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New NIH grant aims to prevent opioid relapses with mobile app

August 9, 2019

UW-Madison researchers have received a $3.42 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a mobile phone-based app to prevent opioid relapse among those trying to recover. Read More

Remembering Toni Morrison: UW–Madison professor offers reading recommendations

August 8, 2019

“This was a woman who up through her 80s was still vibrant and still writing. That’s the inspiration to me to keep doing what I love,” says literature professor Sandra Adell. Read More

New director of UW CIPE focuses on health-care collaboration

August 8, 2019

He says CIPE’s focus on team-based learning and practice will provide UW–Madison health sciences students purposefully-designed interprofessional learning and socialization, both of which will better prepare them for team-based practice. Read More

UW study: Major surgery is associated with minor cognitive decline

August 8, 2019

The decline was akin to about five months of aging, according to research led by Dr. Robert Sanders,  assistant professor of anesthesiology, and conducted by Dr. Bryan Krause, assistant scientist in anesthesiology. Read More

#UWSummer: New learning experiences, all over the world

August 7, 2019

Students spent the summer doing water research on Lake Mendota, climbing towers in northern Wisconsin, walking the halls of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., or even teaching in a village in Africa. Take a look at a few: Read More

UW-Madison rises in 2019 world university rankings

August 5, 2019

The Center for World University Rankings uses seven indicators to rank the world’s universities without relying on surveys and university data submissions. Read More

Lessons of conventional imaging let scientists see around corners

August 5, 2019

Scientists from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Universidad de Zaragoza in Spain, drawing on the lessons of classical optics, have shown that it is possible to image complex hidden scenes using a projected “virtual camera” to see around barriers. Read More

Bike share aims to serve, enhance health in Wisconsin Rapids

August 2, 2019

“People tend to think that bike shares can exist only in bigger cities. Wisconsin Rapids is not that big, but we strive to blend small-town charm with big-city amenities.” Read More

Family Fun Day for football

August 1, 2019

Fans got to meet their favorite Badger players Wednesday evening at Camp Randall Stadium, at the annual Wisconsin Football Family Fun Day. Fans young and old got to meet the team and head coach Paul Chryst for autographs and photos. Read More

Institute For Research On Poverty expands its health policy research

August 1, 2019

This expanded partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services will include a robust scope of data sharing, research, and evaluation activities supporting the state’s Medicaid program, which includes BadgerCare, SeniorCare, and other public health insurance programs. Read More

Additional excavation expected on Bascom Hill

August 1, 2019

The Bascom Hill/Lathrop Drive Utility project continues to make progress. Additional barriers and fencing will be erected to cordon the work site. This will cause detours and closures to some sidewalks, roads, and parking lots. Read More

Beetles used to combat purple loosestrife in southeast Wisconsin

July 31, 2019

This summer, Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Molly Bodde is engaging in preliminary work to start a program to control these invasives in a chemical-free way, using beetles that eat the purple loosestrife. Read More

UW Hospitals and Clinics ranked among top 20 in nation

July 30, 2019

For the first time in the history of U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals" rankings, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics are listed on the Honor Roll, ranking 17th. Read More

UW expert weighs in on record number of candidates

July 30, 2019

Why are there so many candidates? Some are looking to boost their careers, others want to bring particular issues to the public's attention. Read More

Simultaneous infection by two viruses the key to studying rare lymphoma

July 29, 2019

The successful creation of stable, cancer-like cells in the lab opens up opportunities for understanding the progression of this and related cancers and, perhaps, developing treatments. Read More

Researchers recreate the sun’s solar wind and plasma “burps” on Earth

July 29, 2019

A new study by UW–Madison physicists mimicked solar winds in the lab, confirming how they develop and providing an Earth-bound model for the future study of solar physics. Read More

Thanks to science, parasite can have sex in mice, not just cats

July 29, 2019

The work could lead to a vaccine for cats and throws a critical lifeline to scientists who study the parasite by providing a new animal model in which to study it. Read More

Bucky helps launch weather balloon

July 26, 2019

Bucky Badger showed up to help launch a weather balloon during a Grandparents University meteorology class, atop the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences building. Read More

High school students add science to their summer at UW camp

July 26, 2019

For the last three weeks of July, the Discovery Building hosted 70-plus Wisconsin high school students and teachers, who delved into everything from CAR-T cells to stem cell differentiation. Read More