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Split brain activity allows you to listen and drive, research shows
A team of University of Wisconsin–Madison consciousness researchers has used brain imaging to show how the brain allows you to drive a familiar path while concentrating on a radio show: It literally splits the tasks in two.
Smeeding, known for income/poverty research, named as Galbraith Fellow
The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) has named La Follette School Professor Tim Smeeding as its John Kenneth Galbraith Fellow for 2017.
Gifts with Badger appeal
What's on your holiday shopping list this year? Consider a gift that shows your UW–Madison pride. Browse our annual gift guide and maybe you'll even find something to tuck into your own stocking.
Memorial Union first floor to reopen on Dec. 5
Memorial Union’s first floor will reopen Dec. 5 at 3 p.m. with the Daily Scoop, Badger Market and Peet’s Coffee & Tea serving customers and comfortable study space available.
Wisconsin MBA ignites alumna’s path to global leadership
Education and experience helped define Cheryl Stallworth-Hooper’s destiny. So did a whole bunch of letters that came to her childhood home trimmed in red, white, and blue.
Morgridge ‘prototype pathway’ yields a novel organ transplant technology
A group composed mostly of UW–Madison student engineers has come up with a design to better cool organs before transplantation.
Athletics announces new policies for home games in wake of noose incident
The Athletics Department has adjusted policies related to the expectations placed upon attendees of its home athletic events. The new standards, part of an ongoing review of fan behavior, carry-in and ticket policies, will be in effect this weekend.
CAE celebrates 50 years of support for underrepresented students
The program guides first-generation students, low-income students and students of color through the UW–Madison experience.
Tonight’s Matthew Desmond talk will be live streamed
Couldn't get tickets to see the author of this year's Go Big Read selection? You can watch Matthew Desmond discuss his book "Evicted" via live stream tonight at 7 on the GBR website, or at a number of viewing locations including College Library, the Wisconsin Historical Society, and several local public libraries.
Student vote ambassadors carry on legacy of Andrew Goodman
Three UW–Madison students have spent the past year focusing their efforts on ensuring the right to vote extends to all citizens during this presidential election.
Students, professor honored for scholarship, community service
Two UW–Madison seniors and a professor have been recognized by the Alliant Energy Foundation and the University of Wisconsin System for their outstanding achievements.
WARF grants $85 million to university, $14 million to Morgridge Institute
The funding comes from the patenting and commercialization of UW–Madison inventions.
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.
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.
Meningitis vaccines for students at the SERF continue today
Students 25 and under are urged to stop by the SERF and get the vaccine - it's fast, friendly and free.
WARF Innovation Award winners take on Zika outbreak, airway obstruction
A potential vaccine for a worrisome virus and a real-time method to monitor sedated patients have taken top honors from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF). The winning teams are led by UW–Madison's Jorge Osorio and Guelay Bilen-Rosas.
Stitching history exhibition ties together history and humanity
Hedwig "Hedy" Strnad did not survive the Holocaust, but more than 70 years later her dress designs have come to life in the exhibition “Stitching History from the Holocaust”, now on display at Ruth Davis Design Gallery at the UW–Madison School of Human Ecology.
New endowed chair honors developmental biologist Phil Newmark
Phil Newmark, a developmental biologist studying the mysteries of how the body regenerates damaged tissue, has started serving as the first recipient of the Burnell R. Roberts Chair in Regenerative Biology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Carnegie Corp. awards $1 million to UW for study of Russia
The Carnegie Corp. of New York announced the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a recipient of a $1 million grant to strengthen the study of Russia at U.S. universities.