Research

The iSchool's Rebekah Willett discusses her research on child, families and the impact of digital media culture.

It’s not just for STEM majors or super-connected overachievers. The Undergraduate Research Scholars program connects L&S students with faculty via a wide spectrum of fascinating projects—opening minds and changing lives.

New research could help lake managers make more informed decisions about their invasive species control strategies.

Andrea Dutton, who studies climate change and sea level rise, talks about her work on the Earth in Time report and the importance of studying earth sciences even in the midst of a global viral pandemic.

Art history professor Anna Andrzejewski mines cultural insights from an unlikely source.

Professor Brian Yandell will receive funding to develop a method to track and visualize the virus outbreak in counties with small populations.

L&S computer sciences professor and computer security expert, Somesh Jha, leads team of researchers developing algorithms to help protect object-detecting software from mistakes.

As lakes in the upper Midwest warm due to climate change, this cool-water species has found itself with less habitat in which to thrive. Yet the percentage of walleye that state and tribal resource managers allow to be harvested each year has stayed about the same.

An unfolding global crisis makes it hard to roll out a coordinated public health campaign. Two UW-Madison professors who study health communications look for ways to sift through the onslaught of information.