Students May 9, 2026 · 4 min read 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…
April 21, 2026 · 2 min read 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…
Educational Innovation April 13, 2026 · 4 min read New certificate builds engineers who work with AI, not around it Amanda Smith knows the question is coming. At just about every admitted student info session at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering these days, it’s only a matter of time before a prospective student…
Educational InnovationFaculty September 8, 2025 · 3 min read New project bringing sustainability education to all undergrad engineering students A new initiative to introduce sustainability into the College of Engineering’s curriculum aims to ensure that every undergraduate engineering student learns about sustainability in a manner relevant to their major while they’re at the University…
Giving September 11, 2024 · 5 min read With $75 million gift for new UW-Madison engineering building, brothers’ impact spans generations and transcends campus boundaries A historic $75 million gift will fuel construction of a much-needed new engineering building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. With their lead gift—the largest single gift in college history—brothers and…
Research July 16, 2024 · 4 min read Upcycling discarded plants: New UW-Madison center to harness energy, nutrients from biomass The nonprofit Schmidt Sciences and the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) have selected a multi-institution group of researchers to establish the new Center for Mineral and Metal Oxide Removal from Biomass (CMORE) at…
Students May 21, 2024 · 4 min read Offshore wind: UW–Madison undergrads win national award with design for floating wind turbines on Lake Michigan Winds on the Great Lakes could provide more than enough clean energy to meet the needs of the eight bordering states, yet logistical, social, and environmental challenges have stymied development…
FacultyResearch March 6, 2024 · 3 min read Wisconsin approves new UW-Madison engineering building On March 6, 2024, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers gave final approval to fund a new College of Engineering building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “The approval of a new building…
FacultyResearch January 29, 2024 · 2 min read With collaboration, college and Midwest Tribes will accelerate community-led clean energy solutions A new partnership between the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering and the Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association will help individual communities identify and implement clean energy projects that align with their priorities. Through the…
AwardsEducational Innovation January 19, 2024 · 3 min read UW–Madison to transform STEM graduate education with Wisconsin Sloan Center for Systemic Change With support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the University of Wisconsin–Madison will establish a new hub called the Wisconsin Sloan Center for Systemic Change, or WiSC2, to transform graduate education in science, technology, engineering,…