An expedition to explore science
Hundreds of families and children enjoyed hands-on activities, from blowing giant bubbles to launching water rockets at this year’s Science Expeditions from April 5 to 7.
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Lakeshore nature preserve wants your input on a strategic plan
UW-Madison’s Lakeshore Nature Preserve is embarking on a comprehensive strategic planning process and we want your input to help guide the use and on-going management of the Preserve over the next decade.
Connect with UW on the Day of the Badger
The Day of the Badger aims to raise awareness of UW–Madison’s achievements and raise critical funds to help it remain a world-class educational institution. It starts at 5 p.m. April 8, and runs through midnight on April 9.
Hitting the high notes: Marching band leader Mike Leckrone looks back
Although Leckrone is a legend for inventing the Fifth Quarter and defying gravity at the annual Varsity Band Concert, he’s also proud of teaching students to strive for excellence and find “moments of happiness.”
Touring Dairy Science
Prospective students and their parents toured UW–Madison’s Department of Dairy Science on Friday during an open house, as they got a firsthand look at one of the world’s leading dairy science departments.
UW Changes Lives: Professor pushes the humble beet in new directions
“If you go to the store and buy a beet, or you order a beet dish in a restaurant, it’s almost certain to have its origin here in our program, which is cool,” says Irwin Goldman.
UW Changes Lives: Research looks at integrating grazing herds with woodland management
Benefits of silvopasture include thinning out the canopy in an existing forest to allow more light to reach the ground, and then planting it with grass or other forage.
UW Changes Lives: Study looks at drinking water safety in Wisconsin
A UW-Madison researcher is studying what happens when disinfectants used in the process of treating drinking water react with compounds naturally present in groundwater, sometimes creating byproducts that can be harmful to human health.
Get Social: Spring gives us a fresh look at campus
With temperatures warming and lake ice melting, everyone went outdoors this week and remembered once again how beautiful our campus is, and how great it looks when it warms up. In this week’s Get Social, some beautiful campus photos with hardly any snow or ice.
UW Changes Lives: Let your phone do the farming
UW-Madison have developed agricultural apps that record and process data in the barn or on the tractor. The apps help farmers make diagnoses and decisions on the fly.
University Staff Award recipients announced
Eight members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison community have been selected by the University Staff Awards Selection Committee to receive the 2019 University Staff Recognition Award. They were recognized for their achievement at an event March 29.
Bucky’s Classroom introduces middle school students to college
Bucky’s Classroom is designed to increase college opportunities for all students by building college access knowledge and providing classroom resources focused on career exploration.
Returning adult students honored for hard work through challenges
Aysha Dominquez takes a full load of classes, while raising a family and commuting from Beaver Dam. She, and Olivia Wine, won the Outstanding Undergraduate Returning Adult Student Award.
Fruit smoothie DNA: Online summer course offers fun, hands-on science learning
“Plant Pathology 123: Plants, Parasites, and People” provides a fun and approachable option for fulfilling a science or lab requirement.
UW Changes Lives: Libraries take steps to keep education affordable
As the cost of higher education continues to rise, libraries are in a unique position to help minimize the impact on the wallets of students and faculty.
UW Changes Lives Video: Bucky’s Tuition Promise offers opportunity
Hear about one student’s experience with Bucky’s Tuition Promise, which guarantees scholarships and grants to pay for tuition and segregated fees for Wisconsin students whose household adjusted gross income is $58,000 or less.
Get Social: Badgers all over on spring break
From canyons to mountains to oceans to the Antarctic, Badgers spread all over the world during spring break. But they made sure to throw the W, wherever they were.
Visit by fraternity and sorority experts includes open session
A team of national experts will begin a four-day campus visit Sunday as part of a proactive review to strengthen fraternity and sorority life.
Prescribed fires begin at Arboretum, Lakeshore Nature Preserve
Prescribed fire restores a natural process, stimulates native vegetation growth and seed production, improves wildlife habitat, and provides valuable training and research opportunities.
After winning online vote, researchers to assemble German shepherd genome
This genome will allow the group to expand its research into diseases that affect German shepherds. It will also contribute to further understanding of structural variation between the genomes of different dog breeds.