University of Wisconsin–Madison
The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is pleased to host the 12th annual World Food Prize Foundation Wisconsin Youth Institute, which will be held at the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
Amintas Brandão Jr. works daily to protect and preserve his community — even though he’s thousands of miles away. Read the full Every Pixel Tells a Story article, which appeared first on The Commons.
Studies from SAGE researchers show Brazil’s moratorium plays a crucial role in preventing forest loss across the Amazon. Read the full No Soy, No Deforestation article, which appeared first on The Commons.
A School of Education faculty member recently helped launch Spain’s first national training program in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) — an evidence-based, live-coaching intervention that strengthens relationships between young children and their caregivers.
From the agricultural heartland of Tamil Nadu in southern India to the cranberry bogs of Wisconsin, Dharani Suresh Babu is forging a path that blends a deep-rooted connection to farming with cutting-edge technology. A Ph.D. candidate in horticulture science and computer science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, she is pioneering digital agriculture solutions that are …
For most people, horseback riding is a sport or a leisurely activity. Dr. Benazir Meera, a postdoctoral research associate at UW–Madison, and her colleagues, however, are using therapeutic horseback riding to shape the future of health promotion, ensuring underserved communities in Wisconsin have access to this powerful and healing tool. Pursuing Passion: From Engineering to …
Among the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s many ambitious research endeavors, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory stands out as one of the most unique. This remarkable telescope, which has instrumented a billion tons of South Pole ice, is designed to search for tiny, ghostlike particles called neutrinos, helping scientists study the universe’s most powerful cosmic engines. When neutrinos …
What do civil rights and coffee have to do with each other? For Po-Tao Chang, a PhD candidate in geography at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the answer is “everything.” His journey, from beginnings in forestry to his explorations of lineage, family and indigenous movements in Thailand, exemplifies the power of heritage in shaping one’s academic …
UW–Madison’s Tandem Press has awarded graduate students David Love and Emilee Taxman the Gabriele S. Haberland Graduate Student Printmaking Award for Travel to Europe. In 2019, UW–Madison Professor Emeritus Willy Haeberli established two annual travel awards of $4,000 each in honor of his late wife, Gabriele Haberland. Haberland believed in the power of travel to expand a student’s worldview and …
Two members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty are among 126 scientists across the United States and Canada selected as Sloan Research Fellows. The fellowships, awarded annually since 1955, honor exceptional scientists whose creativity, innovation and research accomplishments make them stand out as future leaders in their fields. UW–Madison’s 2024 Sloan Fellows are Ke Fang, assistant …