UW-Madison

  1. BenthicNet: How an Aquatic Insect Project Is Revitalizing Biomonitoring in Wisconsin

    Photo: Students and faculty collect collect aquatic insects at Treehaven during their first on-site training session with BenthicNet.

    November 20, 2025

    Andrew Malacara raves about “Bug Camp,” the informal name for training workshops that are part of a new project funded by the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin. Malacara is one of six students from UW-Parkside, UW-Stevens Point and UW-Madison who are participating in BenthicNet. The training program includes experts from the three universities as well as […]

  2. Parkinson’s treatment tested at UW-Madison showing promise in first clinical trial

    Image: Parkinson’s Disease as a progressive neurological disorder affecting body movement and coordination as neuron cells losing function in the substantia nigra section of the human brain as a degenerative illness. ILLUSTRATION: iSTOCK/ WILDPIXEL

    November 14, 2025

    Parkinson’s patients are receiving a new investigational treatment after a successful study at the University of Wisconsin–Madison helped demonstrate the cell therapy’s safety in non-human primates and refine the method for its delivery. Now, the biotechnology company running the trial is reporting encouraging results. Aspen Neuroscience recently announced they would enroll a third group of patients […]

  3. UW fostering closer research ties with federal defense, cybersecurity agencies

    Photo: In 2024, campus welcomed a delegation from the United States Cyber Command, which is responsible for the Department of Defense’s cyberspace capabilities. UW–Madison Physics professor Mark Eriksson (right) speaks with Lt. Gen. William J. Hartman, deputy commander of U.S. Cyber Command, during the delegation’s visit to multiple research labs across campus. Photo: Althea Dotzour / UW–Madison

    November 3, 2025

    Traumatic brain injuries can be debilitating and sometimes culminate in permanent disability. While many people who experience a TBI are simply the victims of an unlucky accident, certain careers carry an outsize risk for brain injuries. Many of these risky jobs are in the military, and that’s why the United States Department of Defense has […]

  4. With milk testing and new tools, UW-Madison scientists are helping prevent bird flu outbreaks in Wisconsin and beyond

    Photo: With the help of a robotic liquid handler, UW–Madison researchers at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (WVDL) are testing some 5,000 milk samples per month to monitor and prevent H5N1 bird flu outbreaks in the state’s dairy cattle. Photo: Taylor Wolfram / UW–Madison

    October 27, 2025

    On a recent Thursday morning, Becky was hard at work at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (WVDL). A few test tubes at a time, hundreds of milk samples were carefully poured, measured and prepared for testing. Becky doesn’t wear a typical lab coat or safety glasses. Why? Because Becky is a Biomek […]

  5. Bucky’s Tuition Promise boosts retention rate for lower-income students, long-term study finds

    Photo of Bascom Hall: “Overall, it’s really promising to see that new populations of students who were brought to campus through Bucky’s Tuition Promise are succeeding at such high rates,” says research analyst Amberly Dziesinski. Photo: Bryce Richter / UW–Madison

    October 16, 2025

    A flagship financial aid program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison that provides generous support to in-state students from low- to moderate-income families increases student retention by several percentage points, according to new research. The study, published this month in the Peabody Journal of Education, is the first to assess the long-term outcomes of Bucky’s Tuition Promise, which […]

  6. A global hub for Hollywood history

    Photo of film reels

    October 6, 2025

    UW–Madison’s Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research preserves priceless materials from the entertainment industry If you dream of reading the original screenplay that kicked off the “Jurassic Park” film franchise — leading to this summer’s blockbuster “Jurassic World Rebirth” 32 years later — look no further than Box 1, Folder 15, of the David […]

  7. Bridging the Gap: How UW–Madison’s Center for Aging Research and Education Transforms Care for Rural and Aging Wisconsin

    Photo: Members of the Langlade County Healthy Aging in Rural Towns (HeART) coalition sit at one of the many HeART benches strategically placed around pedestrian areas to provide places to rest. (Photo by Heidi E. Johnson)

    September 29, 2025

    In the rolling hills and tight-knit communities of rural Wisconsin, the nearest hospital may be an hour’s drive away, making it difficult for everyone from expectant parents to older people managing chronic conditions to get the care they need. As the state’s demographics shift and the average age of the population increases, this lack of […]

  8. Robotic space rovers keep getting stuck. UW-Madison engineers have figured out why.

    September 12, 2025

    When a multimillion-dollar extraterrestrial vehicle gets stuck in soft sand or gravel — as did the Mars rover Spirit in 2009 — Earth-based engineers take over like a virtual tow truck, issuing a series of commands that move its wheels or reverse its course in a delicate, time-consuming effort to free it and continue its exploratory mission. While Spirit remained […]

  9. Recycling lithium from old electric vehicle batteries could be done cheaply with new electrochemical process

    Photo: Chemistry Professor Kyoung-Shin Choi’s research lab has developed an electrochemical method to recycle lithium that’s catching the attention of electric vehicle makers. Photo: Jeff Miller / UW–Madison

    September 9, 2025

    With ever more electric vehicles on the road, regulators and automakers are considering what can be done with the millions of batteries that power EVs after they’re spent. Even when their useful life is over, EV batteries contain valuable lithium that could theoretically be recycled and used in new batteries, but coming up with a […]

  10. UW–Madison virologists are at the forefront of efforts to keep tabs on avian influenza in dairy milk

    Photo: Holstein Dairy cattle are brought into the milking parlor at the UW Dairy Cattle Center on Sept. 1, 2020. Today, researchers at UW–Madison are working to answer important questions about the risks that avian influenza poses public health and food-safety. Photo: Bryce Richter

    August 18, 2025

    When H5N1 avian influenza made an unprecedented jump into dairy cattle in early 2024, the development prompted concern on multiple fronts. How would herds with infections fare? Would dairy workers be at risk? Could the virus potentially infect consumers through milk and other dairy products? Led by a team of virologists at the Influenza Research […]

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