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The Wisconsin Tribal Educational Promise
Drone photo by Jason Weiss / UW–Madison
“We are setting these students up for success academically, but also, just as importantly, the program means that Native students will have full access to all that UW–Madison offers.”
Beginning in the fall of 2024, UW–Madison will offer financial support to cover the full cost of pursuing an undergraduate degree for Wisconsin residents who are enrolled members of federally recognized Wisconsin Indian tribes.
Additionally, a 5-year pilot program will cover in-state tuition and fees for students pursuing a J.D. (law) or M.D. (medical) degree who are Wisconsin residents and enrolled members of federally recognized Wisconsin tribes.
UW for You
UW–Madison top ten in the nation in research ranking
UW–Madison, for the first time, has topped $1.5 billion in research expenditures—a 10% increase over the previous fiscal year—ranking 8th among the nearly 900 public and private universities surveyed by the National Science Foundation.
Engineering students help solve one woman’s real-life challenge
A team of first-year engineering students developed a prototype of a removable pulley system to help Waunakee resident Kristan Collins get into her vehicle. The students designed the system for Collins, who lives with multiple sclerosis, as part of an introductory course.
ICYMI: the Universities of Wisconsin and state legislative leadership reached an agreement to move forward critical priorities of UW–Madison including employee pay raises and funding for a new engineering building critical to meeting Wisconsin's workforce needs.
Were U Wondering?
What's behind the unusual dog respiratory illness on the rise across the country this fall?
Photo by Althea Dotzour / UW–Madison
Veterinarians have seen a rise in an unusual respiratory illness in dogs across the country. Keith Poulsen, a veterinarian and director of the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at UW–Madison, provides some explanations and advice in an interview with Lake Effect on WUWM.
Can't Stop a Badger
As UW–Madison celebrates 175 years of research and innovation, get to know a few lesser-known Badgers who deserve to be recognized for the contributions they made to Wisconsin and the world.
Armed with two new grants, UW–Madison School of Pharmacy Assistant Professor Jason Peters will continue his quest to overcome antibiotic resistance.
UW–Madison engineers have developed a new lightweight foam that could reduce, or even prevent, traumatic brain injuries by absorbing and weakening energy from impact before it reaches the brain.
The ❄️Seasonal❄️ Cheat Sheet
Sound smarter at parties. ● Buying 'happiness' for the holidays. ● 2023 CALs year-in-review. ● Is Santa real? (A scientific analysis). ● How Babcock cooked-up Cranniverscherry cheese. ● Support UW–Madison alum while holiday shopping. ● The Office of Business Engagement's favorite headlines of the year. ● Five ways to flex your forgiveness muscles. ● UW–Madison's 2023 moments in time. ● Stand out science stories of 2023.
The Cheat Sheet
The world's smelliest cheese. ● Every yard can help save monarch butterflies. ● Supercharged training for turfgrass management. ● A space sensor reveals how much forests help fight climate change. ● Spray coating could mean more efficient fusion reactors. ● Understanding ghost lightning. ● Zapping manure to extract useful nutrients. ● What makes grasses flower. ● Preparing undergrads to communicate with confidence. ● UW Extension develops father-centered outreach programs.
Coming Up
BadgerTalk: The Surprising Benefits of Video Game Play on Cognitive Abilities
Crossroads at Big Creek, Sturgeon Bay, WI | January 18, 2024 | 6:30 p.m.
This free, in-person event examines how playing some video games can produce a host of benefits to the way you see and think.
2024 Agricultural Outlook Forum
Madison, WI & Online | January 23, 2024 | 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
The forum aims to help people better understand the challenges facing rural Wisconsin communities and what our intellectual and public leaders are doing to address those challenges.
Picture This
Celebration was in the air at UW–Madison’s winter commencement ceremony at the Kohl Center on Dec. 17. You could see it in the intricately decorated mortarboard caps on graduates, their cheering family and friends and the smiles of UW officials who led the ceremony. In this photo, computer circuitboards adorn a graduate’s decorated mortarboard. Photo by Jeff Miller / UW–Madison.
