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A student studies in the Wisconsin School of Business Library in Grainger Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Feb. 22, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Miller / UW-Madison)

Library Collections Enhancement Initiative opens

Welcome Cynthia Czajkowksi to her new position as interim vice chancellor for research and graduate education!

“I’m looking forward to my new leadership role and working across campus and with our external partners to support the strong legacy of research, scholarship and graduate education at UW–Madison, and the Wisconsin Idea,” says Czajkowski.

Research office launches Initiative to Foster New Large Research Grant Proposals

Professor with background in cellular imaging and analysis joins research office leadership team

University of Wisconsin Celebrates 175th Anniversary in 2023: Learn about Research Highlights 1848 to 2023

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UW Research at a Glance

  • 8th
    in nation for volume of research
  • $1.4B
    spent on research
  • 17
    VCRGE research and service centers
IceCube at South Pole

Research at UW snapshot 2023

SSEC rooftop

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Biotech Bucky

Industry Partnerships

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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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TikTok ban for devices used in performance of federal contracts.

Sift and Winnow plaque on Bascom Hall. Photo by Jeff Miller

New recipes for origin of life may point way to distant, inhabited planets  More

Machine learning analysis of research citations highlights importance of federal funding for basic scientific research  More

Bascom Hall plaque

Incarceration rates, falling in every US state, drive significant shifts in risk of prison for marginalized groups  More

Wisconsin cranberry marsh

The Wisconsin Idea in Action

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