University of Wisconsin–Madison

Nyla Mathis remembers her heart fluttering, like a first crush.She was a freshman back then, attending her first event sponsored by one of the historically Black sororities on the UW­–Madison campus.“I was a little nervous, because all of…

Research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison finds that a new therapeutic approach for heart failure could help restore cardiac function by regenerating heart muscle.In a study recently published in the journal Circulation, the UW…

Have something to ask finalists for the next director of the Division of the Arts? Suggested questions can be submitted through April 19 to Carole Kolb at [email protected] to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, presentations by…

Fifteen projects — from improving doctor-patient communications for high-risk patients, to using data to understand racial differences in how Americans handle civil legal problems, to better understanding the factors that influence…

A new study from a team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has found that the e-prescribing tool CancelRx more than doubled the proportion of successfully discontinued medications, from 34 percent to 93 percent, at UW…

From February through June, we will highlight the ways that UW–Madison powers the state’s economy through research and innovation, educates the next generation and reaches out to Wisconsinites to improve their lives. April’s theme is…

The American Family Insurance Data Science Institute’s first two years have been nothing if not eventful.Last spring, as the campus and state shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, AFIDSI responded to the need for mathematical…

This week Sen. Tammy Baldwin visited a lab in Madison’s University Research Park where University of Wisconsin–Madison infectious disease experts have been cataloguing subtle genetic differences between hundreds of strains of the virus…

After 32 years at the University of Wisconsin, including the final 18 as the Director of Athletics, Barry Alvarez announced on Tuesday, April 6, that he will officially retire on June 30, 2021, ending a legendary career in Madison.For the…

Access to clean water is a pressing issue for many people around the world. Even in areas with ample water resources, a lack of infrastructure or reliable energy means purifying that water is sometimes extremely difficult.That’s why a…