And the Winner Is…
ppointer2025-01-27T13:33:18-06:00From undergraduate Hilldale Fellows to national and international scholar awards, WID students and faculty gained significant recognition for their efforts and contributions.
LEL’s Brennan Named to Lead National Library of Medicine
ppointer2026-02-05T13:36:35-06:00Expert in the area of digital health information and communication begins new position August 15th.
Professor Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng: Advancing Microcellular Polymers
ppointer2025-02-18T10:44:29-06:00Thanks to the research of Professor Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng, plastics can have applications in products ranging from eyeglass lenses to engineered tissues.
LEL and CAVE Featured on Big Ten Network Video Profile
ppointer2024-11-14T22:27:39-06:00Patti Brennan and Kevin Ponto illuminate the CAVE for a B1G television audience.
Educational Innovation: ISyE junior design course uses blended learning and lego kits to teach fundamental skills of design
ppointer2025-01-27T13:54:10-06:00Discovery Fellow Rob Radwin uses blended learning and LEGO kits to solve real world problems.
Virtually real
ppointer2024-11-14T22:28:55-06:00UW Living Environments Lab takes sci-fi concept into the physical world
Imagining a Healthier Future
ppointer2025-01-27T10:12:35-06:00Patricia Flatley Brennan seeks to utilize imagination to optimize patient healthcare outcomes.
Digging into a Biological Tool Patent
ppointer2025-01-27T13:42:27-06:00Patent secured by the Systems Biology Theme members enhances single cell research.
Beyond genetics: Ideas from a flowering plant
ppointer2025-01-27T13:41:57-06:00Xuehua Zhong, Assistant Professor in WID's Epigenetics Theme studies the epigenetic connections mammals share with plants.
Cracking the (Zip)code of Neural Cells
ppointer2026-02-05T13:35:53-06:00Published today in Stem Cell Reports, researchers led by Randolph Ashton and Ethan Lippmann present a unifying protocol to create neural stem cells from diverse regions of the hindbrain and spinal cord.
The Natural Order and Divine Law of Optimization
ppointer2025-01-27T13:36:38-06:00Michael Ferris and Stephen Wright, principal investigators in the WID Optimization Theme comment on New York Times Magazine article "A Sucker is Optimized Every Minute".
With New Tools, Researchers Aim to Broaden Understanding of Toxins’ Effect on the Body
ppointer2025-01-27T13:35:26-06:00Through an Environmental Protection Agency initiative, WID researchers are playing a key role in learning how toxins impact human health and the environment.
Going With the Flow: Optimizing Ecology
ppointer2025-01-27T13:29:32-06:00WID Optimization teams with local wildlife agencies to improve Great Lakes basin habitat.
Did Time Stand Still? Bias in STEM Ed
ppointer2026-02-05T13:35:38-06:00This is not a #ThrowbackThursday. Why are we still talking about gender bias in STEM education?
Flipping the Switch on Pluripotent Stem Cells
ppointer2025-01-27T13:26:05-06:00Rupa Sridharan, Assistant Professor of Cell and Regenerative Biology at Wisconsin Institute for Discovery explains how she increased reprogramming efficiency to get pluripotent stem cells.
UW–Madison and Department of Public Instruction Partnership Builds Creative Tech in Wisconsin Classrooms
ppointer2025-01-27T13:25:03-06:00New Field Day Lab, based in Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, teams with Department of Public Instruction to bring apps, games and context to K-12 education.
New Theory Suggests Alternate Path Led to Rise of the Eukaryotic Cell
ppointer2025-01-27T12:56:26-06:00A bold new idea of how the eukaryotic cell and, by extension, all complex life came to be is giving scientists an opportunity to reexamine some of biology’s key dogma.
Researchers Search for New Ways to Balance Big Data and Privacy
ppointer2025-01-27T13:24:40-06:00How can researchers extract useful information from patient data to develop life-saving treatments while making sure records stay private and protected? A WID collaboration looks for an answer.
WID Alumna Launches Career at Twitter
ppointer2025-01-27T13:13:42-06:00When employees need hardware at the social media behemoth Twitter, Inc., they turn to WID alumna Sarah Rich. Learn how her work in optimization translates to industry.
Looking to Space to Map Earthly Conflict
ppointer2025-01-27T13:07:21-06:00Now at NASA, WID alumnus Jamon Van Den Hoek takes a bird's eye view to understand the causes and impact of social conflict on society and the environment.
Picture This: Lynda Barry Brings Passion for Nurturing Creativity to UW-Madison and Community
ppointer2024-11-14T22:33:31-06:00Cartoonist and WID faculty Lynda Barry teaches ways to find and express insight across all ages. Watch the video for a peek inside her classes and workshops.
Students Power Up in Classroom with Biofuels Video Game
ppointer2025-01-27T13:03:13-06:00Students wrestle with the sustainability challenges of making real-world decisions about biofuel agriculture while playing an educational video game developed by WID researchers.
Optimizing the World, One Problem at a Time
ppointer2025-01-27T13:06:07-06:00What if a computer program could take a problem you’re trying to solve and send back the most efficient solution?
Harvesting the Power of Big Data in Agriculture
ppointer2026-02-05T13:35:26-06:00Harvesting data and harvesting crops? There's an app for that.
Growing Epigenetics Community Gives “Nurture” Deepened Meaning
ppointer2025-01-27T11:36:44-06:00At the first Midwest Chromatin and Epigenetics Meeting, WID researchers and scientists around the country are giving new meaning to the "Nature versus Nurture" debate.
