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‘re:mancipation’ opens Feb. 6, explores Lincoln sculpture
The "re:mancipation" exhibition responds to Thomas Ball's canonical Emancipation Group statue, featuring artists' reinterpretation of Ball's original and the gallery space. A new statue from Sanford Biggers will go on view in late spring.
Survey highlights pandemic stressors, finds improving climate for many, but not all, underrepresented faculty
The survey found a large majority of UW faculty feel respected and supported in their work. Respondents marked improvement for some, though not all, faculty from historically underrepresented groups.
Search starts for vice provost for data, academic planning and institutional research
The vice provost leads a team of 20 that supports strategic, academic, and budgetary planning and decision-making for UW–Madison through analytics.
Faculty and staff go on tour with the Wisconsin Idea Seminar
This year’s “Forests and Rivers” tour is May 15–19 and will include experiences in the ancient forests of the Menominee Nation and at the banks of some of Wisconsin’s notable waterways, in addition to other stops along the way.
Remembering Chuck Snowdon, renowned primatologist and professor emerit of psychology
Charles T. Snowdon, Hilldale Professor Emeritus of Psychology, died Jan. 7 in Madison at age 81. A distinguished primatologist, mentor and friend, Snowdon is remembered for his dedication to others as much as for his impressive academic legacy.
New nanocapsules deliver therapy brain-wide, edit Alzheimer’s gene in mice
UW researchers have found a way to move gene therapies through the blood-brain barrier, a crucial step for brain-wide CRISPR treatments of disorders like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
Following pandemic, educators are not all right but meditation could ease burden
UW's Center for Healthy Minds has found that COVID-19's upheaval of K-12 schooling took its toll on educators and staff, but a meditation app showed promise for relieving symptoms of anxiety and depression.
Teaching Indigenous land dispossession in Wisconsin and beyond
Thanks to new funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, an interdisciplinary group of UW–Madison faculty, staff and graduate students will be able to help teach the history of land taken from tribal nations to benefit land-grant universities.
A spring health update for campus
Students and employees can find information and resources to support their health as several respiratory viruses circulate this semester.
2022 Lab Symposium yields insights for supporting biotech research
The Symposium on Laboratory Lifecycle Management, a gathering to share ideas about accelerating biotech innovation and research in Wisconsin, yielded forward-thinking ideas to support UW's contribution to the state's growing biotech sector.
Listening sessions scheduled for provost search
The Provost Search and Screen Committee invites the UW–Madison community to share input on the search for the next provost during two listening sessions.
A blood test for cancer shows promise thanks to machine learning
UW–Madison researchers have developed a method for early cancer detection using blood plasma, machine learning and equipment commonly found in medical labs.
Martin Luther King Jr. gave “Future of Integration” speech at UW–Madison
A crowd of nearly 3,000 gathered in the Stock Pavilion in 1965 to hear King give a speech titled “The Future of Integration,” in which he defined what came to be known in the civil rights movement as a “period of constructive integration.”
Saying ‘grazie’ to a mentor
"While everyone can use a good mentor, I think some people cannot make it very far without one. I was one of those people."
University Club will reopen on Jan. 23 with new, casual dining service called Union Commons
The University Club was founded in 1907 as a members-only social club to promote fellowship in the campus community, but it temporarily closed starting in 2020.
Carla Vigue named director of tribal relations for UW–Madison
Carla Vigue, a member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, joins the University of Wisconsin–Madison as tribal relations director, bringing two decades of community affairs and outreach experience to the role.
First-in-kind psychedelic trials treat opioid and methamphetamine use disorders
School of Pharmacy and School of Medicine and Public Health collaborators are leading two first-in-kind clinical psilocybin trials for treating opioid and methamphetamine use disorders.
Vice Provost for Libraries Lisa Carter accepts role at the University of Michigan
At UW–Madison, Carter helped lead organizational change efforts in the General Library System, including advocacy for improved diversity and inclusive practices within the Libraries.
Lab-grown retinal eye cells make successful connections, open door for clinical trials to treat blindness
The most common retinal cell types forming synapses were photoreceptors – rods and cones – which are lost in diseases like retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration, as well as in certain eye injuries.
Northeastern Wisconsin PFAS plume moves into Green Bay via groundwater
Researchers have "fingerprinted" PFAS chemicals in the waters of Green Bay, linking them to upstream to their likely source and downstream to farm fields.