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Convocation to welcome new students to campus
The Chancellor's Convocation on Tuesday, Sept. 5, will welcome the 2017 freshman class, anticipated to be the largest in UW–Madison history at about 6,600 students. Read More
App helps farmers make the most of their corn harvest
A new smartphone app developed at UW–Madison could save farmers time and money during the fall feed-corn harvest and make for more content, productive cows year-round. Read More
Since you’ve been gone: 9 things that changed on campus this summer
A lot can happen in four months. While you’ve been off traveling the world, working at an internship or binge watching Netflix at your parent’s… Read More
Bored? Here’s how to find fun events in Madison
Students dance to a concert by rapper G-Eazy as he performs on the main stage outside the Memorial Union in 2014. Photo:… Read More
Series offers new insight into Jane Austen on 200th anniversary of her death
Jane Austen: Remembered and Revisited invites community members to explore her work and her world, drawing on UW–Madison expertise in literature, dance, music, film and visual arts. Read More
What’s in a Title? The Title and Total Compensation Study
The initial round of campus forums will begin in September/October and give employees an opportunity to learn more about the study and provide input. Read More
Slideshow: Let the semester begin
Campus was bustling with activity as classes commenced Wednesday on the first day of UW–Madison's Fall 2017 semester. This was the serious side of the start of the school year, while a wave of Wisconsin Welcome events, including Sunday Funday and continuing into the coming weeks, served as icebreakers. Read More
UW–Madison team earns Hyperloop competition innovation award
The team, made up mainly of UW–Madison undergraduate engineering students, was among the top competitors at the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition II completed Sunday in California. Read More
Coral skeletons may resist the effects of acidifying oceans
Coral skeletons are the building blocks of diverse coral reef ecosystems, which has led to increasing concern over how these key species will cope with warming and acidifying oceans that threaten their stability. Read More
UW-Madison rises in Washington Monthly ranking of top colleges
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has once again been named one of the top 30 universities in the country by Washington Monthly magazine, rising to 26th overall from 28th last year. Read More
College is a time to try on different hats — Just ask Lori!
In her welcome back message, UW–Madison Dean of Students Lori Berquam encourages students to try on some new hats during their college careers. Read More
Preschool “Kindness Curriculum” is now available, free
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Center for Healthy Minds is releasing its free mindfulness-based “Kindness Curriculum,” a 12-week program designed for teachers to implement with their preschoolers. Read More
Microbes compete for nutrients, affect metabolism, development in mice
While research suggests that the complex link between nutrition, gut microbes, and host metabolism is vital for health, many questions remain about how to improve outcomes, either in mice or in humans. Read More
Interdisciplinary faculty build data science future in new institute
The institute, housed at UW–Madison’s Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, will develop fundamental techniques for handling increasingly massive data sets in shorter times. Read More
UW-Madison hosts businesses from around Wisconsin and beyond
The Office of Corporate Relations welcomed representatives of 88 companies to the UW–Madison Business Engagement Day on Campus. Read More
Badgerloop heading to California for SpaceX Hyperloop competition
Friday through Sunday, Aug. 25-27, a team of UW–Madison students hopes it can clock the highest speed on the one-mile SpaceX Hyperloop test track during the Hyperloop Competition Weekend II at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Read More
Charles Bentley, pioneering UW–Madison glaciologist, dies
Bentley was among the first scientists to measure the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in the late 1950s. His findings resonate today as marine ice sheets are particularly vulnerable to melting and collapse in climate change scenarios. Read More
Amid environmental change, lakes surprisingly static
Researchers found that over recent decades, water quality of lakes in the Midwest and Northeast has not overwhelmingly degraded or improved. But the meaning of these results depends on your perspective. Read More
‘Virtual dairy farm brain’ aims to help farmers make smarter decisions
A UW team has set out to create an app to integrate all of a farm’s data streams in real time and use artificial intelligence to allow farmers to more easily analyze the information. Read More
Director leaving after helping UW innovators bring ideas to market
“I spent three years getting D2P going, and we did some good things in commercializing innovation from campus,” John Biondi says. “Now it’s time to turn it over to someone else who can take it to the next level.” Read More