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. …
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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.
What’s wrong with ‘The Most Studied Lake in the World’?
The algae bloom-covered shorelines of Lake Mendota indicate serious lake health issues. How do we right the ship? It starts with science. View full article here.
Creating Glass Models of Deep Sea Creatures
Aquatic invertebrates are often difficult to study when they are living, and some can’t even survive outside their deep-ocean habitats. That’s why, 127 years ago, University of Wisconsin biology professor Edward Birge purchased glass models …
Stability relies on dispersal in parasitic relationship between aphids and wasps.
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison combined experiments with mathematical modeling to learn that dispersal of organisms involved in parasitic relationships through space can play an important role in balancing the effects of both ecology …
Mentor award winners guide undergraduate learning
Alyse Maksimoski, Research Associate in Professor Lauren Riters lab, received a 2024 mentor award from UW-Madison.