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Ives selected as Fulbright U.S. Scholar for 2024–2025

Professor Anthony Ives is among the 11 scholars from the University of Wisconsin–Madison selected as Fulbright U.S. Scholars for the 2024–2025 academic year. View full article here.

What’s wrong with ‘The Most Studied Lake in the World’?

The algae bloom-covered shorelines of Lake Mendota indicate serious lake health issues. How do we right the ship? It starts with science. View full article here.

Award funds Muir lab work to identify genetic and developmental changes during adaptive radiation

Chris Muir, an assistant professor in the Department of Botany, is part of a team that received a three-year $1.3 million award ($352,9997 to UW–Madison) from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The project, Evolutionary and functional genomics of Hawaiian Bidens: determining the genetic basis of phenotypic trait diversification in a rapid adaptive radiation, is in collaboration …

Stability relies on dispersal in parasitic relationship between aphids and wasps.

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison combined experiments with mathematical modeling to learn that dispersal of organisms involved in parasitic relationships through space can play an important role in balancing the effects of both ecology and evolution on those relationships, such as the one between Aphidius ervi and pea aphids. Read more here: https://news.wisc.edu/stability-relies-on-dispersal-in-parasitic-relationship-between-aphids-and-wasps/

Graduate Student Spotlight-Jacob Kraus

  Jacob is currently a PhD student in the Strier lab. Jacob plans to graduate this summer. His research areas are ecology, animal behavior, and conservation biology. Check out Jacob’s spotlight to learn more about him and his experience at UW–Madison. 1. Explain your research so that your grandparent or a 5-year old would understand …

Mentor award winners guide undergraduate learning

Alyse Maksimoski, Research Associate in Professor Lauren Riters lab, received a 2024 mentor award from UW–Madison.

175th Anniversary edition of the Science Expeditions!

This year UW–Madison held its Science Expeditions Open House in conjunction with UW’s 175th Community Open House for a truly special event. There were a host of activities that ranged from visiting the Botany greenhouses to exploring dance as medicine at the Health Learning Center. Dr. Sabrina Chin of the Gilroy Lab organized the Plant …

Herbarium Collections Manager Mark Allen Wetter retires after 39 years of service

By Mary Ann Feist On February 1, 2024, Mark Wetter retired from the Wisconsin State Herbarium (WIS) at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, after 39 years of service. The Botany Department held a gathering with cake and champagne to honor his service and departure. An outpouring of graduate and undergraduate students, staff, volunteers, and faculty …

Graduate Student Spotlight -Katherine Charton

Katherine is currently a PhD student in the Damschen lab. Katherine plans to graduate this summer. Check out her spotlight article to learn about Katherine, her research, and more. 1.Explain your research so that your grandparent or a 5-year old would understand it? Grasslands around the world are threatened because of the increasing presence of …

Graduate Student Spotlight-Elizabeth (Biz) Locke

Biz is currently an MS student in the Orrock lab. She plans to graduate this summer. Her research areas are ecology and animal behavior. Learn more about her dream job, hobbies, and more in her spotlight article. 1. Explain your research so that your grandparent or a 5-year old would understand it? I am using …