On April 11, 2025, the Honors Program hosted the 2025 Senior Honors Thesis Symposium—a hallmark event recognizing the culmination of years of research by undergraduate Honors scholars at UW–Madison. Held at Union South, the day-long …
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Meet the winners of the 2025 Hilldale Awards
Congrats to Emily Stanley, a faculty member in our department, for being one of this year’s Hilldale Award winners. Read the full article here.
In Pursuit of Mudpuppies
Undergrad Mason Polencheck searches lakes and streams for these reclusive, little-known salamanders, also called waterdogs. What he’s finding could reveal microbial secrets and new ways to protect struggling amphibians across the globe. Read the full …
Associate Professor Katie Drerup received a Vilas Associates Award in 2024-25
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research has announced 20 faculty winners of the Vilas Associates Competition. The competition recognizes “new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance.” Tenure-track assistant professors and …
2024 Yentsch-Schindler Award Recipient
The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) presents the Yentsch-Schindler Early Career Award each year to an early career scientist who has made outstanding and balanced contributions to research, education, and society. …
Mapping Lyme Disease in Space and Time
Professor John Orrock led a research project to determine how space and time increase hotspots and coldspots for tick-borne disease. View full article here.
Integrative Biology alumni publish a story map
Kirstin Braziunas MS’18, PhD’22, and Nathan Kiel PhD’24, both from the Turner lab created a story map about forest change in a future with more (short-interval) fire, focusing on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in the …
Zoology Student Studies in Tanzania Over the Summer
Zoology student Daniela Hernandez is a recipient of the UW Global Gateway fellowship. Read more about her study abroad experience this summer in Tanzania. View full article here.
Students use scholarships for valuable internships
This summer, UW–Madison launched the Summer Internship Scholarship, designed to support students seeking to advance their professional experience and learning with awards of up to $1,500 to supplement unpaid or underpaid internships. View full article here.
UW–Madison celebrates selection of 11 Fulbright U.S. Scholars for 2024–2025
The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board have selected 11 scholars from the University of Wisconsin–Madison as Fulbright U.S. Scholars for the 2024–2025 academic year. View full article here.