Commencement 2024: Meet some of this spring’s notable graduates
Some have changed lives with their research or improved communities through their public service. Others have scaled the academic heights, made an impressive mid-life career change, or overcome daunting odds to finish a degree.
Chancellor Mnookin’s Faculty Senate remarks on Library Mall encampment
Today, Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin presented before a meeting of the Faculty Senate, where media and protestors were also present. Her remarks can be found here.
Dorota A. Grejner-Brzezinska named UW–Madison vice chancellor for research
In her role at Ohio State, Brzezinska spent three years working on strategic growth and diversification of the university’s research portfolio through federal funding and on helping faculty develop research leadership skills.
Recent Sightings
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
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Saturday's campus update about the Library Mall encampment:
Saturday update on Library Mall encampment
Earlier today, for a little more than an hour, campus leaders engaged in a fourth conversation with student protes...
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Friday Update: UW-Madison is providing the following updates on the Library Mall encampment:
-Updates on leadership engagement
-A statement from the University Committee of the Faculty Senate.
Friday update on Library Mall encampment
UW-Madison is providing the following updates on Friday, May 3. Since yesterday morning, campus leaders and protest ...
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Big day for L&S: The groundbreaking ceremony for Irving & Dorothy Levy Hall, the future hub of the humanities on campus, went down this morning. So grateful to lead donors Marvin and Jeff Levy for their generosity. @UWMadison #WeAreLS
On May 3, @UWMadison honored seven students who passed away this academic year during a memorial at the Carillon Bell Tower. Each student was loved and valued, and all left a unique legacy of their own, contributing positively to the campus community. http://go.wisc.edu/student-memorial
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Kenneth Mayer: Trump hush-money trial
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Events calendar
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Making Scientific Data FAIR7:00 pm, DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building
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Brelynn Bille, Josh Baston named winners of 2024 Herfurth-Kubly Awards
The awards are given annually to two seniors who have made the most effective use of their time at UW–Madison.
‘Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body’ chosen as 2024-25 Go Big Read book
A combination memoir, essay collection and call to action, Rebekah Taussig's book invites readers to consider disability from a different perspective. “Instead of disability as the limitation, what if a lack of imagination was the actual barrier?” she asks.
Pancreatic cancer is difficult to treat. Nano-drugs hitching a ride on bacteria could help.
Mice treated with the therapeutic-laden bacteria experienced delayed tumor growth and significantly longer survival compared with mice that received other treatments.