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WARF grants $85 million to university, $14 million to Morgridge Institute
The funding comes from the patenting and commercialization of UW–Madison inventions.
Search begins for next dean of Wisconsin School of Business
The search and screen committee intends to bring finalists to campus before the end of the spring semester, with the goal of selecting the new dean soon thereafter.
Astronaut James Lovell to speak at UW–Madison’s December commencement
December’s University of Wisconsin–Madison commencement speaker is out of this world. Or at least he has been.
Campus leaders’ statement on sexual assault reports
Sexual violence is unacceptable in our campus and community. We’re committed to transparency and communication, especially in a case as serious as this one.
Wisconsin Science Festival: It’s not just a Madison thing
The Wisconsin Science Festival passed a milestone this year, says organizer Laura Heisler of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation at UW–Madison. "For the first time, we had more activities and events outside Madison than inside Madison."
Immigration attorney, podcaster Rabia Chaudry to keynote UW–Madison Diversity Forum
The 2016 annual UW–Madison Diversity Forum will be Tuesday, Nov. 1 in Union South’s Varsity Hall.
Alumnus’s startup seeks more precise screening for prostate cancer
Success will take years, but if the noninvasive screening test works, it could aid in early detection of a cancer that kills about 26,000 American men every year.
Gard draws on lessons from family, faith, farm
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel highlights men's basketball Coach Greg Gard's relationship with his father, who passed away from brain cancer a year ago.
Rural family medicine residency program to expand with grant
More resident physicians will be working in underserved rural areas of Wisconsin thanks to a four-year, $675,000 grant to the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
UW-Madison ranked highly among global universities by U.S. News & World Report
The University of Wisconsin–Madison was ranked 29th by U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of Best Global Universities. Last year, UW–Madison was ranked 26th.
Smart cancer therapies: Teaching the body’s own T-cells to attack tumors
The therapies have already shown tremendous potential in treating blood-based cancers such as leukemia. Now, researchers are investigating ways to make them more versatile and practical.
Voting under way on campus
Students register to vote and cast ballots in the 2016 presidential election Monday at the Student Activities Center. For details on how to vote early, visit vote.wisc.edu.
New faculty focus: Maxine McKinney de Royston
How did you get into your field of research? I have been interested in issues of race and identity in schools since being a K-12 student who noticed racial and social inequalities in my mathematics classrooms and the schools that I attended in suburban and urban districts.
Potts is chosen to head State Relations
Crystal Potts graduated from UW–Madison in 2010, and she attributes her interest in state government and politics to her education and experiences at the university.
Report reveals a big dependence on freshwater fish for global food security
What is clear, the study authors say, is that society should safeguard freshwater ecosystems for the sake of both fish and people.
Family Weekend 2016
Badger parents take part in a Family Weekend resource fair Friday at the Gordon Dining and Event Center. Hosted by the UW–Madison Parent Program, the…
Berquam: Information on recent sexual assault cases
The following statement was shared by Dean of Students Lori Berquam on Friday, Oct. 21. Sexual violence is unacceptable in our campus and community. As dean…
UW botanist leads petition to give Venus flytrap endangered species protection
The plant faces multiple threats: habitat loss, diminished genetic diversity, predators and outbreaks of disease.
Paul Peercy, longtime engineering dean, passes away
Peercy focused on interdisciplinary experiences, innovations in teaching, and hands-on work that connected the technical aspects of engineering with real challenges facing society.
Study links changes in collagen to worse pancreatic cancer prognosis
The study reinforces growing evidence that collagen, which forms fibrous networks in skin, tendons and muscles, is intimately involved in several cancers.