Top headlines, campus news, and announcements featuring the work and opinions of the WID community.
The Research Project Resource Guide is an elegant new roadmap for researchers on the UW-Madison campus, connecting them to the materials, information, contacts, and assets available for every stage of the research process.
Jordan Ellenberg, Discovery Fellow, assesses the “new” Common Core math standards in this op-ed piece for the New York Times.
New York Times Art and Design Section features our very own Lynda Barry in a recent article.
Discovery Fellow, Jim Luedtke, discusses the growing field of Optimization and addresses some criticism of the discipline in this June 8, 2015 edition of UW College of Engineering podcast.
Former WID director, John Wiley, weighs in on UW budget challenges and beyond in a Wisconsin State Journal guest column
Discovery Fellow Rebecca Willett co-organizes first ever UW-Madison Neuroimaging, Computational Neuroscience, and Neuroengineering Workshop
Shaoqin (Sarah) Gong, Zhiyong Cai, Qifeng Zheng have developed organic aerogels with excellent absorbent properties.
Krishanu Saha, principal investigator in BIONATES, along with Sheila Jasanoff of the Harvard Kennedy School and J. Benjamin Hurlbut from Arizona State University weigh in on moratoriums for germline gene engineering for this Guardian op-ed piece.
Discovery Fellow, Jordan Ellenberg discusses the abelian sandpile model in the April 2nd edition of Nautilus Magazine.
Michael Ferris and Stephen Wright, principal investigators in the WID Optimization Theme comment on New York Times Magazine article “A Sucker is Optimized Every Minute”.
This is not a #ThrowbackThursday. Why are we still talking about gender bias in STEM education?
On February 12th, Lynda Barry and Matt Groening appeared together at the Brooklyn Academy of Music to present a talk: “Love, Hate & Comics—The Friendship That Would Not Die.”
Jay Warrick, John Yin, and Stephen Lindsay have developed a new microwell design for use with conventional micropipetting equipment (e.g., a hand-held micropipette or automated pipetting robot).
One WID researcher is examining the challenges young women face in becoming video game developers and experts.
WID Principle Investigators Krishanu Saha and Randy Ashton and graduate student Ty Harkness speak to the issue of funding their research.
How do you parse insight from big data? What does it mean for business and research? Jordan Ellenberg weighs in.
The Daily Nexus highlights a conversation between Simpsons creator Matt Groening and WID faculty and cartoonist Lynda Barry.
WID researcher Patricia Flatley Brennan comments on using technology in the home to improve health care.
When 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.
Now 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.
WID graduate students submitted the winning entry in a science image contest.
Cartoonist 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.
Madison.com features outreach experiences offered through WID’s Living Environments Laboratory and others at UW–Madison.
