Tickets available for ‘Go Big Read’ Wednesday
MADISON – Free tickets are available to the public starting Wednesday, Oct. 5 for this year’s Go Big Read Event featuring author Matthew Desmond. Read More
Carnegie Corp. awards $1 million to UW for study of Russia
The Carnegie Corp. of New York announced the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a recipient of a $1 million grant to strengthen the study of Russia at U.S. universities. Read More
UW-Madison food science department to celebrate new wine industry partnership
Media representatives are invited to an open house to learn more about the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Food Science’s expanding educational partnership with members of Wisconsin’s wine industry, including Wollersheim Winery, the Wisconsin Winery Association and the Wisconsin Grape Growers Association. Read More
Meet the Class of 2020
This fall, the University of Wisconsin–Madison welcomed 6,430 newly enrolled freshman, up from 6,270 last year. Of those students, 3,671 come from Wisconsin, up from 3,617 last year. Read More
Joan Sweeney ‘cared deeply about helping students’
Joan Sweeney worked in the Work-Study office for more than 40 years, touching generations of students with her advocacy, advice and good humor. Read More
WARF patent drawing exhibit shows artistic side of science
For decades, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has helped UW–Madison inventors transform their ideas into reality, whether it’s a solar cooker, a self-tying shoelace device or even the DNA of the bubonic plague. Now WARF is displaying the visual beauty — and wide variety — of all those ideas. Read More
Life in ancient oceans enabled by erosion from land
As scientists continue finding evidence for life in the ocean more than 3 billion years ago, those ancient fossils pose a paradox that raises questions about whether there was more land mass than previously thought. Read More
Debate experts from UW–Madison
The following University of Wisconsin–Madison experts are available to speak with reporters covering the upcoming presidential debates. The first of three debates is scheduled for 8 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 26, at Hofstra University in Long Island, N.Y. Read More
UW-Madison student part of convention to select presidential debate questions
UW's Jacquelyn Moss was part of a group of college students who came up with a list of questions they hope are asked in the first presidential debate on Tuesday, between candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Read More
Bacteriology professor Jade Wang named HHMI Faculty Scholar
Jue “Jade” Wang, an associate professor of bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Faculty Scholar. Read More
Students share impassioned messages at ‘Dear World’ event
Numerous UW–Madison students shared the messages that are important to them through a unique means at "Dear World" event on Sept. 20 at Gordon Dining and Event Center. They painted the messages on their bodies, and then portraits were taken of them displaying them. Read More
Engine software from UW spinoff being used around the world
A good portion of the world’s major engine manufacturers are using engine simulation software developed by Convergent Science of Madison, which has deep roots in the UW–Madison department of mechanical engineering. Read More
UW-Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty named national Poverty Research Center
The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the nation’s longest standing center for poverty research, has been awarded… Read More
Paper examines news coverage of Trump
With the presidential election less than two months away, it can be easy to forget that Donald Trump was once considered a long shot. Key… Read More
Odyssey Project celebrates voting in South Madison
To demystify wards and ballots for Odyssey Project students and other community members, “A Celebration of Voting” will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Oct. 8 at the Urban League Community Room, 2222 S. Park St. The nonpartisan event will include information on where and how to vote, along with refreshments, guest speakers, door prizes, and activities for children. Read More
How rattlesnakes got, and lost, their venom
Millions of years ago, the ancestor of modern rattlesnakes was endowed with a genetic arsenal of toxic weaponry, but in a relatively short period of evolutionary time, different types of snakes kept different types of toxin genes, and shed others. Read More
Advanced nano-cutter boosts emerging materials research at UW–Madison
The unique machine, the first of its kind in North America, is capable of milling in three dimensions with nanometer precision. Read More
Tickets available for ‘Go Big Read’ author event
Go Big Read authors are such celebrities on the UW–Madison campus, their keynotes are becoming big-ticket events. To address such high demand, the event will use tickets this year. Read More
UW-Madison wins two first-ever ‘NSF INCLUDES’ awards
Two projects of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research within UW–Madison’s School of Education are among those selected to receive first-ever National Science Foundation INCLUDES funding. The projects hope to develop bold new approaches for diversifying the science and engineering workforce of the United States. Read More
UW-Madison ranked 10th best public college by U.S. News & World Report
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is 10th among public institutions in U.S. News & World Report‘s latest college rankings. Overall, UW–Madison ranks 44th in a six-way tie. Read More