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Study: Spike in premature births caused by COVID, halted by vaccines
The evidence showing the positive effects of vaccination in preventing premature births could help allay some of the most prominent concerns voiced as COVID-19 vaccines became available to pregnant patients.
Mice eating less of specific amino acid — overrepresented in diet of obese people — live longer, healthier
A calorie may not be just a calorie according to new research from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
New paper links childhood deprivation to accelerated biological aging later in life
By using advanced epigenetic aging techniques and new data from older adults, a team of researchers found that being deprived of a nurturing childhood environment is associated with accelerated biological aging in adulthood.
Two new UW–Madison-led studies inform outlook on scaling of carbon removal technologies
The research makes it clear that ensuring the sustained well-being of our planet requires a more serious commitment toward new carbon dioxide removal technologies and a faster scale-up of their production.
Diversity Forum inspires conversations on religious identity and inclusion
Faith leaders talked about ways to foster respectful dialogue with others holding diverse religious beliefs, and how attendees can empower faculty and staff to support students on their personal faith journeys.
Watch: Getting hands-on with wildlife
Veterinary students were nervous at first in the wildlife clinic rotation, but they quickly gained confidence. By the end of the rotation, every student knew they wanted to be able to incorporate wildlife medicine into their practice after graduating.
Chancellor Mnookin: Responding to Saturday’s neo-Nazi march in Madison
You may be aware that around noon Saturday approximately 20 members of a neo-Nazi group marched from areas adjacent to the UW–Madison campus to the State Capitol and East Side. The presence of swastika flags and other Nazi symbols in our midst, along with hateful white supremacist rhetoric, is disgusting and repugnant.
UW–Madison statement on Saturday neo-Nazi march
Around noon on Saturday, Nov. 18, a white supremacist group carrying swastika flags and other Nazi symbols marched from State Street Mall to the state Capitol. University of Wisconsin–Madison leaders are strongly condemning the group’s presence and are providing support to the campus community.
New Faculty Focus: Dan Cavanagh
The new director of the Mead Witter School of Music is a composer and jazz pianist who got hooked on being on stage and sharing art through all the gigs he performed during graduate school and after.
Update on Engineering Hall fire
4:15 p.m.: The following updates were shared with College of Engineering staff, students and faculty on Friday afternoon, Nov. 17: Cleanup: The building remains closed…
UW–Madison and GE HealthCare broaden shared commitment to health care innovation
The 10-year strategic collaboration builds on strong research foundations in medical imaging and expands the scope to advance the delivery of personalized and quality healthcare into 2030 and beyond.
Scientists produce human norepinephrine neurons from stem cells, with significant implications for researching diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
Researchers have identified a protein that is key to the development of a type of brain cell believed to play a role in disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and used the discovery to grow the neurons from stem cells for the first time.
Chancellor Mnookin on stronger standards for courts weighing scientific evidence, expertise
Chancellor Mnookin, one of the most cited evidence law scholars in the nation, has published a new editorial in the journal Science in light of updates to a federal rule clarifying the use of scientific expertise in the courtroom. She argues for more consistent application of sound science and evidence, particularly in criminal cases.
Search underway for next Veterinary Medicine dean
The Veterinary Medicine dean serves as the chief academic and executive officer of the school with responsibility for faculty and staff development, personnel oversight, fundraising, budget planning and management, curriculum, student academic affairs, clinical resources, and facilities development.
175th anniversary: Amid changes in student life, constants remain
Decades ago, UW students walked the same streets, lived in residence halls and sat in many of the same classrooms as today's students, but their day-to-day experience was very different. Take a look at student life across generations.
The many flavors of autumn
International student and University Communications intern Xinlin Jiang shares what the flavors of autumn harvest celebrations and family gatherings mean to her and Badgers from here in Wisconsin and around the world.
UW ranked No. 12 nationwide in study abroad
The Open Doors report ranking was based on participation during the 2021-22 academic year, when 1,798 UW students studied abroad. UW–Madison maintained its ranking as the No. 20 institution for international students.
Cracking the da Vinci chronology: System tries to bring order to the works of a Renaissance genius
The watermark imaging system takes detailed images of artwork and then extracts information about the paper’s internal structure. That's compared to images of other documents to see if they came from the same batch of handmade paper.
School of Veterinary Medicine expansion celebrated
The new space will expand the school’s ability to meet the growing demand for animal care and research that benefits not just animals, but humans as well.
Search begins for new vice chancellor for research
The position will also play a pivotal role in building a future-oriented research infrastructure that leverages UW–Madison’s history of innovation in service to the Wisconsin Idea.