Nominations being accepted for Community-University Partnership Awards
Nominations are open for the 2019 UW–Madison Community-University Partnership Awards that recognize the work of UW–Madison faculty, staff and students, and their community partners as…
UW-Madison ranked No. 2 for bachelor’s degrees awarded in foreign languages
UW–Madison ranked No. 1 for the most bachelor’s degrees conferred nationwide to Spanish majors. UW–Madison was ranked No. 2 for French and No. 3 for Chinese and Russian.
Absentee voting for April 2 election starts March 25 on campus
In-person absentee voting for the April 2 spring election is March 25-28 at three sites on campus.
UW Changes Lives: Wisconsin Experience Summer Launch gives freshmen a head start
This year, the university unveils the Wisconsin Experience Summer Launch, which ensures that incoming freshman make a smooth transition to campus. They can earn credit toward their degrees, meet other students, and learn about UW–Madison resources before the start of fall semester.
Light provides control for 3D printing with multiple materials
UW-Madison researchers realized that a one-vat, multiple-component approach — similar to a chemist's one-pot approach when synthesizing molecules — would be more practical than multiple reservoirs with different materials in 3D printing.
UW-Madison graduate programs ranked high by U.S. News in 2020 guide
The School of Education was the highest-rated public school of education and ranked third overall. Business, engineering, nursing, law and other graduate programs also ranked highly.
UW alum masterminding next generation data storage: A solution to the datapocalypse?
In a meeting at the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship at the Wisconsin School of Business, Hyunjun Park said the device will hold digital information in DNA – life’s evolution-perfected “data storage” molecule.
Second cohort of students to benefit from Bucky’s Tuition Promise
From February through June, we will be highlighting the ways that UW–Madison changes lives for the better throughout the state of Wisconsin. March’s theme is Affordability…
Saint Judy premiere to feature Q&A with director, a UW grad
“It is a big Badger production,” says director Sean Hanish. “I’m excited to come to Madison to discuss the film.
Badger Ready gives adult students a pathway to a UW–Madison degree
Last fall, UW–Madison welcomed the first students served by the Badger Ready program, which helps students resuming their college education after a significant break.
Get Social: By the light of the moon
From ice cream on a snowy terrace to a moon over Bascom, campus is showing off its winter beauty this week.
Outstanding Women of Color honored
The five women were chosen for their advocacy on behalf of disadvantaged populations; scholarly research on race, ethnicity and indigeneity; and community building.
Task force will recommend strategies to strengthen student mental health services
A newly created campus task force will review mental health resources and related supports at UW–Madison and provide recommendations for a comprehensive, multifaceted approach to…
UW–Madison alumna named Knight-Hennessy Scholar
The prestigious scholarship provides full funding for graduate study at Stanford. Applicants are evaluated based on independence of thought, purposeful leadership and a civic mindset
MR Guidance: Next frontier in hemorrhagic stroke
A UW–Madison startup called InseRT MRI has the goal of guiding drug placements in the brain with MRI, under a license to a patent held by WARF.
UW-Madison ranks highly throughout the year
Rankings based on disparate criteria —whether it's student excellence or research impact or access to veterans — all put UW–Madison among the nation's top universities.
Certificate program helps address state’s mental health care needs
The School of Nursing's Psychiatric Mental Health Care Certificate program helps health care providers throughout Wisconsin get certified to prescribe and diagnose in mental health cases.
New PEOPLE program office opens
UW-Madison’s Precollege Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence held a grand opening on Wednesday at its new site at Rufus King Middle School in Milwaukee.
Get Social: Dogs, sunsets and dubs
Sunsets, dogs, and photos from warmer climates -- some of the things UW students use to get through mid-semester studying and endless snow.
WARF bets big on new squad of drug hunters
“We are building a preclinical drug discovery organization,” says WARF Therapeutics Director Jon Young, who has worked in drug development at Merck Research Laboratories, Regulus Therapeutics and Celgene.