Category: News

UW–Madison, FluGen, Bharat Biotech collaborate to develop coronavirus vaccine

An international collaboration of virologists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the vaccine companies FluGen and Bharat Biotech has begun the development and testing of a unique vaccine against COVID-19 called CoroFlu. CoroFlu will build on the backbone of FluGen’s flu vaccine candidate known as M2SR. Based on an invention by UW­–Madison virologists and FluGen …

American Family Insurance announces creation of David R. Anderson Chair, builds on successful partnership with UW

As part of its generous $20 million gift to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, American Family Insurance announced the creation of the David R. Anderson chair to direct the American Family Insurance Data Science Institute (DSI). The company’s investment in data science initiatives at UW–Madison, which was first announced in April 2019, includes $10 million in …

Career Events at UW-Madison

Bookmark this location to learn more about how to participate in these Spring 2020  events and to connect with UW–Madison students. Spring Career and Internship Fair Tuesday, February 4 | 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Kohl Center Registration is now open via Handshake. Additional event details Public Service Fair (Spring) Wednesday, January 20, 2020 …

UW-Madison student project aims to save food, reduce food insecurity, receives support from company grant

It’s late Thursday afternoon, and seven UW–Madison undergraduates are spending about an hour scooping jasmine rice and a lemon-grass tofu-vegetable dish into single-use plastic containers. Protein, starch and vegetables… it could be a meal designed by dietitians, and it was – twice. First, the food was cooked for six UW–Madison dining halls, but never served. …

Promega fosters art and science through UW’s Cool Science Image contest

For more than five years, Promega has supported the annual Cool Science Image contest at UW–Madison. Campus members are invited to submit images that depict an object or phenomenon from any discipline, which could have been captured via microscopy, photography, medical imaging, schematics and science as art. Entries continue to grow year after year as …

Where Science and Art Meet: The 2017 Holiday Card

Originally posted on Promega Connections December 1, 2017 University of Wisconsin–Madison undergraduate Celia Glime didn’t think she was creating a design for the 2017 Promega holiday card while doing lab work last winter for her introductory Chemistry 104 class. She was simply doing her homework. Celia explains she was studying the progression of three chemical …

Coca-Cola scholarship helps six first generation students attend UW

Six first-generation students were awarded $16,000 scholarships from The Coca-Cola Foundation. Introduced in 1993, The Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarship program supports students who are the first in their immediate family to attend college. The program has paid upwards of $37.5 million in scholarships to more than 3,200 students at more than 520 campuses around the …

Wisconsin School of Business enrolls first class in Business Analytics Graduate Program

When you ask Fortune 500 companies where they can gain the most competitive advantage today, they are often quick to call out business analytics and their ability to turn data into decisions. Companies realize they need to harness their data; at the same time there is an important shortage of managers and analysts who can …

New accelerated Master of Science in Design + Innovation engages five disciplines, sparks creativity, excites employers

Learn more about the aspects of the new UW–Madison MS in Design + Innovation which one employer sees will "...position graduates for success in an ever-changing world.”

UW–Madison physicist awarded Packard Fellowship

At our Day on Campus event earlier this summer, UW's Shimon Kolkowitz shared his desire to have worked with Einstein. Now, thanks to a fellowship, Kolkowitz will explore a new test of Einstein's general theory of relativity.