Landscape ecologist Monica Turner: California wildfires aren’t a random situation
For more than a decade, Turner has warned that situations like the one that damaged Yellowstone in 1988 could become more common. She puts the current catastrophic wildfires into context for us. Read More
Annual call for pre-proposals for the Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment
Proposals are encouraged for new outreach and public engagement activities that partner with community and off-campus organizations to extend and apply our research, education and clinical knowledge to help solve problems or take advantage of opportunities. Read More
New Faculty Focus: Tawandra Rowell-Cunsolo
"By bringing awareness to the nature of social conditions that accelerate the spread of COVID-19 among vulnerable populations, I am hoping that we can begin to develop sustainable strategies that will provide some form of protection from future pandemics." Read More
Video: Hat collection spices up online classes
One can tire of staring at talking heads all day in online meetings and classes. But Jennifer Angus, professor of Design Studies in the School of Human Ecology, found that spicing up the screen is as easy as the hat on her head. Read More
Badger Talks video: How to communicate better while wearing a mask
Professor Maryellen MacDonald explains why it's so tough to talk to each other in masks, and offers tips in how to adapt so people understand, such as using hand gestures and nodding. Read More
Make your plans to register and vote now
Tuesday is National Voter Registration Day. You can register to vote now by going online or mailing in a registration form. Read More
New national imaging center has potential to transform medicine
The National Institutes of Health will provide $22.7 million over six years to create a national research and training hub at UW–Madison that will give scientists across the country access to this game-changing technology. Read More
Chancellor Blank: Universities should encourage student voting
Now is the best time to think in new ways about how to fulfill our responsibility to educate students for lifetimes of engagement, argue Lawrence S. Bacow and Rebecca M. Blank in this editorial. Read More
COVID questions: gyms, placebos, vaccine proof
Is it safe to work out in a public gym? If I'm in a vaccine trial and get the placebo, will I be told so I can get the vaccine? How will people have proof they had the vaccine? Read More
New Faculty Focus: Philipp Koellinger
"Most of my research is in behavioral genetics, which seems far removed from economics, but actually isn’t. My work became more and more interdisciplinary and driven by new, big data over the years." Read More
Research reveals an enormous planet quickly orbiting a tiny, dying star
While there have been hints of large planets orbiting close to white dwarfs in the past, the new findings are the clearest evidence yet that these bizarre pairings exist. Read More
Chancellor Blank statement on Big Ten return to competition
"Above all, I support our coaches and student-athletes and want them to have the opportunity to safely compete, if possible. I believe the plan put forward by the Return to Competition Committee, with its extensive safety protocols and tight controls, allows that to happen." Read More
Honorlock: What the online proctor does and doesn’t do
Many students and others across campus are still learning about the tool, and have voiced some questions and concerns. Here are some key takeaways about what Honorlock does and does not do. Read More
New Faculty Focus: Kate Walsh
"I was hired to lead an interdisciplinary research cluster on sexual violence so I am very excited about the resources and commitment of the university to the issues I study." Read More
Meet the campus innovators launching successful companies in an unprecedented time
While the global pandemic has challenged business owners across many sectors, startup companies helped by UW–Madison's UW–Madison’s Discovery to Product program have managed to demonstrate resilience. Read More
New Faculty Focus: Sin Yin (Sean) Lim
"My goal as a researcher is to advance pediatric pharmacotherapy using a quantitative approach. I hope that my efforts can benefit all sick children in the state, the country, and beyond." Read More
Brand New Badgers: Twin valedictorians take on UW–Madison together
Morgan and Riley Parks were co-valedictorians at Altoona High School. Now the two are now freshmen at UW–Madison, experiencing together many of the same pandemic-tinged college experiences. Read More
Message from Chancellor Rebecca Blank
Chancellor Rebecca Blank addresses students about the new 14-day student restrictions for health and safety instituted because of the rise in COVID-19 cases on campus.
Everybody poops, some shed the virus that causes COVID-19. Wisconsin’s wastewater surveillance is looking for it.
Detecting and measuring how much virus is in wastewater is may provide an early warning signal that cases of COVID-19 may soon rise and provide a readout of how levels of virus change in a population over time. Read More
’Til the cows come home
The cows returned to UW's Dairy Cattle Center on Sept. 1, five months after they were removed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Without students on campus or research projects, the center was temporarily shuttered on March 27. Read More