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A message from Chancellor Rebecca Blank
We will not tolerate discrimination against any student. We also will not tolerate harassment, threats, hate crimes or violence against any student. Read More
CDC awards $10 million for insect borne disease center
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $10 million to a consortium of Midwestern universities to establish a new research and training program to stem the spread of disease carried by vectors like ticks and mosquitoes. Read More
Interim director named for Campus and Visitor Relations
Nancy Hoffman, an experienced administrator who has played a key role in campus tour, parent, off-campus housing, and information programs, has worked in the unit since 1996. Read More
Meet the spring 2017 commencement speaker
Modern Family's Phil Dunphy doesn't quite get it, but there's something funny about this year's spring commencement speaker. And the winner is ... Read More
Spring 2017 commencement speaker will bring ‘a few laughs along with some good advice’
Steven Levitan, co-creator and executive producer of the ABC hit comedy “Modern Family” and a UW–Madison alum, will deliver the keynote at the May 13 ceremony at Camp Randall Stadium. Read More
Now this is what Madison looks like in January
Despite half a foot of snow falling today, life on the UW campus continued today, with students making their way to class through the damp snow. Read More
Wisconsin proving ground paves way for driverless vehicle research
The racing circuit at Road America in Plymouth, the sprawling headquarters of Epic Systems in Verona and UW–Madison’s own streets are among the testing areas. Read More
Potato industry commits $5M to support UW–Madison potato and vegetable research program
Wisconsin's potato industry has made a commitment to raise $5 million over the next 10 years to support the UW–Madison's potato research program, to continue a decades-long partnership. Read More
UW-Madison team at Hyperloop competition
After more than a year of intensive work, a team of University of Wisconsin–Madison students is ready to test its futuristic high-speed transport vehicle on SpaceX’s Hyperloop test track in California. Read More
GOES-16 offers Earth’s first light in true color
After spending months in space, quietly orbiting the Earth, the next-generation geosynchronous satellite has broken its silence and sent back its first images, with help from UW–Madison. Read More
Watching gene editing at work to develop precision therapies
University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers have developed methods to observe gene editing in action, and they’re putting those capabilities to work to improve genetic engineering techniques. Read More
UniverCity Alliance: Resources and savings for Wisconsin cities
The UniverCity Alliance provides communities with resources to help develop solutions for urban growth and development issues. Monona is the first participating city; partnerships in other Wisconsin locations will follow. Read More
UW-Madison spinoff releases new module to help women, doctors decide on mammogram
HealthDecision, LLC, a 7-year old startup with deep roots at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has just released the fourth module in a series intended to help doctors and patients share decisions. Read More
Important new insights into the influence of poverty on child maltreatment
A new set of studies published this week and edited by researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is the first to try to get at the causal mechanisms behind the economic factors that are strongly associated with child maltreatment. Read More
‘Magic’ plus UW science equals world-champ cheese
Wisconsin cheese is at least as old as the state. The University of Wisconsin–Madison has one of the world’s great institutions of dairy food science,… Read More
Startup harnesses stem cells for new medical uses
Stem Pharm’s custom materials support growing human cells to evaluate potential drugs or serve as replacement tissues for regenerative medicine. Read More
Center helps make radiation treatment for cancer safer
Tracking down and eliminating errors is radiation therapy is the stock-in-trade of the Center for the Assessment of Radiological Sciences, an organization born at the UW–Madison in 2012. Read More
Sesame Street brings UW center’s kindness curriculum to kids
Sesame Street is emphasizing kindness in its upcoming season with the help of the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a research center that studies the science of well-being and how it can be nurtured. Read More
Scholarship to prepare international students for global development leadership
The new program will help prepare young leaders to fight poverty and improve quality of life around the world. Read More
Telling the tale of midlife in the United States
MIDUS is a national longitudinal study on aging explicitly focused on midlife, including transitions from young adulthood to midlife, and from midlife into old age. Read More