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Faculty awards

Meet the winners of the 2024 Hilldale Awards

March 28, 2024

Faculty members representing the arts and humanities, biological sciences, physical sciences and social sciences are selected from nominations submitted by department chairs.

Funding

New federal spending bills to boost UW–Madison research initiatives

March 26, 2024

The bills’ passage allows campus to continue research in several high-demand areas, including the social and economic vitality of rural communities and next-generation energy development.

Commencement

She’s golden — and a Badger: Olympian Meghan Duggan to keynote spring commencement 

March 13, 2024

A former professional hockey player, Duggan currently is breaking new ground as the director of player development for the New Jersey Devils, one of only a few women in hockey operations roles in the National Hockey League.

Recent Sightings

Members of the Wisconsin women’s hockey team high-five cheering Badger fans welcoming the team to Whittemore Center Arena in Durham, N.H., before Wisconsin takes on the Ohio State Buckeyes in the 2024 NCAA Women’s Frozen Four Championship game on March 24, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Miller / UW–Madison)

Badger fans bring the red to New Hampshire for championship Plenty of Wisconsin Badger fans — and Bucky Badger himself — made it to New Hampshire to cheer on the women's hockey team as it went for a record eighth national championship. See more

Photo by: Jeff Miller

Featured Expert

Andrew W. Stevens: Surging cocoa prices

Cocoa prices have soared to record highs in recent weeks, sending the cost of retail chocolate higher than ever as the Easter holiday… More

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Campus history

Bold UW grad helped open college, workplace to women

March 20, 2024

Partly because of the work of people like Mary Ingraham Bunting-Smith, women are no longer a novelty on college campuses.

Teaching

Meet the 2024 Distinguished Teaching Award winners

March 19, 2024

Thirteen faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize some of the university’s finest educators.

Research

Some lymphomas become resistant to treatment. Gene discovery may offer path to overcome it.

March 15, 2024

Researchers have been trying to understand why and how certain lymphoma treatments often stop being effective. Lixin Rui and his team believe they've found the reason — and a potential alternative treatment.