A group of UW-Madison chemists have been selected to participate in a Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) for the United States Army. This fundamental research, which begins in May, will explore new material combinations and responsive material designs. The total award for the project is $6.25 million over five years, with $1.03 million going to the Boydston group at UW-Madison and the rest to researchers at partner institutions.
Year: 2020
Construction Update 04/13/2020
New Tower. In the sub-basement the large lecture rooms are taking shape with concrete poured for some of the tiers of seats. Shoring is in place for the lower part of the monumental staircase that …
Construction Update 04/06/2020
New Tower. Work in the new tower continues. The remaining concrete for the eighth floor was poured last week and the west side of the ninth floor (mechanical area and roof) is ready for concrete …
Construction Update 03/23/2020
COVID-19. Although the department has shut down due to the COVID-19 situation, we thought it would be helpful to continue to supply information about the progress of various construction projects—at least to provide as much …
Professors prepare carefully to offer alternative education starting Monday
March 19, 2020 By Mike Klein For news media Originally published here. The move from the University of Wisconsin–Madison classrooms where students have gathered to learn for more than 150 years to the high-tech setups in which professors …
COVID-19 (coronavirus) plans and response
For the latest updates on the University response to COVID-19, please visit https://covid19.wisc.edu/.
COVID-19 news conference
PHOTO BY: BRYCE RICHTER Chancellor Rebecca Blank speaks during a press conference addressing the COVID-19 measures being taken by UW–Madison, which was held in the UW Police and Security Facility. She is accompanied by Jake Baggott, …
Updates to campus operations
中文 Chinese Español Hmoob नेपाली Nepali བོད་སྐད Tibetan COVID-19 continues to spread and affect many parts of the U.S. and the rest of the world. UW-Madison is working to mitigate the effects of the disease …
Construction Update 03/09/2020
New Tower. The first concrete has been poured in the tower sub-basement! A corridor and a storage area behind the 360-seat lecture room now have a concrete floor. Other areas of the sub-basement are being …
COVID-19 travel updates from Chancellor Blank
中文 Chinese Español Hmoob नेपाली Nepali བོད་སྐད Tibetan To our students, faculty and staff, UW-Madison continues to monitor the spread of COVID-19 (formerly novel coronavirus) and is addressing the epidemic in a coordinated campus-wide manner …