Research | UW–Madison

Research | UW–Madison

University of Wisconsin–Madison

UW students flock to Bascom Hill to study, socialize, and sunbathe during an early celebration of spring as the temperature soared to nearly 70 degrees at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on March 9, 2026. This “false spring” was short lived with temperatures expected to fall back below freezing later in the week. (Photo by Taylor Wolfram / UW–Madison)

OVCR Strategic Planning Process and Reorganization Progressing

OVCR Strategic Planning Process and Reorganization Progressing

McMillen Named Chief Research Administration Officer

Christian Capitini named director of the UW Carbone Cancer Center

From Bascom Hill to Hall of Fame: The Allee Willis Archive, Creativity Commons coming to UW–Madison Libraries

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Tracking 2025-26 Federal Administration Transition Impacts to Research

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UW Research at a Glance

5th
in nation for volume of research
$1.93B
spent on research
19
VCR research and service centers

IceCube at South Pole

Research Innovation at UW–Madison Overview

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n the late 1950s, Kay Emerson became the first person in Wisconsin to be successfully treated for phenylketonuria (PKU), a rare metabolic condition that can cause severe intellectual and developmental disability if left untreated. She was treated by Harry Waisman, MD, PhD, who was a renowned PKU researcher and physician and who the Waisman Center is named after. He advocated to add PKU to the Newborn Screening Panel in Wisconsin.

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