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UW–Madison, U.S. Army announce partnership on environmental issues
UW–Madison and the U.S. Army will launch a two-year pilot program to work collaboratively on training, consultation and resources for environmental-related issues.
Memorial Day: The Gold Star Honor Roll
On Memorial Day, one place on campus takes on special significance: the Gold Star Honor Roll at Memorial Union. The interactive exhibit recognizes fallen service men and women who are UW–Madison alumni.
MIA Project begins DNA-based searches, raises support to find missing from Wisconsin
The UW–Madison Biotechnology Center project, which has recovered the remains of three American WWII servicemen, will host an online concert March 27 as part of its fundraising efforts.
$11.4M Army grant supports aircraft hybrid-electric engine research at UW–Madison
“While there has been a lot of work done on developing hybrid-electric engines for ground vehicles, there hasn’t been much research on using (them) in aircraft,” says David Rothamer, a mechanical engineering professor.
Airman of the Year, a UW–Madison senior, is helping with state’s COVID-19 response
Alex King enlisted in the Wisconsin Air National Guard in September of 2016 — the same month he began classes at UW–Madison as a freshman. He’s juggled school work and military training ever since, excelling at both.
Celebrating community this Veterans Day
Student veterans add depth and perspective to our classrooms and to our larger campus identity. We enjoy the personal freedoms we exercise every day because they stood up to fight for them.
Welcome, veterans
The UW–Madison Veteran Services & Military Assistance Center hosted a welcome event at Dejope Residence Hall Sept. 25 for students who are veterans, currently serving, or family members of veterans. The event was a casual, drop-in style resource fair with over 30 local and campus resources.
Lost since 1943 crash, WWII pilot returned to Alabama family
The rest of "Buster" Stone's World War II bomber-escort mission never saw him again, but in August 2018 a team from UW–Madison unearthed the wreckage of his plane and his remains from a crash site in France. And the Stone family had Buster back.
Nursing pioneer Signe Skott Cooper: From the farm to the battlefield
Cooper devoted more than 60 years to nursing education at UW–Madison and within the UW System. Her wartime service shaped her life, personally and professionally.
UW search team recovers remains of airman missing since WWII
It has been more than 70 years since 1st Lt. Frank Fazekas’ P-47 Thunderbolt crashed in northern France, just over a week before the D-Day invasion in 1944.
New digital kiosk commemorates fallen soldiers
The Wisconsin Union on Veterans Day will unveil a new digital kiosk honoring students and alumni who died in active duty, on the second floor of Memorial Union.
Office of Naval Research awards UW–Madison $6.1 million for computer security research
The result of the project will be better performance, easier management of software, and — perhaps most importantly — enhanced security.
John Hall Q&A: UW professor is about to witness and document Pentagon history
UW-Madison history professor John Hall, who's been named historian for the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Department of Defense, reflects on his new role and American history.
Army ROTC cadet awarded prestigious national scholarship
Kai Pederson, an Army ROTC cadet and a junior at UW–Madison, was awarded a prestigious Distinguished Achievement Scholarship from the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation.
D-Day invasion was bolstered by UW–Madison penicillin project
By discovering new strains, isolating more productive mutants, and improving growing methods, UW biologists helped supply Allied troops with enough penicillin to treat life-threatening infections.
Starting their service
On May 13, 32 members of the UW–Madison Reserve Officer Training Corps were commissioned to serve in the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps.
Remembering the fallen on Veterans Day
To mark Veterans Day on Friday, volunteers took turns on Bascom Hill reading the names and hometowns of more than 6,800 U.S. service members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001.
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.
Standing still may help improve antennas that scan in all directions
Spinning large objects nonstop takes a lot of time and mechanical energy. So scanning from a stationary position could speed up long-range detection and communications.
UW-Madison awards posthumous engineering degree to WWI aviator
Milton Griswold was a cadet in the university's naval science program who fulfilled the requirements of his degree but never received it.