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Campus Update

Saturday update on Library Mall encampment

May 4, 2024

Earlier today, for a little more than an hour, campus leaders engaged in a fourth conversation with student protest organizers to continue to discuss protest organizers’ concerns and expectations and to lay the foundation to resolve the tent encampment on Library Mall.

Leadership Statement

Chancellor Mnookin update on Library Mall tent encampment

May 1, 2024

This morning around 7 a.m., the University of Wisconsin Police Department (UWPD), in concert with partner law enforcement agencies and with my authorization, cleared the unlawful tent encampment on Library Mall.

Research

Update from UW–Madison experts on bird flu spread

April 30, 2024

UW experts are assisting efforts to track and research the virus with an eye toward minimizing risk to human health and protecting the state’s agricultural sector.

Recent Sightings

A man holding a Tuba runs and smiles.

Crazylegs racers embrace the day More than 9,000 people ran, walked and wheeled in the 42nd Annual Crazylegs Classic in Madison on April 27, enjoying a sunny spring day. See more

Photo by: Taylor Wolfram

Featured Expert

Tony Goldberg: Fishing season and viruses in sport fish

As fishing season begins, professor of pathobiological sciences, Tony Goldberg is available for interviews about a suite of viruses his… More

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Research

Nanomaterial that mimics proteins could be basis for new neurodegenerative disease treatments

April 25, 2024

The work centers around altering the interaction between two proteins that are believed to be involved in setting the stage for diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.

Awards

42 faculty honored with Vilas professorships and awards

April 25, 2024

Extraordinary members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty have been honored during the last year with awards supported by the estate of professor, U.S. Senator and UW Regent William F. Vilas (1840-1908).