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Three Minute Thesis® (3MT) Finals Feb. 20
Three Minute Thesis® is an international competition in which graduate students explain their thesis research to a general audience in only 3 minutes. The top contestants from the semi-finals will compete for cash prizes and the chance to represent UW–Madison at the regional competition.
January shout-outs: Robert Jacobberger, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Sebastian Kube, assistant professor in materials science and engineering
The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Robert Jacobberger, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Sebastian Kube, assistant professor in materials science and engineering, to receive 2025 DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Program awards.
Roundup of campus research news
A Year of Resilience and Discovery; Engineer, Inventor Earns National Recognition for Transforming Electric Motors; CTR's Translational Basic and Clinical Research Pilot Award; Building Strong Marketing Strategy for WCER’s Fee-for-Service Option; Reviving Ancient DNA to Prepare for Life’s Future; UW BIRCWH Program Announces New Scholar Cohort; Cutting-Edge Program Powering Emergency Care Research at UW Health; Wisconsin’s Rural Schools Confront Teacher Shortages; New Research Reveals Online Food Delivery Is Reshaping How Americans Cook—and Their Health
Research events
A round-up of some upcoming research-related events on campus.
Researchers at UW–Madison receive major grant to study the link between mental health and the microbiome
Long before science caught up, Vincent Van Gogh sensed a connection between melancholy and microbes. Now, 135 years later, the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, the Center for Healthy Minds, PRECISE, and MIT have launched a project that investigates the microbiome’s central role in human well-being and the power of interdisciplinary research. Combining genomics, data science, behavioral health, and international collaboration, the research project is advancing a global understanding of how microbes shape the mind.
January 2026 Shout-out: Mark Saffman, professor of physics and director of the WQI, earns Bell Prize
Saffman’s career-spanning work was also recently recognized with the American Physical Society’s Ramsey Prize in AMO Physics and in Precision Tests of Fundamental Laws and Symmetries.
Graduate Students invited to Apply for Arboretum Research Fellowships
Proposals are due by Feb. 1 with the funding period beginning in May.
Lakeshore Nature Preserve accepting proposals for Student Engagement Grants for use of the 300-acre campus nature preserve/outdoor laboratory for teaching, research or outreach
The deadline for submitting proposals is March 1.
Code champions — One of the winningest teams at UW–Madison is not a sports team
For the seventh consecutive year, a UW–Madison team has claimed first place at the regional round of the International Collegiate Programming Contest hosted at Epic’s Verona campus.
Awards for Mentoring Undergraduates In Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities
Nomination Deadline: 4 p.m. on March 3.