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Employee update: Positive cases, testing and vaccine

February 25, 2021

Beginning March 1, the state will make additional populations eligible for vaccination, but because of limited supplies, UHS will not be able to offer vaccine immediately to everyone newly eligible. Read More

Community Chats series highlights how campus partners are tackling pressing issues

February 25, 2021

In the first episode, Brenda González talks with Emily Auerbach of the UW Odyssey Project, which offers life-changing UW–Madison humanities classes for adult students facing economic barriers to college. Read More

New UW–Madison campaign highlights Badgers stepping up

February 25, 2021

A new UW–Madison campaign, “Can’t Stop a Badger”, explores the stories and people whose relentless drive are making Wisconsin – and the world – a better place. Read More

Invasive species often start as undetected “sleeper populations”

February 25, 2021

The finding has important implications for the way we approach invasive species control and management, researchers say. Read More

Grad student honored as Inspiring Arab Woman

February 24, 2021

If you have met Claudia Ramly, a UW–Madison second-year PhD student in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, you know that she is… Read More

The snowman’s creed: Have fun before melting

February 24, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed much about campus, but one thing remains the same: When the snow falls, the snowmen follow. The cheery beings can… Read More

Meet the people who make Safer Badgers work, part four

February 24, 2021

Kacee, Josh, Jenna and Jen are among the many people who help keep campus safe during the pandemic. Read More

Startup Gregor Diagnostics advances novel diagnostic technology

February 23, 2021

“Gregor is a startup that has UW technology in it and is a great example of the way UW knowledge gets translated into companies that solve important problems in the world and create jobs.” Read More

Badger Talks video: The right type of mask

February 23, 2021

In this Badger Talks interview, mechanical engineering professor Scott Sanders talks through some of the mask-fitting guidance. Read More

Capital budget plan is cornerstone for UW–Madison growth

February 23, 2021

New buildings for the College of Letters & Science and the College of Engineering are included in Gov. Tony Evers' 2021-23 capital budget — "a major investment in higher education infrastructure,” says Chancellor Rebecca Blank. Read More

Materials science is a natural fit for Wisconsin manufacturing

February 22, 2021

Not only are top UW–Madison materials science students sought after by industry, but breakthroughs in materials developed at the university often have direct impacts on local businesses. Read More

20 million years of life lost to COVID-19

February 22, 2021

In heavily affected countries, the pandemic has surpassed influenza and traffic deaths in years of life cut short and is comparable to heart disease, says UW–Madison political scientist Adeline Lo. Read More

UW startup DataChat democratizes data science

February 19, 2021

The company's growth since being founded in 2017 illustrates the many ways UW–Madison nurtures start-ups that arise from its research. Read More

UHS COVID-19 health alert – act now to avoid campus restrictions

February 19, 2021

The following message was sent from UHS Executive Director Jake Baggott to students, faculty and staff on Feb. 19. Read this message in Español… Read More

What the detection of B.1.1.7 in Dane County means for campus

February 19, 2021

On Thursday, February 18, Public Health Madison and Dane County announced that a case of COVID-19 caused by a variant of the virus called… Read More

Study led by UW doctor finds analyzing DNA in urine could help detect cancer

February 19, 2021

Currently, cancers are detected using more invasive methods. Urinalysis has long been used to manage many diseases and disorders, but not cancer. Read More

Fixing genetic mistakes to restore vision

February 19, 2021

The project, funded by a five-year, $7.7 million award from the National Institutes of Health National Eye Institute, will rely on an approach aimed at correcting nonsense mutations in DNA. Read More

Measuring the pancreas’s protein landscape assists diabetes and cancer research

February 18, 2021

New research aims to measure the pancreas’s entire suite of proteins. Ultimately, that data will advance research on pancreatic diseases like pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, or diabetes. Read More