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Dean and Vice Provost Karpus to help mark 100 years since Memorial Union’s dedication to service members

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.

Oluwatobi (Tobi) Idowu

Tobi’s research interests include African popular culture, digital media, and global Black literatures.

Sarah Tolbert

Sarah’s PhD research focuses on how to increase local communities’ capacity for forest conservation in the DRC.

Charles Smith

Charles is a PhD student in the joint PhD program in Finance and Economics at the Wisconsin School of Business whose research lies at the intersection of finance and industrial organization.

Rooted in Agriculture, Driven by Innovation: A Badger’s Journey in Smart Farming

From the agricultural heartland of Tamil Nadu in southern India to the cranberry bogs of Wisconsin, Dharani Suresh Babu is forging a path that blends a deep-rooted connection to farming with cutting-edge technology. A Ph.D. candidate in horticulture science and computer science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, she is pioneering digital agriculture solutions that are transforming how growers manage and sustain one of Wisconsin’s most iconic crops: cranberries.

Elise Chavez

Elise works on experiments using data from the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector in the Large Hadron Collider, probing the laws of physics to find the interesting and unexpected.

Postdoctoral Affairs moves to the Graduate School

As of July 1, the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA) has moved to the Graduate School. OPA promotes excellence in postdoctoral training for more than 800 postdocs on campus.

Arielle Link

Arielle's research focuses on nitrogen cycling and soil microbial communities in post-fire lodgepole pine forests in Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks.

Silas Miller

As a member of the Raman Lab, Silas studies a type of protein that pumps antibiotics out of bacteria and makes them drug resistant, called an efflux pump.