Category Society & Culture

Five startups from UW with great ideas to protect the earth

April 19, 2023

From improving air quality, water scarcity and quality, to renewable and alternative energy sources, these solutions are not only better for the environment — they’re better for business. Read More

Mnookie Dough: The tasty icing on the investiture celebration

April 14, 2023

Wrapping up a week of events related to Mnookin’s investiture, the picnic was a lively campus celebration complete with free food, live music performances and poetry readings from students. Read More

Researching Wisconsin’s great outdoors

March 31, 2023

In Wisconsin's lakes and forests, UW–Madison researchers contribute to managing the state's natural resources for all to enjoy. Read More

For media: Wisconsin Supreme Court election experts from UW–Madison

March 27, 2023

Experts from UW–Madison are available to discuss the upcoming Wisconsin State Supreme Court election on April 4. The election is widely considered one of the most consequential State Supreme Court elections in decades. Read More

For stressed-out grad students, mindfulness makes big difference

March 22, 2023

Cultivated through practices such as meditation, yoga or prayer, mindfulness centers around being in the present moment in an open, non-judgmental, curious, accepting way. Read More

Inaugural Bassam Z. Shakhashiri Public Science Engagement Award recognizes excellence in outreach

March 20, 2023

A conservation scientist with a goal of finding ways to equitably protect tropical forest biodiversity and a teaching faculty member whose outreach work has led to a method for teaching visually impaired students about nanotechnology received the award. Read More

Sabrina Imbler to visit campus as spring science journalist in residence

March 9, 2023

Imbler will visit campus for a series of events, sharing their experience and approach as a science journalist covering 'the critter beat.' Read More

SuccessWorks helps Letters & Science students translate majors into careers

February 28, 2023

SuccessWorks, in the College of Letters & Science, collaborates with students early in their career exploration process to match majors and interests to future careers. Read More

Student engagement survey puts focus on the UW experience

February 22, 2023

Students scurried past Bascom Hall on the first day of classes Sept. 8. Photo: Bryce Richter On March 1, all first-year students… Read More

New major in information science draws wide array of students with human-centered approach

February 15, 2023

Graduates will be prepared with computing, analytical and people skills for a large variety of jobs in companies and organizations that need tech and data-savvy employees.  Read More

Double the fun at the Lunar New Year

February 6, 2023

Students celebrated the Lunar New Year at two different events on campus on Feb. 4, with lion dancers, performances, food and lots of smiles. Read More

New center will build on work of university’s Public History Project

January 26, 2023

UW–Madison's Public History Project, set to conclude this summer, will continue and expand its work as a new, permanent entity to be called the Rebecca M. Blank Center for Campus History. Read More

MLK Symposium: How the right mindset can continue MLK’s legacy

January 25, 2023

Former NCAAP President Benjamin Jealous said he succeeded by presenting the keys on how each of us can unlock our ability to have a maximum impact on the world for the better. Read More

‘re:mancipation’ opens Feb. 6, explores Lincoln sculpture

January 24, 2023

The "re:mancipation" exhibition responds to Thomas Ball's canonical Emancipation Group statue, featuring artists' reinterpretation of Ball's original and the gallery space. A new statue from Sanford Biggers will go on view in late spring. Read More

Teaching Indigenous land dispossession in Wisconsin and beyond

January 18, 2023

Thanks to new funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, an interdisciplinary group of UW–Madison faculty, staff and graduate students will be able to help teach the history of land taken from tribal nations to benefit land-grant universities. Read More