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New Faculty Focus: Narjust Duma

January 30, 2019

She studies women with lung cancer, as well the challenges faced by women and underrepresented groups in medicine, including unconscious bias, gender pay gap, and graduate medical education. Read More

UW below zero

January 29, 2019

UW-Madison students proved they were a hardy bunch this week, turning up to class despite 6 inches of snow on Monday, and subzero temperatures on Tuesday. Read More

UW-Madison named best value college

January 29, 2019

Schools that made the list offer stellar academics at an affordable cost with strong career prospects for graduates, The Princeton Review says. Read More

Awards honor creativity through music, dance, more

January 29, 2019

The UW–Madison Awards in the Creative Arts honored everything from a dance work to a recording of new music to a multi-channel, multi-screen video artwork examining the philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Read More

As the climate warms, tens of thousands of lakes may spend winters ice free

January 28, 2019

A new study from an international team of researchers, including at UW–Madison, shows that many northern latitude lakes are at risk of experiencing some ice-free winters in the coming decades. Read More

UW-Madison mourns renowned sociologist Erik Olin Wright

January 25, 2019

Wright was a giant in the field of contemporary Marxian sociology. He wrote 15 books and more than 100 research papers, many focused on class and capitalism. Read More

Undergrads design ventilator device; form company to aid newborns during surgery

January 25, 2019

Undergraduates in biomedical engineering created an improved "wye" that connects airway tubes for infants during surgery. They've applied for a provisional patent. Read More

Blue “blood” gives residents innovative microsurgery training

January 25, 2019

To train residents in microsurgery, UW physicians have developed the “blue-blood” chicken thigh simulator. Residents suture blood vessels together in chicken thighs perfused with IV fluid dyed blue. Read More

Semester off to a snowy start

January 23, 2019

A winter storm dumped 6 inches of snow on campus Jan. 22 and 23, greeting students at the start of the semester. Classes continued as scheduled, though, and students trudged through a glittering landscape. Read More

Get Social: A nice snowscape on campus

January 23, 2019

After a relatively dry winter, UW–Madison was hit hard by snowfall this week. And at the same time, local social media was inundated with snow and ice photos and jokes. Go figure. Read More

Leckrone honored at State of the State

January 23, 2019

Gov. Tony Evers acknowledges UW–Madison Band Director Mike Leckrone for his 50 years of service at the State of the State address on Jan. 22. Band members end the ceremony with a rendition of "On, Wisconsin!" arranged by Leckrone. Read More

Marking MLK Day with a history-making leader

January 21, 2019

In addition to a keynote by Wisconsin's first African-American lieutenant governor, Mandela Barnes, Monday's event also featured music, discussion and, on a lighter note, coloring pages paying tribute to famous African-Americans. Read More

Gamma ray telescope ready for prime time

January 18, 2019

A new telescope, part of an international effort to develop and build the world’s largest, most sensitive gamma-ray detector, was unveiled to the public Thursday. UW–Madison scientists developed a camera at the heart of the telescope. Read More

Human respiratory viruses continue to spread in wild chimpanzees

January 18, 2019

Less than two years after the first report of wild chimpanzees in Uganda dying as a result of a human “common cold” virus, a new study has identified two other respiratory viruses of human origin in chimpanzee groups in the same forest. Read More

New method assesses lead hazard in soil

January 18, 2019

UW-Madison researchers describe a way to use a common, low-cost soil test to determine how much of the lead is bioaccessible, and therefore dangerous. Read More

A new kind of mosquito repellent that comes from bacteria

January 17, 2019

University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers describe the first mosquito-repelling compounds to be derived from bacteria, and they appear to work at lower doses than repellents currently on the market. Read More

Throwing the W all over the world

January 16, 2019

With classes adjourned for winter break, some UW–Madison students traveled afar, from Arctic Valley in Alaska to Hobe Sound Beach in Florida to Cerro De La Muerte in Costa Rica. And being Badgers, they had to represent UW–Madison by throwing the W and taking a photo. Read More

Unraveling threads of bizarre hagfish’s explosive slime

January 15, 2019

Jean-Luc Thiffeault, a University of Wisconsin–Madison math professor, and collaborators Randy Ewoldt and Gaurav Chaudhary of the University of Illinois have modeled the hagfish’s gag-inducing defense mechanism mathematically. Read More

UW course helps dairy farmer find small-farm success in a brutal market

January 15, 2019

The Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy & Livestock Farmers, one of several “Short Courses” at CALS, helps beginning farmers like Andy Jaworski of the Green Bay area to get started. Read More

Study: “Post-normal” science requires unorthodox communication strategies

January 14, 2019

Proposals to fight malaria by “driving” genes that slow its spread through mosquitoes is a high-risk, high-reward technology that presents a challenge to science journalists, according to a new report. Read More