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Fishy fun at the Hasler Lab
Children and adults explored aquatic life in Wisconsin's lakes, from touching longnose gar to looking at organisms under microscopes, during an open house at the Hasler Laboratory of Limnology on June 21.
UW named a ‘Best Value College’
Princeton Review’s 209 "Best Value Colleges" demonstrate impressive commitments to affordability, including through extremely generous financial aid for students with need or comparatively low sticker prices.
Chicago’s participatory budgeting a positive, but incomplete, step toward inclusion
The research demonstrates that full inclusion is not possible through participatory budgeting because it is not designed to give people the power to meaningfully effect change in their community.
Creating art while surrounded by art
A group of art-loving community members learned how to sketch better at a "Drawing in the Galleries" class led by artist Philip Salamone in the Chazen Museum of Art on June 20.
UW biochemist Ci Ji Lim named Pew Scholar
Lim is the ninth UW–Madison researcher selected to be a Pew biomedical scholar and is one of 22 early-career scientists to receive the honor in 2024. His research focuses on telomeres, the protective at the ends of chromosomes
Pay plan increase to take effect in July
In July, the University of Wisconsin–Madison will provide a 2 percent wage increase to eligible employees under the 2023–2025 pay plan.
2024 University Staff Recognition Award winners
The winners are recognized for achievements that include building collegiality with colleagues and students, dedication to craft, problem-solving, improving workplace culture and demonstrating leadership.
Pesticides may have shortened human lifespan in areas targeted by cicadas in the early 20th century
As millions of Americans brace for a rare simultaneous emergence of two cicada broods this summer, new research out of the La Follette School reveals how cicada-targeting pesticides used in the early 20th century might have shortened Americans’ lifespans.
Faculty and staff explore state’s rivers, culture and more in Wisconsin Idea Seminar
The seminar is an annual five-day journey through Wisconsin that offers faculty and staff the opportunity to learn firsthand about the social and cultural contexts that shape the lives of many of our Wisconsin students, and to see what the Wisconsin Idea looks like when it is rooted in local communities and shaped by local priorities.
Twice the ice cream fun
Hundreds of UW–Madison employees enjoyed ice cream and some light-hearted socialization at not one, but two ice cream socials this week.
The buzz about cicadas
Curious nature lovers crowded to Cicadapalooza, held on June 8 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, to learn all about the noisy bugs.
Watery planets orbiting dead stars may be good candidates for studying life — if they can survive long enough
The small footprint and dim light of white dwarfs, remnants of stars that have burned through their fuel, may make excellent backdrops for studying planets with enough water to harbor life.
Wind from black holes may influence development of surrounding galaxies
The discovery helps illuminate the way active black holes can continuously shape their galaxies by spurring on or snuffing out the development of new stars.
Search begins for next dean of the School of Medicine and Public Health
A search committee has been appointed to help identify and select candidates to be the next dean of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and vice chancellor for medical affairs.
Mallory Musolf named next secretary of the academic staff
Mallory Musolf, a former member of the Academic Staff Executive Committee who has served in administrative roles on campus for more than a decade, has been named secretary of the academic staff.
Bringing delight by investigating a no-melt ice cream
Cameron Wicks, a PhD student in the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Department of Food Science, is working on a new technology that adds naturally occurring compounds to ice cream to prevent it from wreaking summertime havoc.
Small, cool and sulfurous exoplanet may help write recipe for planetary formation
UW–Madison astronomers and their collaborators hope the discovery of one exoplanet's sulfurous atmosphere will advance our understanding of how planets forms.
UW offers support following downtown shooting
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is offering sympathy and concern for those injured, along for resources and support to UW students who may have been impacted by a Sunday, June 9 shooting downtown. None of those injured are UW–Madison students and there is no known university affiliation to the incident at this time, according to police.
UW–Madison names Haddix new School of Education dean
Haddix has held numerous leadership positions in her 16 years at Syracuse University and currently serves as associate provost for strategic initiatives. She also led for two terms as chair of the Reading and Language Arts department in the School of Education at Syracuse. Haddix describes her work as “very interdisciplinary” and believes the School of Education’s focus on education, arts and health is aligned with her vision of what a holistic approach to education should be.
National scholarship will allow UW student to continue inventive historical research
Axell Boomer, a senior from South Beloit, Illinois, is one of 19 college undergraduates nationwide to receive a Beinecke Scholarship this year. He is majoring in history and religious studies with honors in the liberal arts and honors in history. He anticipates graduating in the spring of 2025 and intends to pursue a doctorate in history.