Partnerships bring together UW–Madison quantum computing research, industry leaders
UW–Madison students will conduct hands-on research in partnership with industry, advancing research in the field while gaining real-world experience. Read More
Water resources students get hands-on experience with creek cleanup
As part of a UniverCity Year partnership, students were practicing different strategies that can be used to clear blocked waterways during a Wisconsin Water Trail Development 101 seminar on April 29. Read More
‘How Minds Change’ chosen as 2023-24 Go Big Read book
Author David McRaney focuses on why people believe the way they do and offers surprising evidence from psychology and neuroscience to explain what tends to be persuasive. Read More
Faculty, staff get to know Wisconsin, from rivers to forests to cities
On the Wisconsin Idea Seminar tour, they became students of Wisconsin life and learned from folks who are deeply committed to the place where they live and who are fundamentally motivated by relationship-building, reciprocity and responsibility to people, land, and water. Read More
High school twins show Badger spirit on ‘Today Show’
After rooming together for 18 years, twins David and Jacob Wang expect to live separately and have different majors at UW–Madison. But they'll maintain the closeness they've always had. Read More
How to be a Badger while away from campus for the summer
Social media and electronic communications have made it easier to keep in touch with fellow Badgers all over, as well as campus happenings. Read More
Programs make UW–Madison affordable, accessible
Sixty-three percent of undergraduates are completing their bachelor’s degrees without student debt, a percentage that keeps improving and is up from 50 percent just seven years ago. Read More
UW–Madison starts 175-year celebration in Green Bay
The event-filled day not only showcased accomplishments of the past but also how UW–Madison is making a difference now and into the future. Read More
Grounds crew creates beauty — and biodiversity — on campus
The goal is to create a campus landscape that supports biodiversity while providing an inviting space for students, employees and visitors alike. Read More
Death cap mushroom’s invasion success may be linked to newly documented variability of toxin genes
The discovery could help researchers better understand how the toxic fungus is successfully invading California and open the door for new drug discovery pathways. Read More
Climate-stressed trees get a boost from new microbial partnerships
On top of a better understanding of the way trees and microbes work together in a race against climate change, plant-fungi matchmaking may be a boon to plans to reforest the planet. Read More
Bucky’s Classroom reaches record number of Wisconsin students
The goal of the program is to help middle school students build a better understanding of college, both academically and socially. Read More
Nurtured at UW, East of Vilas rocks the local music scene
East of Vilas got its start at a UW–Madison learning community, and now the band is performing all over Madison, part of a thriving local music scene. Read More
UW Center for Healthy Minds will research machine learning predictions of well-being
The project aims to discover and develop technologies that in the future may inform the delivery of algorithm-based micro-supports — short well-being practices like mindful breathing that may help in the moment. Read More
133 students inducted into Phi Kappa Phi
Each fall invitations are sent to the top 10 percent of graduate students, the top 10 percent of seniors and the top 7.5 percent of second-semester juniors in each school and college. Read More
Mortarboards become billboards
It's an art form: Graduates wore caps decorated with flowers, beads and messages ranging from the classic — "On, Wisconsin" — to the epic — "Long story short: I survived." Read More
New graduates make it a day to remember
Badgers work hard and play hard. That was proven once again at the 2023 spring commencement at Camp Randall Stadium, where graduates were awarded diplomas to reward their years of hard work. Read More
2023 spring commencement brings the fun and all the feels to Camp Randall
On an overcast day at Camp Randall, Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin told the crowd, “Today, we confer 7,826 degrees, making this the largest commencement ceremony in the history of this great university.” Read More
Commencement: Grad students revel in the moment
Smiles were plentiful at the commencement ceremony for doctoral, MFA and medical student degree candidates on May 12 at the Kohl Center, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More
La Follette students highlight benefits of universal child savings accounts in Wisconsin
Five graduate students from the La Follette School of Public Affairs demonstrated that universal child savings accounts could have significant benefits for the state when they conducted the first statewide cost-benefit analysis of the idea last fall. Read More