University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: L&S

Better diversity training is built on research, not intuition

Throwing your cans and bottles in the recycling? Avoiding aimless Internet browsing during work hours? Offering your seat on the bus to someone less able to stand in the aisle? Brauer’s research explores how to promote that sort of civil behavior — which means it sometimes delves into behaviors such as racism that are not …

Great Lakes MOOC builds on SIRE support

From an improved online undergraduate course on climate change, atmospheric sciences professor Steve Ackerman and outreach specialist Margaret Mooney have leveraged their efforts into a massive open online course (MOOC) that is reaching thousands of learners throughout Wisconsin and beyond.

Combining biomass and solar energy conversion

In a study published March 9 in Nature Chemistry, UW–Madison chemistry professor Kyoung-Shin Choi presents a new approach to combine solar energy conversion and biomass conversion, two important research areas for renewable energy.