Category State & Global
Coalition spreads the word in Wisconsin about free, low-cost health insurance
Although more than 90 percent of Wisconsin residents have some form of private or public health insurance, that is little consolation to the estimated 500,000 who find themselves without coverage.
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.
Engineers Without Borders
Watch a WISC-TV For the Record episode that features UW–Madison’s Engineers Without Borders program.
Recent sightings: Wisconsin flooding
View a map showing all of southern Wisconsin WisconsinView developed this map — a June 15 snapshot of the severe flooding…
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.
Research Apprenticeship Program offers an early taste of the field of medicine
The Research Apprenticeship Program, now in its 28th year, aims to increase participation and success rates of students traditionally underrepresented in the sciences.
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.
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).
Political science researchers partner to improve Wisconsin elections
University of Wisconsin–Madison political science researchers are taking a key role in a federally funded project to improve the state's ability to collect accurate election returns.
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.
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.
Students design ‘disaster’ for Wisconsin rescue training facility
When University of Wisconsin–Madison civil and environmental engineering students Dan Zignego, Jake Varnes, Bill Schmitz and Nick Bobinski began a design project meant to be the crowning glory of their educational careers, they never thought it would turn into such a disaster.
UW-Madison students design ‘disaster’ for Wisconsin rescue training facility
When University of Wisconsin–Madison civil and environmental engineering students Dan Zignego, Jake Varnes, Bill Schmitz and Nick Bobinski began a design project meant to be the crowning glory of their educational careers, they never thought it would turn into such a disaster.
New exchange program to build bridges between UW and India
Although still recovering from jet lag, a group of 15 undergraduate students from India are getting situated in various labs across the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, where they will spend the summer conducting research.
A voice nearly silenced teaches art of storytelling
Moji Olaniyan, an assistant dean in the College of Letters and Science, heads the African Storytelling on Wheels project, which prepares UW–Madison students of African origin to tell stories of their native countries to third-, fourth- and fifth-graders in racially nondiverse elementary schools in eastern and northern Wisconsin. Olaniyan, herself a storyteller, recently regained her voice — and her storytelling — after a bout with voice problems.