New Faculty Focus: Narjust Duma
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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