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Tomorrow's Yellowstone
Photo by Althea Dotzour / UW–Madison
Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, both part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, attract millions of visitors from across the globe each year, drawn there by the parks’ charismatic bison and majestic mountains, colorful hot springs and vast forests.
Since the 1980s, Monica Turner, a professor of integrative biology at UW–Madison has been monitoring the landscape of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Her work is revealing what may happen to the world around us as the climate heats up.
While no landscape is static, Turner, her students and colleagues have spent decades documenting shifts both subtle and significant, homing in on the effects of a climate changing due to human influence. Now, they’re using this wealth of data to predict the future, and helping the public appreciate the magnitude and tempo of climate change in the places we love.
UW for You
The road to rural broadband
From economic expansion to improved mental health, researchers from UW–Madison Division of Extension and the College of Agricultural & Life Sciences are exploring the positive impact of broadband access in underserved parts of Wisconsin—knowledge that will help pave the way to greater access.
Project helps identify, repatriate MIA service members
Every county in Wisconsin has at least one service member missing in action since Pearl Harbor. A team at UW–Madison is working to identify them and others at sites around the world.
Answering the CALL
A first-of-its-kind survey and feedback tool developed by two faculty at the School of Education—the Comprehensive Assessment of Leadership for Learning (CALL)—has supported educators and schools across the country since 2009, and there's more to come.
Were U Wondering?
How autonomous vehicles work?
Xiaopeng Li, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at UW–Madison explains what's involved in getting a car to drive without a human behind the wheel. Li's Connected Autonomous Transportation Systems (CATS) Lab works on its own self-driving vehicle.
Can't Stop a Badger
UW–Madison biomedical engineering students’ award-winning invention aims to clip crucial minutes off endovascular surgeries.
ICYMI: UW–Madison released a new video this month to highlight the critical role that engineers play in Wisconsin's economy and why we need more of them.
Two new UW–Madison-led studies make it clear that meeting policy targets aimed at limiting global climate change requires a more serious commitment toward new carbon dioxide removal technologies and a faster scale-up of their production.
This summer, students at the School of Veterinary Medicine brought their skills out of the classroom and into the treatment room thanks to a wildlife clinical rotation.
The Cheat Sheet
Why we faint. ● What colors do dogs see? ● Device overuse weakens handwriting muscles. ● Card game helps K-12 students understand evolution. ● 5 things to do when you're depressed. ● Study: vaccines halt spike in premature births caused by COVID. ● Protecting Wisconsin's state fruit. ● Grass and shrublands burn more land and homes than forest fires. ● Why won't men wear hot pink while hunting?
Coming Up
BadgerTalk: German American Cookbooks and Culinary Traditions
Oregon Area Senior Center, Oregon, WI | December 6, 2023 | 1 p.m.
This free, in-person presentation examines changes in food ways among German Americans and their neighbors through the lens of cookbooks.
Personalize Exercise to Boost Brain Health and Memory
Online | December 8, 2023 | 9:30 a.m.
Join Dr. Nathaniel Chin and Bonnie Nuttkinson from the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, along with Dr. Michelle Braun to learn more about Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Free and open to all.
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
The Badger volleyball team beat archrival Nebraska on Friday and Iowa on Saturday, and enter the NCAA tournament as the top regional seed and the No. 3 seed overall. The 3-0 win over Nebraska avenged a five-set loss in Lincoln in late October and was a rematch of the 2021 national championship match that Wisconsin won.
In this photo, members of the team celebrate the the match-winning score against Nebraska. Photo by Bryce Richter / UW–Madison.
