MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 1 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus posted the following news: * * * 2025 winners of the Cool Science Image Contest * Photo gallery Changes in the world around us accumulate in tiny steps over millions of years, as much in Baraboo Hills quartz cracked by earthquakes as through evolution's pressure on the genes that map the nervous system of a developing scorpion. The way we use images to explore those changes -- as well as other fascinating, surprisin  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 1 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus posted the following news: * * * Federal shutdown update * The following message was sent to all students, faculty and staff on Oct. 1 from Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Rob Cramer and Vice Chancellor for Research Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska. It is being translated into multiple languages. To our campus community, As you're likely already aware, non-essential federal government operations have shut do  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 1 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus posted the following news: * * * Scrolling for answers Hundreds of Wisconsin teens are helping UW researchers study the effects of social media. The findings could be transformative. By Doug Erickson Carter Weisensel is a very active 15-year-old. He's a three-sport athlete at his high school in Stoughton, Wisconsin, and he loves to fish and race motocross. But when he needs to relax, he sometimes jumps onto social   more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Oct. 2 (TNSrep) -- Marquette University issued the following news release: * * * Marquette Law School national survey finds large majority think political violence is a big problem, but with sharp partisan differences on who is to blame Americans are overall pessimistic on reducing intense political conflict; half of those polled say heated language by leaders makes violence more likely Also: * 58% say it is always unacceptable to be happy about the death of someone th  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Oct. 2 (TNSrep) -- Marquette University issued the following news release: * * * Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds continuing large majority who say a president must obey the Supreme Court More than 75% of each partisan group say a president must obey Supreme Court orders Also: * Opinion is close to evenly split on whether the Court is going out of its way to avoid making a ruling President Trump might disobey * Opinion is evenly divided on approval of t  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Oct. 2 -- The Milwaukee School of Engineering issued the following news on Oct. 1, 2025: * * * MSOE students use AI to create man-made glaciers This summer, computer science and machine learning students Ben Paulson and Brett Storoe traded in their laptops for snowmobiles in Santiago, Chile. The two saw their project come to life by witnessing the ice stupas they helped form with the power of AI through a partnership with Nilus, a Chilean-based startup dedicated to the c  more