Graduate School

Projects

• Earth Partnership for Schools

  Earth Partnership for Schools (EPS) builds the capacity of pK-16 students, teachers, non-formal educators, natural resource personnel, and citizens to...

• IceCube Neutrino Observatory Construction

  The tools and materials for the construction of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole, Antarctica, were primarily designed and assembled...

• Summer Workshop on Atmospheric, Earth and Space Sciences

  The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) high school summer workshop features a five-day agenda in meteorology, astronom...

• CIMSS Regional Assimilation System (CRAS)

  The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Regional Assimilation System (CRAS) is a collection of computer programs design...

• Annual Colloquium on Aging

  The Annual Colloquium on Aging is held each fall in Madison, Wisconsin. It includes talks given by UW-Madison faculty and nationally known keynote spe...

• Family Horticulture Day at West Madison Agriculture Research Station

  UW-Madison's Annual Family Horticulture Day welcomes gardeners of all ages to the UW West Madison Agriculture Research Station to hone their horticult...

• Wisconsin Water Library Web site

  Established in 1964 by the UW Water Resources Institute, the Wisconsin Water Library (formerly known as the Water Resources Library) is unique among U...

• CIMSS/SSEC Exploration Station at the Annual AMS WeatherFest Science Fair

  WeatherFest is a science and weather fair held in conjunction with the American Meteorological Society's (AMS) annual meeting. The Cooperative Institu...

• Expanding Your Horizons Conference

  Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) has a mission to provide young women with career information, role models, and positive hands-on experiences through a o...

• ConjuGon Inc. Partnership

  Marcin Filutowicz, a professor of bacteriology at UW-Madison, has made tremendous strides in combating antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria. Filut...

• PDA Animated Weather (PAW)

  The PDA Animated Weather (PAW) is a free, online service providing a global selection of real-time weather images and text. The content is specifical...

• Wisconsin Native Plant Garden

  At the UW-Madison Arboretum Wisconsin Native Plant Garden, students and citizens of all ages participate in land care and learn about native plants, r...

• Wisconsin Coastal Guide

  The Wisconsin Coastal Guide is an interactive map that encourages exploration of coastal heritage tourism attractions along the Great Lakes Circle Tou...

• Aquatic Invasive Species Watercraft Inspection

  As part of the UW Extension Clean Boats Clean Waters program, Sea Grant hires seven students annually to perform watercraft inspections at boat ramps...

• University of Wisconsin Press

  Since 1937, UW Press has published thousands of books, including hundreds that document the culture, heritage, natural history and people of Wisconsin...

• Raising Hell for Justice: An Autobiography of Congressman Dave Obey

  David R. Obey (D-Wausau, retired) is the longest-serving member of the U.S. Congress in Wisconsin history and the former chair of the House Appropriat...

• UW Sea Grant - Resources for Educators

  The goal of Wisconsin Sea Grant’s education efforts is to increase Great Lakes literacy across a broad spectrum of people—from preschoolers to the pub...

• Satellite Meteorology for Grades 7-12

  Meteorology is an excellent topic to introduce middle and high school students to geoscience, physics, chemistry and applied mathematics. Developed b...

• Waisman Early Childhood Program

  The Waisman Early Childhood Program (WECP) is a UW-Madison laboratory school that serves as a model for meeting the needs of a developmentally diverse...

• Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center

  The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) is a cross-disciplinary research center led by the University of Wisconsin–Madison. With Michigan St...

• Antarctic Meteorological Research Center

  The Antarctic Meteorological Research Center (AMRC) mission involves research in Antarctic observational meteorology and the stewardship of Antarctic...

• Wisconsin Energy Institute

  The Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI) is working on one of the most critical challenges of our time – the transition toward new, clean energy systems a...

• Picturing Indians: Photographic Encounters and Tourist Fantasies in H. H. Bennett's Wisconsin Dells

  "Picturing Indians" is a fascinating book about the late 19th century photographer Henry Hamilton Bennett (who made the Wisconsin Dells famous through...

• Guidebook for Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Great Lakes Region

  A full-color field guide to more than 1,100 species of Wisconsin wildflowers, the most comprehensive guide ever published for the state, is available...

• Innovation and Economic Development Research Program

  The Innovation and Economic Development Research Program is a state-funded annual grants program that awards funds to faculty or academic staff who ar...

• The Prints of Warrington Colescott: Sixty Years of Art & Satire

  Since the 1940's, Wisconsin printmaker Warrington Colescott has trained his artistic eye on the fashions and foibles of human behavior. The University...

• Book on the Effigy Mound Landscape of Madison and the Four Lakes

  The book "Spirits of Earth: The Effigy Mound Landscape of Madison and the Four Lakes," by archeologist Robert Birmingham, has been published by the Un...

• Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (WNPRC)

  The Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (WNPRC) is one of eight federally supported (NIH-NCRR) National Primate Research Centers and the only o...

• Sharing Science with Wisconsin

  There are a myriad of science outreach activities and events occurring year-round, every day at UW-Madison, which are free and open to the public. The...

• UW-Madison Science Alliance

  The University of Wisconsin-Madison Science Alliance organizes public science outreach events and programs through collaborations with Wisconsin scien...

• Science Expeditions

  Science Expeditions is an annual event held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery which invites lifelong learners...

• Arboretum Ecological Restoration Work Parties

  The UW-Madison Arboretum is a pioneer and leader in ecological restoration. It provides ongoing, year-round opportunities for community members and st...

• Communication Development in Children with Cerebral Palsy

  Professor Katie Hustad’s research is focused on the study of changes in speech language, cognition and functional communication abilities among childr...

• Celebrate Read an E-book Week with a free e-book from UW Press

  The University of Wisconsin Press celebrated Read an E-Book Week by highlighting the hundreds of titles it has available in e-book formats. Read an E-...

• Wednesday Nite @ The Lab on the Air

  Wednesday Nite @ The Lab is a public science series offered every Wednesday night, 50 times a year. WN@TL invites Wisconsinites to experience science...

• CIMSS Student Workshop on Atmospheric, Satellite, and Earth Sciences

  The CIMSS Student Workshop on Atmospheric, Satellite, and Earth Sciences features an exciting five-day agenda in meteorology, astronomy, remote sensin...

• CIMSS iPad Library

  The CIMSS iPad Library loans iPads to science teachers for an entire school year. This unique technology lending library from the UW-Madison Cooperati...

• Science on a Sphere

  In 2007, The Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) received a Baldwin grant purchase a 3D globe to create a intriguing view into the work done a...

• UW Press

  The UW Press publishes books (including ebooks) for Wisconsin and internationally. This page (http://uwpress.wisc.edu/WIRegional.html) contains a smal...

• Wisconsin Land Use Codes

  This project compares Wisconsin land use codes between jurisdictions. That is, regional planning commissions and counties each develop their own land...

• Wisconsin Planetarium Connections

  The Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) has forged multiple partnerships in an attempt to create high-quality productions and build...

• Upward Bound at UW–River Falls

  Faculty and staff at the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) help organize and implement math and science content in the Upward Bou...

• Bringing the Universe to Wisconsin

  Bringing the Universe to Wisconsin is a two-year (2012-2014) public program funded by the Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment. The p...

• Guide to Door County Outdoors

  Door County is one of the premier tourist attractions in the Midwest. "Door County Outdoors" is a guidebook for tourists published by the University o...

• Books about Frank Lloyd Wright in Wisconsin

  The University of Wisconsin Press has published several books about Frank Lloyd Wright that contribute to the international interest in Wright that br...

• WPT Broadcast of His Holiness the Dalai Lama Visit

  The Center For Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center and Dr. Richard Davidson recently hosted His Holiness the Dalai Lama and other though...

• Compassion Project, Center For Investigating Healthy Minds

  Based on the findings of Dr. Richard Davidson (who has found a link between the practice of compassion and healthier brains) the Appleton Compassion P...

• Waisman Center

  The Waisman Center, located on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, is one of only 14 centers in the United States dedicated to the advancement...

• Mobile Fish Identification

  A mobile fish identification app, developed by UW-Madison's Sea Grant Institute, not only allows fishers to find out what kind of fish they caught, bu...

• Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937–1946

  James Leary, UW-Madison professor of Folklore and of Scandinavian Studies, is a native of Rice Lake, Wisconsin, and has been documenting the music and...

• Tap Talks at Central Waters Brewery

  Tap Talks at Central Waters Brewery is a forum for researchers to share their science and work with interested members of the public in an informal se...

• Research & Environmental Education Partnerships: A Speed Networking Forum

  This project seeded new partnerships at the individual scale between 1) UW-Madison researchers in the ecological, environmental, geographical, and ear...

• Midwest Prescribed Fire Monitoring Network

  Across the midwestern United States, prescribed fire (planned fires used in land management) is one important tool that people use to care for the lan...

• Examining the impact of jumping worms, an invasive species new to Wisconsin

  Jumping worms are a group of non-native, invasive earthworms that can negatively impact native and ornamental plants. However, very little is known ab...