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Large crowd in the Kohl Center in Madison Wisconsin for the UW-Madison 2026 Graduation Recognition Event
May 9, 2026

College of Engineering celebrates a record cohort of graduates prepared to shape lives

On May 9, 2026, in the Kohl Center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, 1,000 engineering students gathered for a joyful celebration that, for many, marked the culmination of their studies and the beginning of…

Phillip A. Levy Engineering Center rendering
April 21, 2026

Morgridges’ latest gift drives UW-Madison engineering building forward

As work steadily continues on the physical foundations of the Phillip A. Levy Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a $25 million gift from two of the university’s most devoted supporters, alumni John and…

Aviad Hai
April 15, 2026

New tool for researchers makes it easier to analyze individual neurons

The electrical properties of a neuron paint a picture of its development and function. A new user-friendly and accessible tool developed at the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with the help of biomedical…

Shawn Gomez
April 10, 2026

Biomedical leader Shawn Gomez named biomedical engineering chair

Shawn Gomez, a professor in the Lampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, will succeed Peter Tong Chair Paul Campagnola, as chair of the…

Robert Radwin
March 26, 2026

UW-Madison ergonomics expert Radwin named AAAS fellow

Robert Radwin, professor emeritus of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been elected to the 2025 class of fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The lifetime…

2025 Wisconsin Impact Nexus award recipients
March 16, 2026

Grants empower bold thinking and transform vision into momentum

Expanding a consortium that strengthens ties between the college and the steel industry. Commercializing chip-cooling tech. Designing an economical nuclear microreactor. Through funding and in-kind support, Wisconsin Impact Nexus grants are igniting a ripple effect,…

Biomedical engineering students Ruffin Bryant and Noah Kalthoff
March 12, 2026

Can AI ease surgeons’ workload? A UW-Madison student startup thinks so

Since they returned to Madison in mid-January for the spring 2026 semester, roommates Ruffin Bryant and Noah Kalthoff have settled into a familiar—if busy—rhythm. Mornings: Class, like most of their fellow biomedical engineering majors at…

Badgers in Themed Entertainment student org members
March 11, 2026

In the loop: New student organization is taking Badgers for a ride

Only the nerdiest among us take our first steps into Disneyland or Universal Studios and exclaim, “What a feat of engineering!” But maybe more of us should. Theme parks (or “themed entertainment,” for those in…

Mehmet Orman
January 28, 2026

Focus on new faculty: Mehmet Orman uncovers secrets of drug-tolerant ‘persister’ cells

Genetic mutations can yield antibiotic-resistant bacteria that stifle medical treatments, drive recurrence of disease and cause patient deaths. But there’s another, lesser-known way bacterial cells can thwart antibiotics—by essentially playing possum. “Persister” cells lie low…

Randy Bartels
January 21, 2026

‘Quantum imaging’ could open new window to nanoscale universe

As spectacular as modern imaging can be in illuminating the tiniest aspects of life, some avenues of biology are still cloaked in darkness. Biological processes that happen over long periods of time—for example, exchanges of…