Category State & Global
96 UW–Madison students join Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Kappa Phi recognizes and promotes academic excellence in all fields of higher education and engages the community of scholars in service to others.
Message to grads: “You don’t have to do this alone”
Saturday's ceremony for graduate and professional students featured advice from John Gottman, a pioneer in the psychology of relationships.
Back where they belong, undergraduate Badgers rock Camp Randall
Thousands of UW–Madison’s graduating seniors made a triumphant return to Camp Randall Saturday for an undergraduate commencement ceremony that was both a jubilant celebration of all they’ve achieved and a defiant response to a devastating year.
Photo gallery: Spring 2021 Commencement
After a year like no other, Saturday's commencement was filled with new sights and beloved traditions.
UW–Madison senior wins prestigious Knight-Hennessy Scholarship
Cheryl Mulor plans to pursue a master’s degree in civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University with a focus in sustainable design and construction. She hopes to one day return to Kenya and own her own company.
Badger Talks video: Is herd immunity attainable?
“It is difficult to predict how many (people) need to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity in a population,” says Ajay Sethi, associate professor of population health sciences, but "we are headed in the right direction."
UW–Madison names civic engagement award in Risser’s honor
The Fred Risser Excellence in Civic Engagement Undergraduate Award, honoring the former state lawmaker, recognizes a student who has made civic engagement integral to their college experience.
Thousands of UW students to graduate Saturday at Camp Randall commencement ceremonies
The in-person gatherings — one for undergraduates, the other for all graduate degree candidates — will be limited to graduates only (no guests) because of the ongoing pandemic.
UW grad combines research, tribal traditions in wolf relationship plan
Abi Fergus says understanding tribal citizens’ attitudes toward wolves helped her stay in touch with the human dimension of her research.
April Community Chats: The university-community connection with Mary Rouse
Rouse, the former dean of students at UW–Madison and former director of the Morgridge Center for Public Service, is Earlise Ward's guest.
Tom Brock, who discovered world-changing extremophiles, dies at 94
One of the species Brock discovered helped usher in the modern era of molecular biology and underpins today’s PCR tests for the COVID-19 virus.
Arsenic is more common in wells near fractured bedrock in southeastern Wisconsin
The findings come from an ongoing survey of the extent and causes of arsenic contamination in groundwater led by Eric Stewart of the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey.
UW–Madison wins federal Green Ribbon Schools Postsecondary Sustainability Award
The federal education department cited the university’s “deep legacy of environmental stewardship” and said it remains “a leader in environment- and sustainability-related research, education, and operations.”
Chancellor Blank wins national economics research honor
UW–Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank has been named a 2021 Distinguished Fellow by the American Economic Association, an honor established in 1965 to recognize the lifetime research contributions of distinguished economists from the United States and Canada.
Returning adult students receive awards for perseverance, community contributions
Each spring, UW–Madison Adult Career and Special Student Services recognizes the determination and leadership of returning adult undergraduate students with scholarships and awards.
‘Divine Nine’ project to honor history, achievements of Black fraternities and sororities
Although Black fraternity and sorority chapters have existed at UW–Madison for many decades, they are sometimes little known on campus. That’s about to change.
Research reveals a more accurate picture of invasive fish virus
Since the early 2000s, viral hemorrhagic septicemia has caused deaths in more than 30 fish species in the Great Lakes region.
Research network to measure and promote emotional well-being
"This network is predicated on the idea that ... well-being is plastic and something we can modify,” says Richard Davidson, director of the UW's Center for Healthy Minds.
Advanced microscopy technique could help UW reach new frontiers in the biosciences
At its most basic level, it takes pictures. That’s the scaled-down explanation of cryogenic electron microscopy, or cryo-EM. But it’s so much more than that.
National Poetry Month: Students express themselves
In honor of National Poetry Month, University Communications spoke with members of the First Wave Urban Arts program about the importance of poetry and why they think the art form is so powerful.