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Innovative cancer treatment machine: Still made in Wisconsin
Innovator-entrepreneur Thomas “Rock” Mackie’s TomoTherapy, launched in 1997, remains one of the universities’ most successful spinoff companies. Read More
Josh Medow: Critical care for the brain
At Joshua Medow's first job, in the Neurocritical Intensive Care Unit at UW Hospital and Clinics, he saves lives. His patients have endured strokes, car accidents and shootings. Read More
Family tree for orchids explains their astonishing variability
Orchids, a fantastically complicated and diverse group of flowering plants, have long blended the exotic with the beautiful. Most species live on trees, often in remote, tropical mountains. Their flowers can be strange - one even flowers underground, and many species deceive their pollinators into thinking they are good to eat. Read More
UW-Madison places high in Forbes rankings
Forbes Magazine has ranked UW–Madison as one of its Top Colleges in the United States. The university placed 11th for the second year in a row among the best public colleges and 69th overall, up from 70th last year. Read More
Understanding El Niño: Q&A with Dan Vimont
What’s fierce, massive and likened to Godzilla? The 2015 El Niño — or at least in its vivid media descriptions. Read More
Three UW–Madison professors garner American Chemical Society honors
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has honored three UW–Madison professors with prestigious awards for excellence in research. Read More
Morgridge Institute selects Pagliarini to lead campus metabolism initiative
Dave Pagliarini, a University of Wisconsin–Madison associate professor whose departmental home put metabolism research on the map worldwide, will help define the future of Wisconsin metabolism science as a lead investigator at the Morgridge Institute for Research. Read More
An ounce of prevention: Research advances on ‘scourge’ of transplant wards
The fungus Cryptococcus causes meningitis, a brain disease that kills about 1 million people each year - mainly those with impaired immune systems due to AIDS, cancer treatment or an organ transplant. It's difficult to treat because fungi are genetically quite similar to humans, so compounds that affect fungi tend to have toxic side effects for patients. Read More
UW-Madison engineers contribute expertise to Oshkosh Corporation
When mechanical engineering Professor Dan Negrut took his first ride in Oshkosh Corporation’s new, highly mobile armored truck in July, he marveled at the vehicle’s capabilities. Read More
Terrace renovation presents opportunity to enjoy other Union spots
This fall brings a chance to find a new cozy spot at the Memorial Union while some old favorites close for renovations. Part of the Terrace will close Sept. 1 for its first significant upgrade in two decades, part of the final phases of the Memorial Union Reinvestment project, which began in 2014. It’s slated to reopen early next summer. Read More
Campus area streets closed during UW–Madison move-in
Numerous streets around campus will be closed to accommodate the more than 7,400 University of Wisconsin–Madison students moving in to university residence halls starting this week. Read More
Wireless microcamera clusters broaden laparoscopic imaging
A revolutionary integrated imaging system under development at the University of Wisconsin–Madison could significantly advance laparoscopy, a minimally invasive surgical procedure that, over the last half century, has seen only incremental improvements in imaging. Read More