L&S News  Tag: Graduate Students

Graduate student Alicia Barceinas Cruz explores the connection between nature and humans, seeking to unveil how they shape the Mexico–Guatemala border.

An L&S graduate student, Jenna Greene, was a member of the team Earth RepAIR that made it to the top 60 in Elon Musk’s global XPrize Challenge. The team showcased UW-Madison’s ultra-efficient carbon capture tech.

About 23,000 years ago, the Bighorn Mountains of Northern Wyoming resembled the landscape of today’s African Serengeti plains. The Miracinonyx, also known today as the extinct North American cheetah, roamed this region among mammoths, saber tooth tigers and even camels. Imagine an ancient Miracinonyx spotting a pronghorn antelope and plotting its plan of attack — unaware that its path will ultimately lead to a laboratory at UW–Madison, where researchers will turn to modern technology to see into the Miracinonyx’s past.

Through publishing The Benzine, they're learning to nurture both their inner artist and scientist.

Helping students navigate an uncertain job market where work, and interviews, are now done remotely.

It’s not often that a graduate student has the opportunity to fine-tune the inner workings of a high-energy gamma-ray telescope, but that’s
exactly what physics graduate student Leslie Taylor was doing in the remote mountains of Arizona, at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
some 35 miles south of Tucson.

UW-Madison's inaugural Master of Science in Physics - Quantum Computing program offers a master's degree in the rapidly growing field of quantum computing.

A supportive environment helped a group of female graduate students in mathematics reach lofty goals. Already a leader in the number of women hired as faculty members, the department hopes to continue improving the experience for female students to help bring equity to the field.