Awards
Four UW–Madison students win prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
March 31, 2016Out of the 1,150 nominations received in 2016, 252 scholars were named nationwide. All four of UW–Madison’s nominees received the award.
Wildlife
No snow, no hares: Climate change pushes emblematic species north
March 30, 2016UW researchers report that the range of the snowshoe hare in Wisconsin is creeping north by about five and a half miles per decade.
Students
Q&A: Scholar-scientist Keven Stonewall is motivated by passion
March 30, 2016Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, Keven Stonewall discovered a love for science at an early age. At 17, he landed an internship …
Recent Sightings
Friendly fire UW Arboretum land care staff member Austin Pethan uses a drip torch as a 10-person staff manages a prescribed fire at Juniper Knoll on March 29. Fire is used as a wildland management tool to help control competing vegetation, reduce potential buildup of excess flammable materials, and perpetuate fire-dependent species.
Photo by: Jeff MillerFeatured Expert
Francis Halzen: IceCube Research Center
Frances L. Halzen, a professor of physics and principal investigator of the IceCube Research Center, can discuss the National Science… More
Events calendar
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Design 2016: Annual Juried Student ExhibitOpening reception5:30 pm, Nancy Nicholas Hall
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UW Science Expeditions Campus Open House“Historic and Homegrown: The Mastodons of the UW Geology Museum” by Carrie Eaton, UW Geology Museum7:00 pm, 1111 Genetics-Biotechnology Center Building
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On Wisconsin Annual Spring Powwow 201610:00 am, Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, Wisconsin 53713
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14th Annual "UW Science Expeditions" Campus Open HouseFifty Hands-on Exploration Stations at the Discovery Building, 330 N. Orchard10:00 am, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Exploration
Feds renew big IceCube Observatory contract with UW–Madison
March 30, 2016IceCube, consisting of 5,000 optical sensors buried deep in the ice beneath the South Pole, reported the first detection of high energy cosmic neutrinos in 2013.
Humanities
UW-Madison awarded NEH grant to preserve historic recordings
March 23, 2016The award will ensure that listeners today and in the future will be able to hear rare fragments of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest’s musical past.
Faculty
Colleagues, students remember journalism professor Baughman
March 29, 2016“He was his own man,” says friend and colleague Donald Downs. “Isn’t that what a college education is supposed to instill?”