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Cheap, simple bacteria test could spare newborns deadly infections

November 1, 2012

For babies, the trip from the womb to the outside world is a transition from a blank, sterile slate to host for what will eventually be trillions of microscopic organisms.

UW–Madison students, faculty receive 2012-13 Fulbright Program grants

October 23, 2012

A group of University of Wisconsin–Madison students and faculty have received 2012-13 grants from the Fulbright Program, the country's flagship program for international educational exchange.

Moroccan pioneer in women’s rights to speak on aftermath of Arab Spring

October 23, 2012

Fatima Sadiqi, who founded a women's organization working on family law reforms and women's rights in her native Morocco, will speak on "North African Women's Rights in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring" as this year's J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished International Visitor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

UW prof’s award-winning ‘Slow Violence’ gives voice to global struggle

October 18, 2012

The cover of Rob Nixon's new book features black smoke, drifting across a dreary cityscape.

Seeing sound from all angles at Wisconsin Science Fest

September 26, 2012

Sound can be an incredibly powerful experience, able to dominate our attention, convey information, transport us from the here and now or add or relieve tension and emotion.

UW-Madison joins initiative to provide language instruction for ROTC cadets

September 26, 2012

The University of Wisconsin–Madison has joined more than 25 other universities nationwide in an effort to help address the U.S. military's need for critical language specialists who understand foreign cultures and can communicate in regions of strategic and economic importance.

Recent Sightings: Global perspective

September 25, 2012

During a Global House Party event at the University Club at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Monday, Sept. 24, postdoctoral geography student Kevin Gibbons speaks about his 2004-2007 experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines.

Wisconsin China Initiative welcomes new director, seeks new connections

September 24, 2012

The Wisconsin China Initiative (WCI) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is ramping up efforts to engage with faculty and staff across campus to promote interests and coordinate activities in the Greater China region as Nicole Huang, professor of Chinese literature and visual culture, takes over as director.

Global House Party to celebrate Peace Corps experiences, seek new volunteers

September 21, 2012

The Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Wisconsin–Madison and the Peace Corps Campus Recruiting Office at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are hosting a Global House Party to celebrate the anniversary of congressional action to create the Peace Corps, share experiences and encourage future generations to carry on the strong Peace Corps tradition at UW–Madison and across Wisconsin.

Mildred Fish-Harnack Lecture to feature women’s advocate Rashida Manjoo

September 10, 2012

Rashida Manjoo, an internationally recognized lawyer, teacher, and advocate who works to advance women's rights and human rights around the world, will deliver a major lecture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison next week.

Chancellor’s statement on the Sikh temple shootings

August 10, 2012

As the families of those slain at the Sikh temple in Oak Creek come together to grieve their painful loss today, we at UW–Madison extend our deepest and most heartfelt sympathies.

UW–Madison welcomes third group of Chinese champions

August 6, 2012

Six world-class athletes arrived in Madison last weekend to become students in the Chinese Champions Program at UW–Madison.

UW faculty, students aid African conservation efforts

July 24, 2012

Faculty and students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison will lend their expertise to conservation efforts in central Africa as the first university member of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership.

Two UW–Madison researchers build ties with Indonesia

July 23, 2012

It took a trip halfway around the world to bring two University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists together.

Four UW–Madison students attending prestigious Nobel conference

July 2, 2012

Four UW–Madison students will meet with more than 30 Nobel laureates and 580 young researchers from around the world July 1-6 at the 62nd annual…

International students visit Schultz family farm

June 22, 2012

The Schultz Family Farm in Cottage Grove, Wis., will be the site of the third annual international student farm outing on Sunday, June 24, when…

Business school partnership advances real estate program

June 18, 2012

A new partnership agreement between the Wisconsin School of Business and the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF) will bring some of the brightest students from Shanghai to Madison to study in the innovative Global Real Estate Master (GREM) program.

Probe seeking life on Saturn’s moon earns student team a spot at international space conference

June 13, 2012

Somewhere beneath as much as 30 miles of ice on the surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, extraterrestrial life could be waiting to be discovered under a subglacial ocean. And a team of University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering mechanics and astronautics students want to be the people who find it. For their senior design course, Alex Gonring, Capri Pearson, Samantha Robinson, Jake Rohrig and Tyler Van Fossen designed a mission that would take a probe from Earth to deep below Enceladus’ icy surface, where an array of science instruments would look for carbon-based life.

In Shanghai, UW–Madison inaugurates first overseas office

June 11, 2012

The UW–Madison Shanghai Innovation Office, which will serve as a focal point for the university’s growing engagement in China and across East Asia, has officially opened.