6 everyday things UW-Madison researchers invented or discovered KIMBERLY WETHAL Dec 26, 2024 Dec 26, 2024 Updated Nov 13, 2025 × UW-Madison students with the Collegiate Farm Bureau and Badger Dairy Club make thousands of grilled cheeses during World Dairy Expo in Madison. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save So much of what we consider commonplace — and in some cases, take for granted — was once a novel concept under development at a university.kAmpE &(\|25:D@?[ E96C6VD A=6?EJ @7 :??@G2E:@? E@ 8@ 2C@F?5 — E96 (:D4@?D:? p=F>?: #6D62C49 u@F?52E:@? W(p#uX[ 2 AC:G2E6[ ?@?AC@7:E 2C> @7 E96 F?:G6CD:EJ >2?286D a[a__ A2E6?ED 2=@?6 — 3FE E96C6 2C6 2 76H :?G6?E:@?D @C AC@8C2>D 5C62>E FA 3J :ED AC@76DD@CD :? 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A peek behind the Grilled Cheese tent at World Dairy Expo UW-Madison students with the Collegiate Farm Bureau and Badger Dairy Club make thousands of grilled cheeses during World Dairy Expo in Madison.
UW-Madison's record-breaking research spending fuels rise in national ranking The university spent $1.7 billion on research for fiscal year 2023, a 13.7% increase over the prior year.Â
113-year experiment at UW-Madison ends this year. It will be crushing "How do (builders) know what concrete needs to be replaced and what concrete doesn't need to be replaced? So this informs that sort of decisio…
UW-Madison researcher develops ice cream that doesn't melt "It's basically physics and ice cream coming together."
WARF gives $206.9 million to UW-Madison, Morgridge Institute to boost research As part of the grant, WARF is transferring its ownership stake in the Discovery Building, along with money for future support of the facility.
