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‘Stories from the Flood’ recount suffering, resilience in Kickapoo Valley towns
“Stories from the Flood,” a collaboration involving UW–Madison, has gathered over 70 written, audio, and video interviews with people who experienced what some call a “thousand-year” flood along the Kickapoo River and nearby Coon Creek.
Ada Deer, champion of women’s and Native American rights, to discuss memoir Nov. 19
"I was born a Menominee Indian. That is who I was born and how I have lived,” she writes in “Making a Difference: My Fight for Native Rights and Social Justice.”
Blank to join APLU board, executive committee
The Chancellor says she’s looking forward to guiding strategy and advocacy efforts in support of public higher education at public universities in Wisconsin and around the country.
New Faculty Focus: Marina Maes
"What I love about family medicine is the strong team-based integrated approach in caring for the whole patient in a world of healthcare that is specialty focused."
New Faculty Focus: Natalie Schmitz
"My research program combines my experiences and expertise to optimize therapies, particularly cannabinoids, for neurologic conditions by investigating safety and efficacy."
Printmaggedon
A wide variety of works by graduate art students were on display during the annual Printmageddon Annual Grad Print Show at Gallery Seven in the Mosse Humanities Building.
UW–Madison signs Second Nature Resilience Commitment
The Resilience Commitment will not only help UW–Madison address current and ongoing effects of climate change on campus, it will also amplify the benefits of collaboration and partnership with local, state and global communities.
UW to increase wages for lowest-earning employees
“The increase in our minimum wage is a key part of our strategy for helping the university recruit and retain high-quality workers,” says Chancellor Rebecca Blank.
Celebrating community this Veterans Day
Student veterans add depth and perspective to our classrooms and to our larger campus identity. We enjoy the personal freedoms we exercise every day because they stood up to fight for them.
Injectable, flexible electrode could replace rigid nerve-stimulating implants
Neuromodulation therapies can reduce epileptic seizures, soothe chronic pain and treat depression. Now, a significant advance could dramatically reduce their cost, increase their reliability and make them much less invasive.
UW Odyssey Project raises record amount to help transform lives
"Keena's a great example of how our students come into the program with gifts they may not even know they have, find their voice, and change the world."
What will you do now? Diversity Forum’s second day explores equity
The second day of UW–Madison's Diversity Forum explored numerous inclusion topics, with sessions ranging from the language of gender identity to statewide racial disparities to inclusion for people with non-apparent disabilities.
WARF announces annual grant figures and 2019 Innovation Award winners
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has granted the university $80 million and the Morgridge Institute $11.9 million, and is honoring faculty members who made significant technological advances.
Rank them: Favorite Big Ten visitors (accessible version)
Already this season, we’ve had Spartans, Wolverines and Wildcats visit Madison to play our beloved Badgers. Each team visiting Camp Randall also brings along a…
Rank them: Favorite Big Ten visitors
Already this season, we've had Spartans, Wolverines and Wildcats visit Madison to play our beloved Badgers. Each team visiting Camp Randall also brings along a cadre of fans wearing their home colors and holding their loyalties. Among the Badgers' top rivalries, which visiting fan base do you like the best? Vote for them. They'll be ranked here based on your votes.
UW–Madison increases minimum stipends for TAs, PAs and LSAs
Another round of pay increases is coming for graduate student project assistants, teaching assistants and lecturer-student assistants. PAs will see an 11.7% increase in minimum stipend levels over the current year’s rate, TAs a 2.5% increase, and LSAs a 20.8% increase.
Go Big Read seeking book suggestions for 2020-21
UW-Madison’s common reading program is seeking submissions for the 2020-21 year. Once again, the theme is “contemporary issues” — topics such as technology, climate change, health care, or any other issue that’s spurring conversation.
Student to student: Top campus resources to help you
Badgers have access to plenty of resources to help them with any obstacle they may face. Some of them are overlooked, though – so here’s a look at some of the most helpful resources on campus.
John Quiñones: Be active bystanders, not silent observers, when witnessing injustice
The ABC News correspondent spoke to an overflow crowd of more than 1,200 at this year’s UW–Madison Diversity Forum.
UW–Madison chemist searches for ways to bioengineer proteins within cells
Chemistry Professor Andrew Buller wants to add more building blocks to the body’s protein-making kit, making it easier and less expensive to create the new molecules for research and medicine.