By Meghan Chua Five UW–Madison graduate students were recognized for stellar mentorship qualities, receiving a Peer Mentor Award at the Bucky Awards Sunday. Graduate Peer Mentor Awards, sponsored by the Graduate School Office of Diversity, …
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Graduate students create connections through Badgerloop
Badgerloop is the UW–Madison team competing in the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competitions. The team is currently gearing up for the third iteration of the competition, which tests the speed teams can achieve with their hyperloop pods, and will reveal its latest pod design on Thursday, April 19 in Union South. Here are how two current graduate students have been involved in Badgerloop.
McNair Program jumpstarts undergraduate student’s research
When Liliana Lule started college, she didn’t know she wanted to conduct her own research. Now, the UW–Madison senior is preparing to present on her latest project during Research in the Rotunda at the Wisconsin State Capitol before continuing her research as a graduate student.
Lule, who is a scholar in the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, will be among the UW System students presenting on Wednesday, April 11 at Research in the Rotunda, the annual showcase of outstanding undergraduate researchers.
UW–Madison students awarded prestigious NSF fellowships
Twenty-six students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, including 18 graduate students, have been awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.
The NSF fellowship program selects high-potential scientists and engineers in the early stages of their careers, providing awardees with support for graduate research training in STEM fields.
PhD student’s research investigates native bee habitats in urban areas
While pollination ecologists around the world study how declines in habitat and emerging diseases affect bees, researcher Vera Pfeiffer is looking for attributes of systems that can sustain these and other native pollinators in places with a large human footprint.
“There’s evidence that cities can support very diverse pollinators,” said Pfeiffer, a PhD student in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies’ Landscape Conservation Lab at UW–Madison.
New tool makes Graduate School data interactive, aligns with national transparency efforts
As prospective graduate students plan their educational pathways, accessible data about graduate institutions is increasingly valuable to inform those decisions. A new, interactive tool from the Graduate School now makes existing data available in a user-friendly format.
2018 class of Bouchet Scholars inducted
UW–Madison welcomed a new cohort into the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society March 20, when five outstanding doctoral candidates were inducted into the local chapter.
UW–Madison graduate programs earn high rankings once again
UW-Madison ranks 2nd in doctorates awarded, climbing from 3rd
Life science coalition releases first round of data
The Coalition for Next Generation Life Science has released its first round of data in a project that seeks to inform current and prospective life sciences students about their career options.