Tag Student awards
Big Ten Network offering scholarships for outstanding service
Applications for the inaugural Big Ten Network (BTN) LiveBIG Scholarship for Outstanding Service are now being accepted. Read More
UW undergraduate Alexis Brown named Rhodes Scholar
University of Wisconsin–Madison senior Alexis Brown is one of an elite group of American students to be awarded a 2012 Rhodes Scholarship, one of the most coveted honors in the world of higher education. Read More
Microformer team wins second place in student humanitarian competition
Three University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering graduate students won second place and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 2011 Distinguished Student Humanitarian Prize for their work on the Microformer, a low-cost transformer built with recycled electrical components. Read More
UW-Madison undergrads win NASA habitat design competition
It's an inflatable home fit for an asteroid: Designing a prototype habitat that looks like giant tent for the next generation of space explorers, an interdisciplinary team of University of Wisconsin–Madison undergraduate students has won the NASA eXploration Habitat Academic Innovation Challenge. Read More
Campus honors six with Outstanding Women of Color in Education awards
The Office of the Vice Provost for Diversity and Climate has announced this year's Outstanding Women of Color in Education awards. Read More
Multicultural Student Center presents first McDowell Alumni Achievement Award
Candace and Charles McDowell have been named as the inaugural recipients of an award named in their honor - the McDowell Alumni Achievement Award. Read More
Meyerhoff Award recipients announced
The University of Wisconsin–Madison recently selected the recipients of the Meyerhoff Undergraduate Excellence Award for academic and service achievements. Read More
Phi Beta Kappa initiates selected
The University of Wisconsin–Madison recently announced the 2011 initiates for Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society. Read More
Runner tracking app wins inaugural Qualcomm Wireless prize
A smartphone application that will allow running race observers to keep track of particular runners in real time has won $10,000 and top prize at the inaugural University of Wisconsin–Madison Qualcomm Wireless Innovation Prize. Read More
Four UW–Madison students share $50,000 prize in climate contest
Four undergraduates have won $50,000 in a student competition at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for innovative ideas to counteract climate change. Read More
Engineering students win top honors for electric snowmobile
There wasn’t much snow on the ground in Madison, Wisconsin, this weekend, but there was plenty in Houghton, Michigan, as a team of University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering students continued their tradition of dominance at the 2011 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge. Read More
Students partner with business to launch iPhone app, highlight Wisconsin-made products
What if you could enter a grocery store, and with the tap of your finger, determine which products were made in your state? Thanks to three UW–Madison graduate students and their partnership with a local grocery store, you now can. Read More
UW-Madison Arts Institute announces creative arts award recipients
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Arts Institute has announced its 2010-11 recipients of awards that honor faculty, staff and students in the arts who have demonstrated excellence in creative inquiry, outreach and professional excellence. Read More
Badger alumni offer $700,000 in scholarship support for UW students
As students returned to the University of Wisconsin–Madison this fall, more than 400 students entered classrooms knowing they had generous support from proud fellow Badgers. Read More
19 students receive Fulbright awards for research overseas
The Fulbright U.S. Student program, the country's flagship program for international exchange, has awarded fellowships to 14 University of Wisconsin–Madison students. Additionally, five students have received funding from the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad program. Read More
Spring semester Dean’s List now online
One way that UW–Madison recognizes the academic excellence of its students is through the Dean’s List. At the conclusion of every semester, high achieving students… Read More
New scholarships boost environmental studies, community service
Seventeen undergraduate students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are the first recipients of new need-based scholarships in environmental studies that promote community service. Read More