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Research News Roundup: Stories about Research at UW–Madison

Stories covering bioenergy crops, coastal resilience work with communities, tenant eviction bans and racial discrimination during the COVID-19 Pandemic, and what's behind rising health care premiums.

Shout-Out: UW–Madison economics professor Kim Ruhl appointed as member of President’s Council of Economic Advisers

Ruhl, co-director of The Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy (CROWE), is the first economist from UW–Madison to serve as a member of the CEA. Ruhl is an expert in international economics and has written on models of firm heterogeneity, trade policy dynamics and tariffs. CEA comprises three economists who advise the U.S. president on a wide range of economic policy issues based on data, research and evidence.

Research News Events Roundup

AI (Grand Rounds), 3MT Finals, Gene Discovery to Clinical Trials (WARF Therapeutics), Arboretum Research Fellowships Deadline Extended, Industry Engagement Faculty Training, Madison Reads Leopold, Eloquence & Eminence Lecture, Community Engagement for Grant Proposals, Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium.

UW–Madison receives $5.5 million DOE grant to cut synthetic nitrogen fertilizer usage in bioenergy crops

A multi-institution research team led by the UW–Madison's Jean-Michel Ane, professor of bacteriology, received $5.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to develop a novel approach to cut synthetic nitrogen fertilizer use in two key crops for U.S. ethanol production – corn and sorghum.

Dr. Nita Ahuja named dean of SMPH and the university’s next vice chancellor for medical affairs.

Ahuja, a surgeon-scientist, has held top roles at some of the nation’s leading research universities and health systems.

New Directors, New Collaborations at the Wisconsin Primate Center in 2025

Saverio “Buddy” Capuano, associate director of Animal Services and the attending veterinarian for the Center, has been named Interim Director of the Center. The new Associate Director of Research Strategy and Innovation is Ari Rosenberg, associate professor of neuroscience.

Two finalists announced for Aquatic Sciences Center Director

Jen Hauxwell, research program associate director of the Aquatic Sciences Center (ASC), and Christina (Christy) Remucal, professor of civil and environmental engineering and interim ASC director, have been named finalists for the ASC Director position. Finalists will deliver public presentations on Feb. 20 and 21.

RABBIT a Leap Forward for Campus Collaboration and Industry Engagement

RABBIT (Research and Business-Bridging Intelligence Tool) is an AI-powered faculty discovery tool that is available to all UW–Madison faculty and staff, and WARF employees, with a NetID. It was designed and developed by OBE and DSI to help industry engagement offices on campus connect faculty with applied research opportunities.

Campus data storage solutions evolve with addition of Research Object Storage

Sierra Nevadas. Photo by Sheila Whitmore In 2021, the Peery Wildlife Ecology + Conservation Lab in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, initiated a bioacoustics monitoring program to study spotted owls spanning the Sierra Nevada ecosystem. The California spotted owl, a mature forest species which has…

UW Law School Alum Named Campus Research Security Director

Stefani Buster recently joined the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research as the Director of UW–Madison’s Research Security Program.