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UW employees beat the heat with a cool scoop of Babcock ice cream
The annual event serves as a gesture of thanks for employees’ hard work and dedication throughout the academic year.
Responding to the Supreme Court decision on admissions
Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin shared the following message with all UW–Madison students and employees on June 29, 2023. To our campus community, Today, the United…
IceCube shows Milky Way galaxy is a neutrino desert
For the first time, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory has produced an image of the Milky Way using neutrinos — tiny, ghostlike astronomical messengers.
With sheer determination, researchers can make tough materials that bend without breaking
Their findings could lead to new ways of increasing the toughness of a wide array of materials.
UW will launch materials engineering research initiative with major NSF sponsorship
UW's Materials Research Science and Engineering Center bring together teams of researchers from diverse backgrounds to better understand disordered materials, including various types of glass, as well as the emergence of order from disordered materials.
Center for Healthy Minds at UW–Madison to launch research on connection between asthma and Alzheimer’s disease
An interdisciplinary team of researchers will investigate the links between systemic inflammation and inflammation in the brain.
UW–Madison monitoring Wisconsin air quality
UW–Madison remains open for normal business, but is taking precautions to help people avoid excessive exposure.
Operation Camp Randall: The highs and lows of procuring a student season ticket
To truly experience a Wisconsin gameday, you need a ticket. And the fate of any student’s football viewing aspirations is determined by a random queue on a June morning.
10 receive University Staff Recognition Awards
The winners are recognized for achievements that include promoting the image of the university, demonstrating excellence, showing leadership, recommending innovative ideas and creating a welcoming workplace.
Fun-filled campus event will kick off yearlong 175th anniversary celebration
A community kickoff event at Memorial Union will officially launch the festivities on the evening of July 26, 2023 — 175 years to the day since the state’s first governor and legislature created the University of Wisconsin.
Statement of Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin in response to Joint Finance Committee decisions on UW System budget
Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin shared the following statement on the UW System budget on June 22, 2023. “We appreciate the Joint Finance Committee’s decision to…
Video: Helping students tell their stories through poetry
ALL Stories brings local authors into schools and community organizations to help encourage and inspire young writers.
UW–Madison researchers reveal how key protein might help influenza A infect its hosts
Scientists have found that a key viral protein produced by influenza A can shred a host cell's genetic materials while leaving the virus unharmed.
UniverCity Year builds partnerships, ‘mutual trust’ across Wisconsin
UniverCity Year has partnered with 29 local governments and communities across Wisconsin. Its most recent cohort welcomed nine communities – a record for the program.
Beth Dawson has joined UW–Madison ombuds as of June 1
Emerit academic staff member Beth Dawson will serve a three-year term.
UW–Madison research project aims to ensure bright future for teen parenting program
Students from UW–Madison’s occupational therapy program help provide support and lessons to pregnant and parenting teens through the Capital High Parenting program in the Madison Metropolitan School District.
With transparent machine learning tool, engineers accelerate polymer discovery
The aerospace, automobile and electronics industries use these polymers, known as polyimides, for a wide variety of applications because they have excellent mechanical and thermal properties — including strength, stiffness and heat resistance.
In a first, researchers image adaptive immune systems at work in fish
A new study from researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison offers a first-of-its-kind visual of a non-mammal species' adaptive immune system in action.
Partnerships bring together UW–Madison quantum computing research, industry leaders
UW–Madison students will conduct hands-on research in partnership with industry, advancing research in the field while gaining real-world experience.
Water resources students get hands-on experience with creek cleanup
As part of a UniverCity Year partnership, students were practicing different strategies that can be used to clear blocked waterways during a Wisconsin Water Trail Development 101 seminar on April 29.