Category: Graduate Education News

News featuring graduate students from across the UW–Madison campus.

A statewide digital history hub, built by graduate students

Through the MA Library & Information Studies program, iSchool students are working with Recollection Wisconsin to digitize local histories across the state.

When should schools ban cellphones?

Graduate students from the La Follette School of Public Affairs developed research-based recommendations to help a K-12 district implement new policies.

Students gain firsthand experience at the nexus of fusion science and policy

Graduate students are engaging in public policy through a new program that advocates for those who help bring fusion energy to fruition.

A new roadmap points to longer-lasting lithium-metal batteries that could extend the range of electric vehicles

Weiyu Li, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and her PhD student Hongtao Sun have gained new insights into how dendrites form and grow in lithium-metal batteries.

Robotics researchers ‘fish’ for insights into aquatic animal movement

Jack Stonecipher grew fishing Light Foot Lake outside Buffalo, Minnesota. These days, he’s building robotic fish as a PhD student.

PhD student advances fusion safety tools through DOE national lab collaboration

Graduate student Anthony Carlos Garcia has been selected to conduct fusion safety analysis research in collaboration with Idaho National Laboratory.

PhD student Christopher Blackwell selected for DOE Graduate Research Program

The program selects highly qualified graduate students pursuing research projects that address critical energy challenges.

Daniel Killough, PhDx’28, Is Designing for Everyone

For Daniel Killough, accessible technology is personal. After watching his father struggle with everyday software, he became driven to ensure that emerging devices like augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headsets are built for everyone.

Mathematical modeling maps out solutions for placing drug collection boxes

Medication collection boxes are located in a largely ad hoc manner, leaving “deserts”—disproportionately in rural areas.

Graduate student Abigail Cordiner navigates dyslexia in science

Young third-grade Abigail Cordiner never had trouble understanding the problem—only reading it.