Teams of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison spent months submitting proposals to the Department of Energy’s vast new Genesis Mission — an initiative centered around artificial intelligence (AI) but naming research goals in fields as varied as nuclear fusion and molecular biology. Many of UW-Madison’s proposals center around one burgeoning cross-college priority: quantum.
June 11, 2026
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Community
Rides, routes, rails: UW students shape Madison transportation
From bus routes to a new train service, University of Wisconsin-Madison students are fueling alternative transportation options in Madison.
A 2023 UW Transportation Services survey showed 70% of students walk or ride the bus on good weather days and 80% on bad weather days.
Athletics
Rival passes Wisconsin’s Mark Johnson for title of highest-paid NCAA women’s hockey coach
The winningest NCAA women’s hockey coach no longer is the highest paid in the sport.
Temporarily, at least.
‘Had to pinch myself’: Badgers great discusses dream year at AmFam Championship
The University of Wisconsin’s Mark Johnson in March became the first to 700 women’s hockey wins and the first in college hockey to win nine NCAA championships.
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Far from Philadelphia, Wisconsin region in 1776 was focused on fur trade, frontier diplomacy
In Philadelphia, New York and Boston, American colonists were preparing to pledge their lives, fortunes and sacred honor to declare their independence from an oppressive monarch.
But in the faraway frontier territory that would later become Wisconsin, Native and European peoples were on a wholly different journey in 1776.
Bradley Carl on Wisconsin rural school district referendums
UW-Madison Wisconsin Center for Education Research scientist Bradley Carl explains the basis for school districts holding referendums and the choices faced by voters being asked to raise local taxes.
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Federal green card policy change could add extra hurdles for UW-Madison international students
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (UCIS) announced a new policy memo May 22 stating that individuals seeking a green card must return to their home countries to complete the process. Students who arrive on visas and stay for longer than its validity will be among those most affected.
The USCIS memo describes obtaining a green card, or an “adjustment of status,” as an “extraordinary act of administrative grace,” and a privilege granted by the government rather than a right.
Madison leaders approve Regent Street redesign, fusion research funds
Madison’s City Council approved plans Tuesday to redesign Regent Street near Camp Randall Stadium, following months of debate over a new layout for one of Madison’s main cultural hubs and one of the west side’s major east-west connector streets.