Author: mnchua

Announcing the Chazen Museum of Art 2026 Russell and Paula Panczenko Master of Fine Arts Prize winner Anne E. Stoner

Anne E. Stoner is an interdisciplinary artist and social ethnographer focusing in sonic practice. Her work brings about and coalesces studies in bodily complexities and disability studies, human geography, and psychogeographies, contemporary methodologies in ethnographic archiving and queer anthropology, new possibilities within technology, and studies within human movement and routine, to create a practice with an empathetic methodology that challenges visual standards within 21st century artmaking.

UW–Madison grad student’s research builds off Dairy Soil & Water Regeneration project

Field work normally ends before dark, but following a long day of dairy manure application in early May 2023, University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student Josh Mirabella worked late into the night to install his soil greenhouse gas (GHG) measurement equipment.

New laser-based manufacturing course connects students on campus and in industry

A fourth-year undergraduate student sits in a classroom on the first floor of the Mechanical Engineering building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, laptop open, chatting with an online master’s degree student and a working engineer. The three are discussing which components of a laser-cutting setup at a manufacturing plant could be responsible for the system overheating.

Carlos A. Huang-Zhu

Carlos is a PhD candidate whose research informs biomedical applications and chemical production. His doctoral research uses molecular dynamics simulations to model interactions between inorganic nanoparticles and model biological membranes.

UW-Madison celebrates the 2025-26 Three Minute Thesis winners

Nine students competed in UW–Madison’s 2025-26 Three Minute Thesis final competition on Friday, February 20. Congratulations to the winners of this year’s UW–Madison Three Minute Thesis competition!

From engineering to everywhere: Network optimization tools used for analyzing curricula

At its heart, education is a process: Students move step by step through their curriculum and, if all goes well, this results in an end product: Graduates equipped to thrive in the real world. That’s why University of Wisconsin-Madison chemical engineers decided to apply their process systems engineering techniques to the chemical engineering undergraduate curriculum.

DNA analysis provides insight into Mongol Empire’s genetics and integration with local cultures

Are one in 200 men really related to Genghis Khan? Maybe not, according to a new study from researchers at UW–Madison.

What Gets in the Way of Moving

For many, "simple" prescriptions like exercise feel out of reach when mental health gets in the way.

Grad student develops software used by fusion startups to automate stellarator design

Connor Moreno, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has developed software tools to help leading fusion companies design the first commercially viable fusion power plants.

Finding the right fit: a PhD student’s path to UW-Madison MS&E

For PhD student Christopher Barns, choosing the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UW-Madison hinged on three things: great research, great people and a great location. As someone focused on 2D materials and nanoelectronics, he immediately recognized how closely the department aligned with the direction he hoped to take. “The research here is just exactly what I was looking to do,” he said. “It’s one of the best schools for that field.”