Memorial planned for UW–Madison student and father after plane crash
Services will be Sunday in Ohio for a University of Wisconsin–Madison student who was killed along with her father in a plane crash just before the new year. In addition, a scholarship fund has been set up in her name. Read More
Forward Motion video: The art of science
A look behind the scenes at a yearly competition at UW–Madison to find incredibly cool science images. Read More
Alumni Q&A: Infamous Madison fire shaped Angela Gibson’s career
Angela Gibson was just 22 years old and four months into her nursing career when she was thrust into one of the most demanding, exhausting, exhilarating and life-changing events in her life. Read More
Athletics, financial aid reap rewards from record UW merchandise sales
Royalties from the sale of licensed UW–Madison merchandise set a record in 2015-16, exceeding $4.4 million. Read More
Q & A: Van Matre reflects on expanding and protecting the UW brand
Over her 17 years as the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s trademark licensing director, Cindy Van Matre has protected the UW trademark and helped expand it into… Read More
Abrupt climate change could follow collapse of Earth’s oceanic conveyor belt
A new study shows Earth’s oceanic conveyor belt, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, may be less stable than thought, posing a risk of abrupt climate change. Read More
More frequent hurricanes not necessarily stronger on Atlantic coast
Active Atlantic hurricane periods, like the one we are in now, are not necessarily a harbinger of more, rapidly intensifying hurricanes along the U.S. coast, according to new research performed at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More
Q&A: La Follette professor shares poverty research worldwide
Professor Tim Smeeding has dedicated his career to studying poverty and economic inequality, and was recently named the 2017 John Kenneth Galbraith Fellow. He explains his research and his devotion to UW–Madison. Read More
Immunotherapy team harnesses cellular systems to fight diseases
A dedicated army of UW–Madison researchers is perfecting how to use immunotherapy and searching for new ways to do so. Read More
Sunrise at the Arboretum
The sun rose on a cold and quiet University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum on Jan. 4. Temperatures were only in the single digits, and most students were still gone on winter break. Read More
Lenn to head federal relations for UW
Michael Lenn will join UW–Madison as director of federal relations. Lenn brings more than 15 years of experience working on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to the role. Read More
UW student missing after Dec. 29 plane crash
A University of Wisconsin–Madison freshman is among the six people missing and feared lost after a private plane crashed in Lake Erie near Cleveland on Dec. 29. Read More
CyberBadgers: A look back at 2016 on social media at UW
A look back at some of the most popular Tweets and Instagram posts at UW–Madison during 2016. Read More
UW team is triumphant in ‘Ninja Warrior’ contest
There was no stopping the three-person Wisconsin Badgers team on their road to the "Team Ninja Warrior: College Madness" championship. Read More
UW alumni travel to Texas for Cotton Bowl
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni and fans traveling to the Cotton Bowl Classic in Arlington, Texas, with the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) will begin the trip on Dec. 31. Read More
UW-Madison student places second in nationwide engineering contest
Anna Scheibengraber, a fifth-year senior studying Mechanical Engineering at UW–Madison, was one of eight students from across the nation to receive an award for “exceptional thinking and innovation” during the PepsiCo/Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Student Engineering Challenge. Read More
Professor helps preserve ancient Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem
In summer 2016, Dante Fratta, an associate professor of geological engineering and civil and environmental engineering at UW–Madison, was part of international team of experts who used modern methods in an effort to preserve the ancient Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Read More
Aldo Leopold series involves community in environmental discussions
UW-Madison will honor pioneering conservationist Aldo Leopold’s legacy and connect it to our time with a wide-ranging series of seminars, lectures, and workshops. Read More
Northwoods Tour project helps preserve everyone’s history
A UW–Madison team recognized the significance of preserving home videos and other personal histories in new and reliable formats. To share that expertise across the state, they launched a project called the Northwoods Tour. Read More
Ocean temperatures faithfully recorded in mother-of-pearl
Mother-of-pearl or nacre (pronounced nay-ker), the lustrous, tough-as-nails biomineral that lines some seashells, has been shown to be a faithful record of ancient ocean temperature. Read More