University of Wisconsin–Madison

Year: 2017

UW-Madison lab in Stoughton has a 50 year history in supporting complex scientific projects

The Physical Sciences Lab supports a wide range of research and development in areas such as high energy physics, biology, geology, limnology and plasma physics.

UW-Madison trains northern Wisconsin communities in dementia care

This dementia-care curriculum is currently being used in Wood County and at UW-Green Bay and aims spread more broadly, bringing needed resources to communities in northern Wisconsin.

‘Badger Promise’ program offers free tuition to first-generation Wisconsin transfer students at UW-Madison

UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank proposed the program earlier this year with the goal of expanding access to lower-income Wisconsin residents. UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank proposed the program earlier this year with the goal of expanding access to lower-income Wisconsin residents.

This fall, UW–Madison welcomed the largest incoming class in the university’s history.

The freshman class was selected from a record number of applicants: 35,615. Of the new freshmen this year, 3,746 are Wisconsin residents.

With deer season on horizon, UW-Madison lab ramps up for CWD testing

Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (WVDL)  is one of only 19 labs in the United States capable of testing for CWD and other prion diseases. The lab works closely with both the DNR and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to help manage the disease, conduct surveillance, and ensure human health.

New accelerated undergraduate nursing program at UW-Madison to address workforce need

Graduating more UW–Madison nurses through this program will more rapidly address the problem and positively impact the health care needs of Wisconsin residents.

UW-Madison developed app helps farmers make the most of their corn harvest

“We wanted to develop a product that would help the people of Wisconsin,” says Rebecca Willett, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at UW–Madison.

UW-Madison event hosts businesses from around Wisconsin and beyond

It was a day designed for businesses. Day on Campus shared the opportunities and benefits that exist in partnerships with UW-Madison. Learn more about the day and how UW works with business.

Biochemistry labs mentor Wisconsin high school youth apprentices

UW–Madison is committed to helping keep homegrown talent here at home through the Wisconsin Idea bringing high school students on campus to get acquainted with a Wisconsin-based career in science and technology.

Great Lakes Educators to Sail Lake Michigan

Teachers from Green Bay, Merrill, Sheboygan Falls, Palmyra-Eagle and Madison set sail with the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant to study Lake Michigan.