The Data Science Research Bazaar brings together researchers from diverse fields who use data, computing, and software in their work. The 2026 theme—Meaning in the Metrics: Communicating Research Insi...

Image credit: Katherine Baldwin  In a new study, researchers from the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID)

Vincent van Gogh - Self-portrait with bandaged ear (1889, Courtauld Institute) Long before science caught up, Vincent Van Gogh sensed a connection between melancholy and microbes. In a letter

UW–Madison researchers have discovered a mechanism that could one day help people at risk of developing the metabolic disease.

Industrial engineering students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who are interested in learning the basics of optimization—mathematical techniques that can solve problems such as choosing the qu...

On April 14, 2025, CLS Chair Jo Handelsman and Exec Director Adrienne Hallett sent a letter outlining the tremendous consequences of terminating research and asking that it be reinstated.

This is a moment to trumpet the strengths of higher education and address its weaknesses.

The chaos, conflicting information, firings, and hurtful rhetoric of the Trump administration’s approach to science over the past month are causing anxiety, grief, and concern for the scientific commu...

Your Content Goes Here Crossroads of Ideas is a public lecture series held monthly during the academic year that addresses topics that matter to our community and are the subject of research at UW-M...

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