May 10, 2020
Madison-based GoDx developing rapid test for COVID-19
The test GoDx is developing, CEO Chang Hee Kim said, wouldn't require a lab, instead offering results at the point of care in about 30 minutes....
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May 8, 2020
WARF Accelerator: Industry-academic collaborations go virtual
As university labs across the world wrestle with setbacks due to COVID-19, several teams of UW–Madison researchers had the opportunity to interface with leading industry mentors thanks to WARF Accelerator....
May 7, 2020
Madison’s Nimble Therapeutics collabs with Roche on COVID-19 diagnostics
Madison-based Nimble Therapeutics is collaborating with Roche Diagnostics to discover and develop novel peptide-based molecules for diagnostics of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19....
May 6, 2020
UW’s Rebecca Blank on adjusting to COVID-19 realities
In this interview, UW–Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank discusses how her student body is adjusting, and how much she’s worried about the financial damage being done to university departments....
May 5, 2020
UW–Madison announces its fourth round of cluster hires
Artificial intelligence, ethics in technology, the origins of life, astrophysical data — these exciting but complex subjects are the focus of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s fourth round of cluster hires, the Office of the Provost announced today....
May 5, 2020
Troxell scholars exemplify intellectual curiosity and global citizenship
Four UW Madison College of Letters and Science students will receive the Louise Troxell Award, recognizing extraordinary junior and senior women whose qualifications include exceptional intellectual ability, curiosity, citizenry and engagement in society....
May 4, 2020
UW team launches website, app with COVID-19 resources
COVID-19 Wisconsin Connect, a free website and mobile app, launched Monday with free information, resources and social support for people in Wisconsin during the COVID-19 pandemic....
May 3, 2020
Global race for COVID-19 vaccine includes Madison contenders
By inserting gene sequences from the new coronavirus into its experimental influenza vaccine, Madison-based FluGen hopes to develop a vaccine for COVID-19 that also might protect against flu....
May 1, 2020
WISCONSIN PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM ANNOUNCES $2.2 MILLION IN GRANTS IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19
The Wisconsin Partnership Program at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health has announced 21 new awards totaling $2.2 million to researchers and community organizations across Wisconsin for their efforts to lessen the impact of COVID-19....
April 30, 2020
Commitment to undergrad experience earns Irena Knezevic a Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award
By the end of each semester, Patricia and Michael Splinter Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Irena Knezevic knows the name of every student in ECE 235, Introduction to Solid State Electronics. That’s no small feat, considering the course typically enrolls 80 to 100 students....
April 23, 2020
STATE FUNDS HELP ACCELERATE CAMPUS TECHNOLOGIES FROM LAB TO MARKET
UW–Madison’s Discovery to Product (D2P) has granted $600,000 to six faculty-led research projects through the State Economic Engagement and Development (SEED) Program, funded by the State of Wisconsin....
April 23, 2020
I nearly died from H1N1. I can tell you this: Social distancing is the best potion we have to fight the coronavirus in Wisconsin
In 2009, the H1N1 viral pandemic nearly killed me. I’ve lived through the care the sickest COVID-19 patients will need, and I’m here to tell you that social distancing through Gov. Tony Evers' “safer at home” order is the only chance we have....