The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Francis Halzen for “decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.” Halzen is a Belgium-born physicist, a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and principal investigator at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica.
Highland Avenue will close at the railroad tracks between Campus Drive and the VA driveway starting at 5 a.m. Friday, Oct. 9 for a Wisconsin & Southern Railroad crossing replacement project.
Patients may continue to experience fear of recurrence, fatigue and changes in how they feel or function, said Dr. Kim Dittus, an oncologist at the UW Health Carbone Cancer Center.
The 2026 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to Francis Halzen, a pioneering Belgian astrophysicist whose work developing a massive observatory in Antarctica to detect “ghostly” cosmic particles laid the foundations for an “entirely new type of astronomy.”
Francis Halzen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for pioneering a telescope that paved the way for a new kind of astronomy. Scientists used this telescope, embedded deep in the ice at the South Pole, to detect ghostly particles whizzing from the far reaches of the universe known as high-energy neutrinos.
Amanda White Eagle received a call about four years ago from a Wisconsin couple wanting to donate their home and property to a tribal nation. She had just started her position as director of the Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and was surprised there wasn’t a ready pathway available for the couple to follow.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of physics was awarded the Nobel Prize of Physics in Stockholm, Sweden on Oct. 6.
At UW-Madison’s Lakeshore Nature Preserve last week, Cathie Bruner stood on a grassy berm that she says contains more than meets the eye.
Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that researchers believe offer clues to how the universe evolved.
The list of UW-Madison alumni and faculty members who have won the Nobel Prize now numbers 19, with Francis Halzen’s win of the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics.
UW-Madison professor and researcher Francis Halzen has won the 2026 Nobel Prize for physics for his ground-breaking work detecting neutrinos, high-energy particles from deep space, under more than a mile of ice in Antarctica.
A national animal welfare group says federal documents show repeated incidents of monkeys suffering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s National Primate Research Center.
Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and his discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin,
Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that researchers believe offer clues to how the universe evolved.
Belgian-born physicist Prof Francis Halzen has won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering work on an observatory that detects particles from space, shedding light on the distant universe.
Two men accused of attacking and trying to sexually assault a transgender woman at a pier on UW-Madison’s campus over the weekend are facing multiple felony charges.
This annual workshop short course takes a comprehensive approach to understanding general meat processing technologies. Participants will learn the practical science and manufacture of sausage and whole-muscle products.
The Morgridge Institute for Research announced that Eric Perreault, a Northwestern University biomedical engineering professor and research executive, was selected as their third chief executive officer Tuesday, according to the Morgridge Institute.
College football at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has never been just a sport — it’s a multi-million dollar source of revenue, a cultural institution and the financial engine of Badger athletics. And yet, there’s a stark paradox between some Badger sports.
The Board of Regents unanimously passed a 2027-2033 budget plan and biennial 2027-2029 budget request Aug. 20, requesting funding for a new University of Wisconsin-Madison residence hall and a two-year tuition freeze for in-state students across the UW System.
The Board of Regents unanimously approved a 2027-29 biennial budget request which included a University of Wisconsin-Madison demolition plan for the Mosse Humanities Building with a proposed budget of $463.5 million.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Interim Chancellor Eric Wilcots and faculty welcomed just under 6,000 first-year and new transfer students to campus at the university’s annual convocation on Sept. 1 at the Kohl Center.
The Universities of Wisconsin are proposing a two-year tuition freeze beginning in 2027 if state lawmakers approve a $190 million increase on top of the UW System’s $730 million budget request.
Amidst the clanking and clanging of the new Phillip A. Levy Engineering Center construction, a new engineering idea is emerging at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Wisconsin Watch first reported in July 2025 on allegations that UWPD Officer Diego Lema Hernandez had initiated late-night texting conversations, asked female students on coffee dates while on duty and relayed confidential police information to help students avoid consequences for underage drinking.
Jon Levine, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine, told WPR that the college is currently maxed out on how many new students it can accept each year due to space constraints, but he is hopeful that the program will be able to increase enrollment in the near future.
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville is asking students to voluntarily submit their vaccination status as the number of measles cases continues to rise in southwestern Wisconsin.
UW-Whitewater is now open and classes are back in session, after campus police sent a shelter-in-place active-threat alert to students and employees on Wednesday morning.
UW-La Crosse Chancellor James Beeby said Wednesday that raising staff wages and investing in healthcare program expansions are a top priority for the university’s future.
Part of Mark Johnson really wanted him to put on his skates and take part in pregame warmups the last time the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team played outdoors.
The Badgers took a team-bonding trip to the stadium and, as part of a tour, got to step on the field for the first time.
UW-Madison student employees at the Wisconsin Union are challenging a tipping system they say misleads customers who think that when they order food and drinks, any tips go directly to their servers.
This summer, Realta announced plans to build a nuclear fusion research facility at the former Oscar Mayer plant in Madison, which company leaders said would create 600 jobs in the area, following a nationwide search of potential locations for the facility. The new 200,000 square-foot facility, called “The Realta Forge,” will allow the company to scale up its current research on a magnetic mirror fusion concept with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Physics Department.
UW–Madison will temporarily close more than 20 buildings starting Tuesday because of a broken chilled water line that has cut the campus’s air conditioning capacity during one of the hottest weeks of the year.
A 43-year-old man has been charged after UW-Madison police said he attempted to sexually assault a hospital employee at University Hospital earlier this month.
PJ Liesch, director of insect diagnostic lab at the University of Wisconsin, said spiders often get a bad rap, but they really aren’t going to bite humans. Humans aren’t food to them, so they’d really only ever do it in self defense.
William worked as a Project Manager for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Geoscience for nearly 50 years, retiring officially in 2006, but finding many reasons to return to Weeks Hall in the years that followed.
UW-Madison is home to dozens of historic and archaeological sites that have national recognition.
Employees at Wisconsin’s public universities will get a 2% increase in their wages starting this month, and thousands of faculty members in high-demand fields have received salary raises.
Chris Clark is retiring after 32 years with the University of Wisconsin rowing programs.
Professionally, Janice dedicated her career to UW–Madison. She earned a B.S. in Journalism and Political Science in 1983 and an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction in 1992. She spent more than 25 years as a Senior Editor in the Engineering Professional Development Department of UW–Extension, retired in 2009.
The fleet of small white robots that have ambled slowly around UW-Madison’s campus since 2019 to deliver dining hall food to students has been permanently powered down.
A break in a chilled water line from the Charter Street Heating Plant, 130 N. Mills St., on June 17 released some 40,000 gallons of lake water onto Charter and Spring streets.
As the horticulture outreach specialist with UW-Madison Extension Dane County, Johnson, 62, should have all the gardening answers you seek, and if not, she can surely find the right expert who does.
A recent University of Wisconsin study found that overfishing is hurting the Wisconsin and Minnesota fish population more than climate change.
Most species of fish are impacted primarily by overfishing, though climate change has a detectable impact on the upper midwest region of the United States, co-author of the study and associate professor Olaf Jensen said. “When we compare the magnitude of [climate change and fishing], for most species, fishing is still having a much larger impact than warming,” Jensen said.
The legislative package includes $40 million in new funding for advising and retention as well as a “tuition promise” scholarship program for low- and middle-income students attending other University of Wisconsin campuses aside from University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The University of Wisconsin Foundation and Wisconsin Alumni Association (WFAA) broke a fundraising record during the 13th annual Fill the Hill, raising $737,849 in just 24 hours.
Ángel F. Adames Corraliza and Sébastien Philippe joined seven University of Wisconsin-Madison professors since 1981 to receive an $800,000 “no-strings-attached” genius award from the philanthropic MacArthur Foundation.
Alpha Chi Omega sorority (AXO) hosted a “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event Friday on Library Mall where the University of Wisconsin-Madison students walked in high heels to spread awareness about domestic violence and support survivors through the Domestic Abuse Intervention Services (DAIS).
Vice Chancellor Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska wants the University of Wisconsin-Madison to conduct more research with the U.S. Department of Defense — with a caveat.
“I’m not thinking of us going directly to classified (research) and developing new weapons. There’s so much good work we can do that benefits … society but also provide national security,” said Grejner-Brzezinska, who oversees UW-Madison’s $1.7 billion research operation.
Madison Quest can’t help but think back to another time every time she runs through the high five line during University of Wisconsin volleyball lineup introductions at the UW Field House.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison saw a sharp drop in the number of new students attending from overseas this fall, the decline coming after college officials voiced concerns about the impact of Trump administration policies on international enrollment.
Madison’s Alcohol License Review Committee (ALRC) will consider a proposal that would eliminate the seat reserved for a University of Wisconsin-Madison student government representative at their meeting tonight.
It’s because of the vision of professors Aurora Santiago Ortiz and Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, who secured a $3 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that over the next three years will bring research scholars, musical artists, culinary and film events and expert speakers related to Puerto Rican studies to the university.
University of Wisconsin Ambrose-Hesseltine professor of U.S. military history and retired U.S. Army Reserve Colonel John Hall said it is unlikely troops will be sent to Madison, Wisconsin, as the federal government is limited in its capacity to deploy the National Guard in the way it has thus far.
Acknowledgment without any sort of follow through is hollow. The university has an opportunity and obligation to move past empty gestures and truly show that Native American people, their complex history and ongoing struggles are genuinely valued.
The University of Wisconsin’s contention that there were signs that former football player Xavier Lucas had already started negotiating a deal to transfer to Miami before he parted with the Badgers can be explored, a Dane County Judge ruled Wednesday.
Don’t cry over spilled milk.
A pair of University of Wisconsin-Platteville professors, disturbed by news stories of farmers dumping milk during the pandemic, chose instead to take action.
University of Wisconsin’s Student Services Finance Committee, the allocations branch of the Associated Students of Madison, met Oct. 13 to hold an open forum and discuss Slow Food UW’s application for the General Student Services Fund.
