A new report out of Olaf Jensen’s lab was published today in Global Change Biology! Read more about it here.
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Sharma Lab Discovers Seven New Species of Blind Cave Spiders in Israel!
Social Fish-Tancing? Study Finds Big Bump in Fishing License Sales During First Year of COVID
Ashley Trudeau, member of Olaf Jensen’s Lab, writes on the increase in fishing license sales in Wisconsin just after the COVID pandemic began.
Seed Strategy Can Help Restore a Biodiversity Hotspot
Professors Ellen Damschen and John Orrock speak about their study on the long-term value of targeted land management in efforts to restore and repair landscapes impacted by humans.
Dr. Hilary Dugan Featured in Captimes Article Discussing the “Over-Salting” of Madison Streets
Dr. Hilary Dugan, UW Madison limnologist, speaks on the negative impacts “over-salting” has on the Madison environment.
Prashant Sharma recipient of 2023 Distinguished Teaching Award
Twelve 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.
UW neurobiology student wins Miss Madison pageant
UW-Madison neurobiology student, Paige Alexis Eide, is Miss Wisconsin-bound after claiming her 2023 Miss Madison title Saturday night.
Using Transparency of Slim Fish to Observe Neural Activity
For faculty and graduate students in the Department of Integrative Biology who are studying how the brain works, zebrafish make ideal research subjects. These slim fish are almost perfectly transparent, making it easy to observe …
PhD Student, Nathan Kiel, Publishes Article on Yellowstone’s Burn Scars
Ph.D. Candidate Nathan Kiel on his studies of Yellowstone National Park’s burn scars and what they could be telling us about its future.
FMS Grad Student, Elliot Hendry, Publishes Children’s Science Article in Frontiers for Young Minds Journal
Congrats to Elliot Hendry, a Freshwater and Marine Sciences Grad Student, for publishing his first article in the Frontier for Young Minds journal. His article explains how mussels and sea stars strengthen the rocky intertidal …