New UW–Madison Odyssey Project program offers college credit — and hope — to people in prison
In Odyssey Beyond Bars, 15 men gathered in a classroom at Oakhill Correctional Institution for an English 100 course to read essays and create their own.
Battleground state poll shows Sanders leading in Democratic primary, tight general election matchups
New surveys in three key battleground states show Sen. Bernie Sanders with sizable leads in the Michigan and Wisconsin Democratic primaries, but a closer contest among Democrats in Pennsylvania.
New engineering professor outsmarted doubters, and Twitter loves it
Steffi Diem's viral tweet has been liked by nearly 50,000 people and retweeted more than 2,000 times, and hundreds are sharing their own stories of succeeding despite the doubts of others — and themselves.
Recent Sightings
An exuberant, intercultural competition of dance The Chinese Undergraduate Student Association held a Show Me Your Dance event at the Wisconsin Union Theatre’s Shannon Hall on Feb. 22. Student performers and audiences from different cultural backgrounds all joined in, creating intercultural communication through art. See more
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Barry Burden: New battleground state poll from UW Elections Research Center
New surveys in three key battleground states show Bernie Sanders with sizable leads in the Michigan and Wisconsin Democratic primaries,… More
Events calendar
February
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Forward in Energy Forum4:30 pm, 1115 Wisconsin Energy Institute
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Professor Nick Hillman will discuss "Debt for Degrees: How America's Student Loan System Works and Doesn't"5:00 pm, TITU, Union South
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at the BioCommons in Steenbock Memorial Library (Updated location!)7:00 pm, BioCommons, Steenbock Library
UW–Madison scientists part of $12.8 million effort to improve cranberries and blueberries
Ultimately, enhanced DNA tools will allow breeders to select the qualities they want in the berries and more quickly incorporate them into new cultivars.
UW-Madison’s Brian Burt to be inducted into Martin Luther King Jr. Collegium of Scholars
Burt's current research falls into two strands: understanding team-based science and exploring the experiences of underrepresented graduate students of color in engineering. Through his research, Burt seeks to provide new ways to understand science participation and the experiences that might promote or turn students away from science pathways.
