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Doctor, take your meditation
The Center for Healthy Minds at UW–Madison works to cultivate well-being and relieve suffering through a scientific understanding of the mind. Applying its teachings helps doctors better cope with the stresses of their profession. Read More
Gold Star Honor Roll
The Wisconsin Union and the UW–Madison classes of 1963 and 1967 are working together to tell the stories of alumni who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. The names of those who died on active duty during the nation's wars were inscribed in wooden plaques on the Gold Star Honor Roll in the Memorial Union. Now, the honor roll will be enhanced and illuminated through an interactive, electronic kiosk that puts facts and faces with the names. It is being dedicated on Veterans Day 2017. Read More
Catching the Bug
The Big Ten Network program Forward Motion goes behind the bark with entomology Professor Chris Williamson to find out what you can do about the emerald ash borer, an invasive insect is threatening 700 million trees in Wisconsin. Are yours among them? Read More
Video: A look at UW–Madison’s search for Origins
Take a look ahead at some UW-focused stories from South Africa about origins: from the origins of life on Earth, to the origins of galaxies in the universe, and the origins of humankind. Read More
A downright wicked introduction to the Winter Commencement speakers
The Evil Queen from ABC's "Once Upon A Time" is here to introduce UW–Madison's Winter 2017 Commencement speakers. They are two of Hollywood’s top storytellers and they met years ago in the basement of Vilas Hall. Read More
Meet her at the Chazen
A university art museum doesn’t have to choose between serving academia and serving the community, says Amy Gilman, the new director of the Chazen Art Museum. It can do both. Read More
Partners in Giving campaign underway
Chancellor Rebecca Blank is urging university employees to contribute to the Partners in Giving campaign. Last year, 7,300 state, UW and UW Health employees donated over $2.5 million to 520 local, regional, national and international charities. Read More
The eclipse as a satellite saw it
One of the best vantage points for today’s total solar eclipse is out of this world — literally. Scientists at UW–Madison’s Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) observed the eclipse through the eye of one of the world’s most advanced weather satellites, GOES-16. The images were taken at a rate of one every five minutes. Stitched together, they show the shadow of the moon tracking west to east across the continental United States. (GOES-16 data are preliminary/nonoperational.) Read More
Signs of Summer
There’s plenty of interaction, but absolutely no talking in one class at UW–Madison this summer, as an intimate group of students learns to communicate with American Sign Language. Video by Craig Wild/University Communications Read More
Video: A look at all the action on #UWsummer day
Take a look at the variety and vibrancy of UW–Madison Summer Term captured on July 18 by our team of UW photographers, videographers and writers. Read More
Coming soon to the Chazen Museum of Art
The Chazen Museum of Art has a new work from artist Jim Dine, due to arrive in June. Dine spent two years on the four-panel mural, working on it at his studio in Paris. Read More
Commencement Speech by Steven Levitan
Award-winning television producer Steven Levitan, a 1984 graduate of UW–Madison and creator of the Emmy-winning show ‘Modern Family’ presented the keynote speech during UW–Madison’s spring… Read More
The Carillon Rings Again
The sounds of the carillon rang throughout campus Tuesday morning as Lyle Anderson returned to play. A memorial service honoring students who have died this… Read More
Just add sunshine
"All right — take your seats, everyone." Sounds like a professor at the beginning of class, right? But in this case, it's an invitation. After a long winter in storage, the colorful sunburst chairs returned to the Memorial Union Terrace Thursday. Just add some real sunshine, and let the studying and socializing begin. Read More
Fore! University Ridge Golf Course opens for season
It's April, the temperature is rising and the grass is turning green. For golfers, you know what that means. Today, University Ridge Golf Course opens again for the season. Read More
Athletes’ treat
It's still ice cream, but it's so much more. UW Athletics has teamed up with the Babcock Dairy Plant on campus to add and subtract ingredients to produce a variety with performance and recovery benefits for student-athletes — and all the flavor of real ice cream. Read More
Catching some rays
A team of researchers at UW–Madison is building cameras that can see the arrival from space of gamma rays, marked by a cascade of subatomic particles created when the rays smash molecules in the atmosphere. Read More
Dance, drums, song fill Spring Powwow
Members of numerous Native American tribes participate in a drumming and dance ceremony during the Annual On Wisconsin Spring Powwow. The event was presented by Wunk Sheek and UW–Madison. (Multimedia by Léo Kim) Read More
Nigel Hayes: The power of positive thinking
University of Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes talks about how the power of positive thinking helps the Badgers during the NCAA basketball tournament. The Badgers have made the Sweet 16 for the fourth consecutive year. Read More
Big Apple Badgers: Gabriel Stulman
UW–Madison alumnus Gabriel Stulman is the celebrated owner of five successful restaurants in the West Village section of New York City. From cook to waiter to bartender to owner, he has done it all in a notably demanding industry. Founder of a culinary family in a foodie’s paradise, Stulman is one of our Big Apple Badgers — UW alumni making their mark in NYC. Read More