Anne Ersig
"My goal with my teaching and research is to improve the health and well-being of individuals with childhood chronic health conditions." Read More
New summer program helps UW freshmen get ‘QuickStart’
CALS launched a brand new “early start” program for incoming first-year students called QuickStart, which helps them make the most of their college experience. Read More
Study shows movement, evolutionary history of TB in China
A genetic scan of a massive number of samples taken from tuberculosis patients across China has shown a surprising genetic uniformity: just two “strains” of the tuberculosis bacterium account for 99.4 percent of all cases. Read More
Professor takes on climate change by promoting science literacy through music, art, comics
A UW–Madison geoscience professor has come up with new ways to teach science to non-science undergraduate students, in hopes of awakening their "inner scientists." Read More
UW-Madison’s Center for Financial Security receives funding for research on financially vulnerable
The RDRC center at UW–Madison will explore the financial well-being of financially vulnerable families, older people, people with disabilities, low-wealth households, and children. Read More
Twenty years on, measuring the impact of human stem cells
Beginning with just five cell lines derived from surplus embryos donated by patients who had finished undergoing fertility treatments, human stem cell science has mushroomed from just a few isolated labs to a burgeoning global industry and launched the new field of regenerative medicine. Read More
Wiscopinion results: What is the biggest barrier to achieving your academic goal?
In last week's Wiscopinion poll, we asked what are the most significant barriers students face to achieving their academic goals. The top answers: Read More
Center for Trustworthy Machine Learning established with $10 million NSF grant
UW-Madison is part of a consortium that received a $10 million NSF grant that will work toward understanding the risks inherent to machine learning, and developing the tools, metrics and methods to manage and mitigate these risks. Read More
Brady or Rodgers: UW math professor to tell national TV audience who’s greater
Sometimes math professors find themselves in surprising places. Look for UW–Madison's Jordan Ellenberg in the national broadcast of the Nov. 4 match-up between the Green Bay Packers and the New England Patriots on Sunday Night Football. Read More
Quick action on Bascom Hill helps UW employee survive stroke
Jennifer Gardner is celebrating World Stroke Day today by being back at work at the UW Law School. She suffered a stroke a month ago while walking up Bascom Hill, but coworkers and University Hospital helped her recover. Read More
New Faculty Focus: Jason Peters
Pharmacy researcher faces the gravity of upcoming antibiotic resistance crisis — we will soon be out of weapons to fight resistant bacterial pathogens — and focuses on identifying new weaknesses in these pathogens that can be exploited by drugs. Read More
There’s still time to cast your (early) vote
Almost 2,000 people voted in-person absentee at UW–Madison campus voting locations last week, Oct. 22-26. Early voting continues this week through Friday, Nov. 2. Read More
New L&S course clusters link science and humanities
Constellations are clusters of courses that let students take three classes — one core humanities course and two linked classes — concurrently and draw connections across disciplines. Read More
Wisconsin Partnership Program awards $4 million to health equity initiatives
The new awards address a diverse range of issues including the health impacts of racism, tackling the social determinants of health in Milwaukee’s Latino community, preventing early childhood expulsion and strengthening support systems for citizens returning from incarceration. Read More
‘Raw, peer-to-peer’ film starting conversations about addiction at Wisconsin high schools
Wisconsin high school students are learning to talk about addiction through a film and accompanying curriculum prepared by Wisconsin Eye and funded by the Wisconsin Partnership program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Read More
UW Law School launches clinic to aid domestic violence victims
For domestic violence victims seeking protection from an abusive partner, restraining orders are often a first line of defense. The new clinic aims to help them get those orders. Read More
Media advisory: UW–Madison experts not scared to talk Halloween
Halloween is a time to share spooky stories while playing dress-up and eating candy. What’s not to like? (Except candy corn.) Experts from UW–Madison can talk on a variety of subjects including vampires, spiders, bats and pumpkins. Read More
Discussing science journalism in the era of fake news
Laura Helmuth, the fall 2018 UW–Madison Science Writer in Residence, had a lively discussion with other panelists about "Science Journalism in the Age of Fake News" Wednesday at Steenbock's on Orchard in the Discovery Building. Read More
WCER launches new research-to-practice center in early childhood education
The new center will increase equal educational opportunities for young children, their families and their teachers by supporting research, policy analyses and professional development. Read More