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Budget priorities for a world-class university
Heading into the 2022-23 legislative session, UW–Madison's budget priorities include greater flexibility to pursue building and maintenance projects, investments in research and academic excellence, a new engineering building, and a compensation plan designed to attract and retain employees.
‘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.
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.
Fickell ushers in new era for Badger Football
Wisconsin Director of Athletics Chris McIntosh announced the hiring of Luke Fickell as UW's head football coach. The consensus 2021 National Coach of the Year becomes the 31st head coach in program history.
UW System honors two from UW–Madison with DEI achievement awards
Professor Carolina S. Sarmiento of the School of Human Ecology received the Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award, and Professor Finn Enke of the College of Letters & Science, will receive the Dr. P.B. Poorman Award for Outstanding Achievement on Behalf of LGBTQ+ People.
Wisconsin Partnership Program awards grants for community health
One program aims to create access to sustainable employment and economic stability for people in Marinette County affected by substance use disorder, and the other hopes to reduce childhood lead poisoning on Milwaukee’s Northside.
WARF announces $130 million grant for university research
“Our mission is to enable UW–Madison research to solve the world’s problems, and nothing serves that historic mission more fully than supporting outstanding researchers all across campus,” says WARF CEO Erik Iverson.
UW expert to co-lead new social media and youth mental health center
Dr. Megan Moreno, a professor of pediatrics at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, will serve as the co-medical director of the National Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health.
UW area studies centers awarded $4 million in Title VI grants
The funding sponsors enables National Resource Centers to conduct research on key world regions and issues, bolster national expertise, provide training and outreach throughout the state, and support regional and international teaching on campus.
Communications students partner with Arboretum to tell unique tree stories
A horticulturist counters a tendency not to notice the rich diversity of plants by telling the unique stories of different trees. This spring, life sciences communication students helped him branch out into social media.
Tiny Invertebrates and The Great Aquatic Migration
The crew of UW–Madison scientists at Trout Lake are spending the summer trying to unravel the intricacies of a nightly mass migration of zooplankton called diel vertical migration.
Haveman was instrumental in founding of UW’s La Follette School
Robert Haveman, former director of the La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Institute for Research on Poverty, died June 18. He is being remembered as "a world-class scholar, teacher and public servant.”
Erin Silva named endowed chair in organic agriculture and outreach
The new chair, established through a $1 million endowment from Clif Bar & Company, was created to support the advancement of organic agriculture through dedicated research and outreach programs.
PhD student researches the chemical origins of life
In 2019, Lena Vincent led a study that has become an essential guide for other astrobiology researchers trying to understand how, from a complex mix of chemicals, life could emerge anywhere that basic building blocks exist.
UW-Madison PhD student maps ‘multiple lives’ of Ho-Chunk travel routes
The project works to combine historical records, oral histories, and archaeological data into a map of Ho-Chunk travel routes and trails throughout time.
UW mourns an important mathematician and beloved mentor
Georgia Benkart, emeritus professor of mathematics, died unexpectedly on April 29. “Each of her papers was a polished gem,” a colleague says of Benkart. Among many professional distinctions, she served as president of the Association for Women in Mathematics in 2009–11.
Study finds 63% of teens have healthy relationship with digital technology
Researchers in the UW School of Medicine and Public Health say family rules on the amount of screen time teens are allowed are less effective in fostering good digital practices than focusing on the content of what they are viewing.
‘Exceptional graduate’ wins fellowship to travel, volunteer
Claire James will travel the world on a Wolff Fellowship award that allows her to volunteer with community initiatives and understand more about the intersections of economics, poverty and geography.
Transfer agreement will help address nursing workforce needs
The new agreement will help facilitate the transfer of Madison College students who have earned their associate degree in nursing into the UW–Madison School of Nursing’s BSN completion track.
Fulfilling a promise — 3,500 times over
Bucky’s Tuition Promise has created an affordable gateway to higher education for Wisconsin students from households making less than half of the state’s average family income. Meet some of the scholars the program is helping this year.