Category: Graduate Education News

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

Five UW–Madison PhD students inducted into the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society

UW–Madison welcomed five exceptional scholars into its chapter of the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society during a ceremony Dec. 1.

Built with today’s tech, new type of memory is key in the future of optical computing

Electrical engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed and tested an integrated photonic memory chip, a key component in realizing ultrafast photonic computing. The device was designed and tested by Akhilesh Jaiswal, a UW-Madison assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, PhD student Md Abdullah-Al Kaiser, and colleagues in the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute.

Prizewinning Nigerian poet once again chooses Madison

Maryhilda Obasiota Ibe, the UW Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing’s 2025 Hoffman-Halls Emerging Artist Fellow, isn’t ready to leave just yet.

Magnetic soft robots could deliver cargo inside your body

The magnetic soft robots in Yunus Alapan’s lab on the third floor of the Mechanical Engineering Building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus don’t look like complex miniature droids or anything you’d find in a science-fiction story. In fact, they look more like tiny slabs of chewing gum, fresh out of the wrapper.

PhD student Zhewen Pan receives Google PhD Fellowship in Computer Architecture

Pan researches efficient computer architecture, including sustainable computing, in the lab of Joshua San Miguel, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering. Some of her recent projects include working on improving data compression to create more efficient memory and storage without sacrificing performance.

Rock and roll and unleashed curiosity with Science on the Square

Wisconsinites shared collective jaw drops as they explored the kickoff event for the 15th annual Wisconsin Science Festival.

Graduate Student Spotlight: Brayan Riascos Arteaga

Brayan Riascos Arteaga is a third year PhD student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He works in the Noguera lab, where he’s developing ways to utilize manure fibers as a lignocellulosic resource.

Graduate student receives NASA space technology research award

Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics graduate student Nicholas Crnkovich received a 2025 NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunity (NSTGRO) Award.

A Recital 75 years in the Making

Two years after beloved pianist Sarah Jamieson’s passing at age 103, seven doctoral students will take the bench of her prized Steinway and reprise her 1951 senior concert.

Breathing New Life into Rural COPD Care

Graduate student Sara Hernandez pilots a pharmacist-led program to improve COPD care and outcomes in rural Wisconsin