University of Wisconsin

As UW–Madison prepares to welcome students in late August, a survey of incoming residence hall students finds 92.5 percent of respondents say they plan to be fully vaccinated by the start of classes. Another 3.2 percent say they plan to…

About 100 additional wolves died over the winter in Wisconsin as a result of the delisting of grey wolves under the Endangered Species Act, alongside the 218 wolves killed by licensed hunters during Wisconsin’s first public wolf hunt,…

Josh Cook, UW–Madison Geological Engineering class of 2015, became interested in renewable energy while participating in a summer intensive Mandarin language program in China. He lived in Tianjin, a city of over 15 million people, and…

The presence of a state prison in a county was associated with 11% more COVID-19 cases through July 1, 2020, according to a new study from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.Many of the cases were likely due to the spread of COVID-19…

Each year, UW–Madison honors university staff members for their outstanding dedication and commitment to excellence.The following employees will receive 2021 University Staff Recognition Awards at the June University Staff Congress…

Undergraduates, researchers, and wind energy experts from across the country gathered together—albeit virtually—between June 2 and June 11 to watch thirteen undergraduate teams test their wind turbine prototypes and wind farm project…

On Friday, June 18, the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine broke ground on its long-anticipated building expansion. The enhanced facilities will improve instruction space for students, double the size of the…

An epidemic like COVID-19 relies on infected people mixing with uninfected people, — encounters that typically require one or both to move around. A new method for modeling the progression of pandemic infections incorporates location data…

Quantum computers could outperform classical computers at many tasks, but only if the errors that are an inevitable part of computational tasks are isolated rather than widespread events.Now, researchers at the University of…

The Wisconsin Idea is big and full of possibility. Seven projects receiving larger grants and 13 projects receiving seed grants from the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment show the range of how UW–Madison faculty, staff and students can…