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UW-Madison named a 2020 Best Value College
The school is one of 200 included in the 2020 edition of "The Best Value Colleges: 200 Schools with Exceptional ROI for Your Tuition Investment."
Award recognizes TAs in wide-ranging fields
They’ve taught courses on urban geography, advanced Japanese, botany, contemporary moral issues and more, but these 15 graduate students all have one thing in common: excellence as teaching assistants. Meet the honorees of this year’s Campus-wide Teaching Assistant Awards.
New Faculty Focus: Mariaelena Huambachano
"My work focuses on the study of Indigenous ecologies of well-being and food sovereignty as entry points to the broader study of environmental ecology and biodiversity preservation with the view to develop alternative approaches to promote sustainable food systems, community-driven development, and overall well-being."
After busy fall, ‘Our Shared Future’ efforts to expand
Hundreds of people attended events last fall related to the “Our Shared Future” heritage marker, part of an effort to educate the campus on the Ho-Chunk Nation and the history it shares with UW–Madison. The spring semester will emphasize incorporating the message in the university’s teaching and learning.
New Faculty Focus: Brian McInnes
"Ojibwe, like perhaps all of Wisconsin’s native languages, is extraordinarily complex and beautiful. Imagine any given verb having several thousand unique forms and expressions."
Department of Chemistry wins Regents’ Diversity Award
The award recognizes the department’s efforts to enhance underrepresented students’ access to and success in the chemistry graduate program.
Scout’s Super Bowl story is a viral hit
A 7-year-old Golden Retriever named Scout and UW–Madison’s School of Veterinary Medicine are already stealing the show in the run-up to the Super Bowl. Scout’s story, in the form of a 30-second commercial for WeatherTech, has already received an overwhelming reaction since it was first released on Tuesday.
Coronavirus: Update on travel and entry to the U.S.
The U.S. government has announced additional actions on coronavirus. This does not mean there is increased risk on campus. Here's what you need to know.
Warming oceans could cause Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse, sea level rise
A new study found that warming below the surface of the planet’s oceans is a significant contributor to ice sheet melt, particularly in the Antarctic, where a large portion of the ice sheet exists under the water.
Here is what you need to know about novel coronavirus, according to a panel of UW–Madison experts
As details of the virus and its effects continue to emerge, UW physicians, epidemiologists, public health officials, scientists and communication experts addressed questions and concerns from the public.
Coronavirus: Frequently asked questions
Here are answers to questions about Novel Coronavirus. There are no confirmed cases of it on campus or in the Madison community.
Dr. Amy Fiedler selected for Presidential Leadership Scholars Program
The program brings together a diverse network of 60 leaders from around the nation. Fiedler, a cardiac surgeon, is working on a leadership project for a cardia surgical unit in Rwanda.
Enter your best science images in the 2020 Cool Science Image Contest
As students, staff and faculty sift and winnow they produce a continual stream of visual documentation of their discoveries. The 10th annual Cooll Science Image Contest is soliciting the best visuals from members of the UW–Madison community.
Policy Library Project team publishes recommendations report, transitions to implementation
UW–Madison is one step closer to having an online library for all of its university-wide policies. The implementation phase is focused on preparing to deploy the library during the 2020-21 academic year.
Campus message from Provost Scholz on travel to China
The ongoing coronavirus outbreak centered in Wuhan, China, is likely to disrupt travel in the coming months. UW–Madison health and travel officials discourage nonessential travel to China during the spring semester and recommend members of the UW–Madison campus community make alternate arrangements.
There’s still time to support Partners in Giving
Though the active phase of this year’s Partners In Giving campaign may have closed in November, there’s still time for you to …
UW-Madison joins national leaders to discuss plan to promote high-tech growth
Madison has become a hotbed of innovation and economic activity that is nearly unique beyond the coasts, with major developments in health technology, information technology, and biotechnology, according to a recent report.
Cheap nanoparticles stimulate immune response to cancer in the lab
If they are shown to work as well in the body as they do in pharmacy Professor Seungpyo Hong's lab, the nanoparticles might provide an effective and more affordable way to fight cancer.
‘Lucky Dog’ Scout and UW School of Veterinary Medicine star in WeatherTech Super Bowl commercial
As Super Bowl LIV airs Sunday, Feb. 2, Scout will appear alongside members of the school's faculty and staff who have been part of the 7-year-old golden retriever’s cancer treatment journey.
Scout, UW star in Super Bowl ad
When clinicians at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine began caring for Scout in July 2019, they had no idea they would soon inspire, and appear in, a Super Bowl commercial. But they had a canine star on their hands, and a very appreciative client. Here is the finished ad.