UW–Madison and the State
David Tenenbaum| University Communications A retracting pacifier to ease a toddler sometimes-difficult “weaning” process. A medicine box for a motorcycle that transports health workers to remote villages in Uganda. And a toy car adapted for a child with neurological problems. It’s all in a semester’s work for one session of an introductory engineering design class …
Corn grows on four million acres of Wisconsin farmland, and while it is an important source of food and fuel, UW–Madison researchers are investigating ways to limit the negative impacts corn can have on Wisconsin’s ecosystems.
The university’s research enterprise is a powerful economic engine and creator of knowledge and innovation. Wisconsin benefits as more than 362 UW–Madison-related startup companies support nearly 25,000 jobs and contribute $2.3 billion to the state economy.
Each year, veterinary students perform essential health checks on the captive flock at the International Crane Foundation. The experience provides a unique opportunity to get firsthand experience working with an endangered species.
The School of Social Work’s Public Welfare Training Program prepares students to join the ranks of professionals who assist and advocate for children and families throughout the state.
Watch and learn ways the UW-Madison Department of Entomology is fighting to protect Wisconsin’s 700 million ash trees from a deadly beetle, the emerald ash borer.
The clients working out in gym 6 had their lives changed in an instant. This program proves exercise is for anyone while it also teaches and inspires UW students.
The Sauk Prairie area is getting help with visioning for their Water Street corridor from students in the UW-Madison Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture.
The network aims to prove the quality of, and access to, addiction treatment and recovery services in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio.
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.