Year: 2024

The 2024 WISCIENCE Sticker Contest Winners Are…

We are thrilled to announce the winning designs of the 2024 WISCIENCE Sticker Contest! The 4 winning artists created beautiful designs that express the theme of "Science for Sustainability" in original ways.

Spring 2025 Course Offerings

Find out which WISCIENCE courses will be offered in spring 2025.

WISCIENCE and Collaborators Bring Educators from 23 US Colleges Together to Advance Biology Education

This August, WISCIENCE and collaborators brought twenty-five biology educators from colleges and universities across the United States together for three days in Madison to develop Core Concept Teaching Tools (CCTT) for college biology classes. The CCTTs are designed to help students break down complex biological phenomena by guiding students to transfer and apply their knowledge …

The 2024 WISCIENCE Sticker Contest

Grab your colored pencils and tablets: all UW–Madison students are invited to create a unique work of art for the 2024 WISCIENCE Sticker Design Contest! The winning design(s) will be made into stickers that will be shared widely with the campus STEMM community. The winning student(s) will receive a backpack with art supplies and other …

Renewed STEM Transfer Immersion Program Helps Students Find Their Home at UW–Madison

To start the fall semester, about 25 new transfer students from 24 schools in 11 states and 5 countries gathered in the BioCommons to learn about life at UW–Madison—and make some new friends in the process.

WISCIENCE Celebrates 30 Years of Supporting Undergraduate Research Experiences with the Cellular and Molecular Biology of Stress Summer Research Program

This summer, 35 undergrad students from colleges across the USA traveled to Madison to spend ten weeks getting hands-on experience as scientists.

Meet Peer Leader Brady Wittig

Peer Leaders are undergraduate students who support their peers in WISCIENCE programs and courses while learning valuable leadership skills. Find out more about Brady and his experience as a returning Peer Leader! Pronouns: He/him Year: Fourth Major: Neurobiology and Education Studies Hometown: Green Bay, WI If you could choose anyone to be a mentor to …

Meet Sofía Macchiavelli Girón, Scientific Teaching Fellow Alum

"This program gave me the chance to explore my creativity and my critical thinking skills to create teaching materials from scratch, which has been what I’ve had to do in my current position."

Meet Adam Ghazzali, CMBS Summer Research Student

Adam Ghazzali came to UW–Madison to participate in the Cellular and Molecular Biology of Stress Summer Research Program organized by WISCIENCE. During this 10-week program, Adam had ample opportunities to get hands-on research experience in the Peters Lab while also learning about research careers and science communication skills.  Adam comes from Kenner, Louisiana, and attends …

Meet Angene’ Hale, CMBS Summer Research Student

Angene’ Hale came to UW–Madison to participate in the Cellular and Molecular Biology of Stress Summer Research Program organized by WISCIENCE. During this 10-week program, Angene’ got hands-on research experience in the Huynh Lab while also learning about research careers and practicing science communication skills.  Angene’ comes from Oklahoma City and attends Oklahoma Baptist University, …