Hmong PhD reflects on research, family pride
Pao Vue became one of the first Hmong Americans to receive a PhD when he got his doctorate degree in geography at UW–Madison in spring 2018. Read More
New Faculty Focus: Pam Lang
"Through my work and research, I strive to care for children so they develop and maintain strong bones and bodies and are able to maintain active lifestyles." Read More
Recovering from a heart attack? Hold the antibiotics
An international team of researchers has shown in mice that a healthy gut microbiome is important for recovery after a heart attack. Read More
Tooling around
Eight students from the the UW–Madison Chapter of the Society of Women Engineers practiced welding, cutting and drilling at the College of Engineering's TEAM Lab during an evening workshop on Oct. 3. The participants made elephant bookends out of sheetmetal, kitchen racks and even miniature Terrace chairs. Read More
Media Advisory: President’s Oak planting
A graft from the President's Oak will be planted on Oct. 10. It was the oldest tree on campus, estimated to be about 300 years old, until it was taken down in 2015. Read More
Successful mouse couples talk out infidelity in calm tones
The quality of their conversations between pairs of California mice after one partner has been unfaithful can help predict which mouse pairs will successfully produce a litter of mouse pups and which males are good fathers, according to a new UW–Madison study. Read More
Wiscopinion results: Which building has the best view on campus?
Last week, we asked what building has the best view on campus, and the Memorial Union came in first place, followed by College Library and Education Science. Read More
Get social: Blue skies, dinosaur costumes, Bucky corn mazes
The weather has been all over the place on campus this week: Warm and cold, wet and dry. In that spirit, this Get Social has a little bit of everything. Read More
Nearly three years in, The Bandana Project’s impact continues to grow on campus, elsewhere
A mental-health initiative begun by a UW–Madison student more than 2½ years ago has now distributed nearly 3,500 lime green bandanas to Badgers while expanding to other campuses in the country. Read More
Addressing our biggest challenges — and mysteries — at the Wisconsin Science Festival
Among the hundreds of events offered around the state during the Wisconsin Science Festival, which runs Oct. 11 – 14, are four in-depth discussions in Madison on some of the most significant challenges science is addressing — and universal questions science is answering. Read More
Water-skiing star — and UW–Madison senior — nabs a world first in international competition
Gabbie Taschwer was part of a record-setting jump at the Show Ski World Championships, where she helped the U.S. team win. Read More
National Academy reports seen as beacons for civil public discourse
A new study says that a consensus report on GMO crops was useful in terms of fostering informed public conversation on a divisive technology. Read More
First cohort of Morgridge Fellows selected
The 10 fellows were selected to participate in the year-long learning community designed to further institutionalize and support community-engaged scholarship, defined as: teaching, research, and scholarly activities that are performed in equitable, mutually beneficial collaboration with communities to fulfill campus and community objectives. Read More
New Faculty Focus: Marina Moskowitz
"I’ve always been interested in people’s “stuff”—what they have in their homes, what they wear, what they eat, etc. — and felt like seeing those things was a way to get to know them and what made them tick." Read More
Stem Cells @ 20: The Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine center galvanizes stem cell research
In Wisconsin, key to growing and empowering the community of stem cell researchers is the UW–Madison Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center. Read More
Set in amber, fossil ants help reconstruct evolution of fungus farming
New UW–Madison research makes it clear that the constant threat of crop parasites repeatedly pushed evolution in ants in strikingly similar directions, creating structures that helped the ants reinforce their partnership with bacteria. Read More
Researchers find value in unusual type of plant material
UW-Madison scientists have shown that a recently-discovered variety of lignin, catechyl lignin (C-lignin), has attributes that could make it well-suited as the starting point for a range of bioproducts. Read More
Study finds Wisconsin’s African American poverty rate three to four times higher than white poverty rate
A new report from UW–Madison's Institute for Research on Poverty finds large disparities in poverty between white residents and those of color, especially African Americans. Read More
In dangerous fungal family’s befriending of plants, a story of loss
Researchers show that gene loss — not the evolution of new genes — helped drive the fly amanita mushroom into its symbiotic relationship with plants. Read More
Morgridge, UW researchers win top prize in Nikon International Small World imaging contest
Two UW–Madison researchers won first place in the 2018 Nikon Small World in Motion Competition for a video depicting neural development in a zebrafish embryo. Read More