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UW–Madison welcomes emeritus public health nurse, administrator and researcher Susan Zahner as interim dean of the School of Nursing.
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Zahner named interim School of Nursing dean
Susan Zahner has more than 40 years of professional experience in public health, nursing, and academic leadership.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
UW–Madison welcomes emeritus public health nurse, administrator and researcher Susan Zahner as interim dean of the School of Nursing.
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Why does federal research funding matter?
A delegation from Wisconsin's congressional staff spent three days at UW–Madison to see how national investments translate into real impact for Wisconsin.
Read more about their visit: federalrelations.wisc.edu/2025/11/25/c...
A delegation from Wisconsin's congressional staff spent three days at UW–Madison to see how national investments translate into real impact for Wisconsin.
Read more about their visit: federalrelations.wisc.edu/2025/11/25/c...
Congressional Staff See UW–Madison Research Up Close and the Federal Investments Powering Wisconsin Innovation
UW–Madison welcomed congressional staff for a three-day visit to campus, November 12 – 14, to see firsthand how national investments fuel discovery, improve lives, and strengthen Wisconsin's economy. ...
federalrelations.wisc.edu
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Why does federal research funding matter?
A delegation from Wisconsin's congressional staff spent three days at UW–Madison to see how national investments translate into real impact for Wisconsin.
Read more about their visit: federalrelations.wisc.edu/2025/11/25/c...
A delegation from Wisconsin's congressional staff spent three days at UW–Madison to see how national investments translate into real impact for Wisconsin.
Read more about their visit: federalrelations.wisc.edu/2025/11/25/c...
Undergraduates in UW–Madison's School of Nursing are benefiting from a new nursing immersion program with the Ho-Chunk House of Wellness.
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Learn more: nursing.wisc.edu/where-cultur...
Where Culture Meets Care
Undergraduate nursing students are benefiting from a new nursing immersion program with the Ho-Chunk House of Wellness.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Undergraduates in UW–Madison's School of Nursing are benefiting from a new nursing immersion program with the Ho-Chunk House of Wellness.
Learn more: nursing.wisc.edu/where-cultur...
Learn more: nursing.wisc.edu/where-cultur...
UW–Madison botany researchers have found a previously unknown pathway plants use to detect gravity and orient their growth. The study may one day open the door for improvements in crop cultivation.
Making LAZY plants stand up: Research reveals new pathway plants use to detect gravity.
UW researchers have found a previously unknown pathway plants use to detect gravity and orient their growth. The study may one day open the door for improvements in crop cultivation.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
UW–Madison botany researchers have found a previously unknown pathway plants use to detect gravity and orient their growth. The study may one day open the door for improvements in crop cultivation.
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Anchoring helpful genes away from parts of their chromosomes that were more likely to be remixed made saltwater crustaceans better prepared to survive in freshwater ecosystems — like the Great Lakes.
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UW researchers turn to the tiny copepod for a big discovery, showing that gene location influences natural selection
The new study provides the first empirical evidence connecting the chromosomal location of genes to natural selection and how populations adapt to rapid environmental change.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Anchoring helpful genes away from parts of their chromosomes that were more likely to be remixed made saltwater crustaceans better prepared to survive in freshwater ecosystems — like the Great Lakes.
news.wisc.edu/uw-researche...
news.wisc.edu/uw-researche...
UW–Madison boasts more than 500 courses that cover environmental topics, ranging from Climate Crisis Literature in the Department of English to Green and Sustainable Development in the Department of Real Estate & Urban Land Economics.
UW sustainability courses range across many fields of study
The University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2025 boasts more than 500 courses that cover environmental topics within their curriculum. Students can explore sustainability-focused courses that intersect wit...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
UW–Madison boasts more than 500 courses that cover environmental topics, ranging from Climate Crisis Literature in the Department of English to Green and Sustainable Development in the Department of Real Estate & Urban Land Economics.
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The Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research at @uwmadison.bsky.social is a treasure trove of showbiz artifacts. Though 2,000 miles from Hollywood, the rich collection draws scholars, researchers and movie buffs from around the globe.
Hollywood in the Heartland | On Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research has compiled a world-class collection of materials from the entertainment industry.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research at @uwmadison.bsky.social is a treasure trove of showbiz artifacts. Though 2,000 miles from Hollywood, the rich collection draws scholars, researchers and movie buffs from around the globe.
The first spoke in the Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub, the Badger Tech Foundry launched by the UW –Madison College of Engineering recruits and trains graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to help ensure ideas born in the lab become companies, careers & catalysts for change.
Badger Tech Foundry, first “spoke” in the Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub, focused on helping early-career researchers become serial entrepreneurs
As the first spoke in the Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub, The Badger Tech Foundry helps ensure ideas become companies, careers and catalysts for change.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The first spoke in the Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub, the Badger Tech Foundry launched by the UW –Madison College of Engineering recruits and trains graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to help ensure ideas born in the lab become companies, careers & catalysts for change.
Congratulations to UW–Madison senior Zoe Kukla who was a finalist this year for a Rhodes Scholarship, one of the most prestigious and selective academic honors in the world!
UW–Madison senior was finalist for a 2026 Rhodes Scholarship
Zoe Kukla reached the final stage of competition for one of the most prestigious and selective academic honors in the world.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Congratulations to UW–Madison senior Zoe Kukla who was a finalist this year for a Rhodes Scholarship, one of the most prestigious and selective academic honors in the world!
Grace Vanderhei has carried the Wisconsin Idea to the global stage, wearing a hardhat as a nuclear engineer and a crown as Miss America 2023. This December, she’ll grace the #UWGrad stage in a cap and gown as UW–Madison’s Winter 2025 Commencement speaker.
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Miss America 2023 Grace Vanderhei to address winter graduates
Vanderhei — a nuclear fuels engineer, Wausau native, and Miss American 2023 — will be back in Madison as the Winter 2025 Commencement keynote speaker.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Grace Vanderhei has carried the Wisconsin Idea to the global stage, wearing a hardhat as a nuclear engineer and a crown as Miss America 2023. This December, she’ll grace the #UWGrad stage in a cap and gown as UW–Madison’s Winter 2025 Commencement speaker.
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I am heartbroken by Dean Linda Scott’s sudden passing. Her integrity, leadership, commitment to excellence & wonderful dry humor shaped the School of Nursing & the national nursing community & touched so many lives. Her legacy will endure & she will be dearly missed. nursing.wisc.edu/remembering-...
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I am heartbroken by Dean Linda Scott’s sudden passing. Her integrity, leadership, commitment to excellence & wonderful dry humor shaped the School of Nursing & the national nursing community & touched so many lives. Her legacy will endure & she will be dearly missed. nursing.wisc.edu/remembering-...
Please take a moment to read the following message sent from Chancellor Mnookin and interim Provost Zumbrunnen to the UW–Madison School of Nursing community in the wake of Dean Emerit Linda Scott’s passing: news.wisc.edu/mnookin-zumb...
Mnookin, Zumbrunnen: Dean Emerit Linda Scott’s passing
"She dedicated herself — and the school — to making the world a better place by reducing health disparities and addressing complex healthcare needs."
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November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Please take a moment to read the following message sent from Chancellor Mnookin and interim Provost Zumbrunnen to the UW–Madison School of Nursing community in the wake of Dean Emerit Linda Scott’s passing: news.wisc.edu/mnookin-zumb...
Diabetes calls for many ideas. UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health researchers are advancing new approaches in the lab, in the clinic and in the field through work on healthier crops. From the lab to the clinic, see it in action: www.med.wisc.edu/news/uw-rese...
UW researchers tackle diabetes from multiple angles - School of Medicine and Public Health
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November 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Diabetes calls for many ideas. UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health researchers are advancing new approaches in the lab, in the clinic and in the field through work on healthier crops. From the lab to the clinic, see it in action: www.med.wisc.edu/news/uw-rese...
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Nineteen @uwmadison.bsky.social alumni and faculty have won a @nobelprize.org, placing the university in elite company. Read about the Badgers who made life-changing breakthroughs for the benefit of us all.
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How to Win a Nobel Prize | On Wisconsin
Meet the UW–Madison faculty and alumni whose discoveries changed the world.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Nineteen @uwmadison.bsky.social alumni and faculty have won a @nobelprize.org, placing the university in elite company. Read about the Badgers who made life-changing breakthroughs for the benefit of us all.
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Global engagement is embedded in the academic experience at UW–Madison. The Institute of International Education 2025 Open Doors Report ranks UW–Madison #6 for study abroad and #18 for international students. On, Wisconsin!
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2025 Open Doors report: UW–Madison ranked #6 for study abroad and #18 for international students
At UW–Madison, global engagement is embedded in the academic experience, and it is reflected in the number of students studying abroad and in the many countries represented by our international commun...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Global engagement is embedded in the academic experience at UW–Madison. The Institute of International Education 2025 Open Doors Report ranks UW–Madison #6 for study abroad and #18 for international students. On, Wisconsin!
Read more: international.wisc.edu/2025-open-do...
Read more: international.wisc.edu/2025-open-do...
Where will our next Go Big Read book take readers? That could be up to you.
Submit your idea for UW–Madison's common reading program, now through November 19: gobigread.wisc.edu/participate/...
Submit your idea for UW–Madison's common reading program, now through November 19: gobigread.wisc.edu/participate/...
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Where will our next Go Big Read book take readers? That could be up to you.
Submit your idea for UW–Madison's common reading program, now through November 19: gobigread.wisc.edu/participate/...
Submit your idea for UW–Madison's common reading program, now through November 19: gobigread.wisc.edu/participate/...
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For 100 years, WARF has championed research and discovery at @uwmadison.bsky.social. Today, we're proud to celebrate our centennial with a historic $206.9 million commitment to fuel UW innovation.
Here's to the next century of discovery!
#WisconsinInnovates #WARF100
Here's to the next century of discovery!
#WisconsinInnovates #WARF100
WARF celebrates centennial with $206.9 million commitment to UW-Madison research
As WARF commemorates its 100th anniversary, the foundation announced a historic investment in the future of research and innovation at UW-Madison.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
For 100 years, WARF has championed research and discovery at @uwmadison.bsky.social. Today, we're proud to celebrate our centennial with a historic $206.9 million commitment to fuel UW innovation.
Here's to the next century of discovery!
#WisconsinInnovates #WARF100
Here's to the next century of discovery!
#WisconsinInnovates #WARF100
Change is constant on campus in autumn. The semester settles in, midterms loom and winter edges closer. But there’s beauty in the in-between. So take a breath. Join us for a journey across UW–Madison as it transforms for autumn, where color, light and life shift before our eyes.
A vibrant transition
Experience UW–Madison’s autumnal peak in motion, music and golden light.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Change is constant on campus in autumn. The semester settles in, midterms loom and winter edges closer. But there’s beauty in the in-between. So take a breath. Join us for a journey across UW–Madison as it transforms for autumn, where color, light and life shift before our eyes.
Last night, the Northern Lights showed their true colors over campus and bathed the sky in Badger red. We’re still in awe.
Photos by Paige Valley and Xiaomeng Shen | UW–Madison
Photos by Paige Valley and Xiaomeng Shen | UW–Madison
November 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Last night, the Northern Lights showed their true colors over campus and bathed the sky in Badger red. We’re still in awe.
Photos by Paige Valley and Xiaomeng Shen | UW–Madison
Photos by Paige Valley and Xiaomeng Shen | UW–Madison
This Veterans Day, Badgers and the Madison community came together to recognize those who have served our country. A special event hosted at Memorial Union honored veterans and marked the 100th anniversary of the Memorial Union groundbreaking as a memorial to service members.
Veterans Day: Honoring those who served
The UW and Madison community came together to recognize those who have served our country during a special Veterans Day event.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This Veterans Day, Badgers and the Madison community came together to recognize those who have served our country. A special event hosted at Memorial Union honored veterans and marked the 100th anniversary of the Memorial Union groundbreaking as a memorial to service members.
Barred owls are native to Wisconsin, but invasive out west. New UW–Madison research reveals they’re preying on at-risk species and disrupting entire ecosystems as they spread down the West Coast.
The barred owl’s westward migration threatens other species and a whole ecosystem, UW researchers find
A new study shows that the invasive predator feeds on 29 species given special conservation status by federal and state governments.
news.wisc.edu
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Barred owls are native to Wisconsin, but invasive out west. New UW–Madison research reveals they’re preying on at-risk species and disrupting entire ecosystems as they spread down the West Coast.
@warfnews.bsky.social began 100 years ago at the urging of Harry Steenbock, who wanted the university to control and benefit from the process he invented for enriching foods with vitamin D. Learn how WARF helps UW researchers turn science into start-ups: onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/from-idea-to...
From Idea to Company to Cure | On Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation helps UW researchers turn science into start-ups.
onwisconsin.uwalumni.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
@warfnews.bsky.social began 100 years ago at the urging of Harry Steenbock, who wanted the university to control and benefit from the process he invented for enriching foods with vitamin D. Learn how WARF helps UW researchers turn science into start-ups: onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/from-idea-to...
Through Partners in Giving, UW employees and retirees are raising awareness and funds for charities of all shapes and sizes, building a better tomorrow together. Learn more and make a gift at giving.wi.gov
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Through Partners in Giving, UW employees and retirees are raising awareness and funds for charities of all shapes and sizes, building a better tomorrow together. Learn more and make a gift at giving.wi.gov
Mark your calendars: On Tuesday, November 11, the campus community will gather at 2:00 p.m. in Memorial Union to honor those who served or are currently serving in the U.S. military.
See the full Veterans Day event list: union.wisc.edu/about/news/v...
See the full Veterans Day event list: union.wisc.edu/about/news/v...
Veterans Day program celebrates veterans, marks 100 years since Memorial Union's dedication to service members
he Wisconsin Union and UW–Madison’s University Veteran Services (UVS) invite the public to a free Veterans Day celebration on Nov. 11 at Memorial Union, featuring refreshments, a Veterans Day program ...
union.wisc.edu
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Mark your calendars: On Tuesday, November 11, the campus community will gather at 2:00 p.m. in Memorial Union to honor those who served or are currently serving in the U.S. military.
See the full Veterans Day event list: union.wisc.edu/about/news/v...
See the full Veterans Day event list: union.wisc.edu/about/news/v...
Percival Everett, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "James," joined UW–Madison last night for our Go Big Read keynote. His conversation with @uwchancellor.bsky.social explored literature and language as radical acts, highlighting how stories shape education and critical thinking.
Go Big Read conversation centers around literature and language as a radical act
“Reading is the single most subversive act there is,” author Percival Everett told the audience at the Go Big Read keeynote at Union South on Tuesday evening.
news.wisc.edu
November 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Percival Everett, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "James," joined UW–Madison last night for our Go Big Read keynote. His conversation with @uwchancellor.bsky.social explored literature and language as radical acts, highlighting how stories shape education and critical thinking.