Category State & Global
Eight UW–Madison graduate students receive international travel awards
Global Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has awarded the Scott Kloeck-Jenson Award to eight outstanding graduate students whose work will deepen international understanding and global social justice concerns. Read More
UW-Madison historian predicts the end of science ‘superpowers’
Is the sun beginning to set on America's scientific dominance? Much like the scientific superpowers of France, Germany and Britain in centuries' past, the United States has a diminishing lead over other nations in financial investment and scholarly research output in science and engineering. Read More
Engineers Without Borders
Watch a WISC-TV For the Record episode that features UW–Madison’s Engineers Without Borders program. Read More
Doctoral student shares experiences from Nobel laureates meeting
From June 29-July 4, University of Wisconsin–Madison nuclear engineering doctoral student Rachel Slaybaugh was among nearly 500 young researchers from around the world to attend the Lindau Meeting, a unique event in Lindau, Germany, that draws 25 Nobel laureates for lectures, panel and roundtable discussions, and social and networking events. Read More
Support available in wake of Eagle Heights death
Support and resources are available to members of the UW–Madison community, particularly 2007-08 residents of Witte Hall, Susan B. Davis House, Eagle Heights and international students and scholars, in the wake of a recent student death. Read More
Green snowmobile logs first month at Arctic research station
An electric snowmobile built by student members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering Clean Snowmobile Team is now in Greenland, on loan to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the summer to support climate research projects at the Greenland Environmental Observatory (GEO Summit Camp). Read More
UW-Madison grad student to meet with Nobel laureates
University of Wisconsin–Madison nuclear engineering doctoral student Rachel Slaybaugh never dreamed she'd have the opportunity to chat with a Nobel Prize-winning physicist - much less several of them. Read More
UW-Madison’s ‘African Storyteller’ premieres on ResearchChannel
On June 18, the ResearchChannel began airing "The Storyteller with Professor Harold Scheub," the story of Sheub's remarkable experience with African storytellers. Read More