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Centennial celebration of the Camp Randall Arch is June 30

June 27, 2012

The Camp Randall Memorial Arch, located where West Dayton Street meets Randall Avenue, was dedicated in 1912 in remembrance of the 70,000 troops who trained at Camp Randall during the Civil War. On Saturday, June 30, a rededication ceremony will be held underneath the arch in celebration of its centennial. From 10:30 to 11 a.m., the 1st Brigade Band will perform, followed by the ceremony at 11 a.m. Read More

Persons with cognitive challenges share stories and hope

June 26, 2012

Living with cognitive changes will be the theme Thursday, June 28, at forMemory’s “Pathways to Hope: Right Foot, Left Foot, Breathe” event. A series of workshops and speakers will be featured from 12:30 to 9 p.m. at Town Center, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, 330 N. Orchard St. at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More

Finalists chosen for facilities planning and management post

June 26, 2012

Three finalists have been selected in the search for a new associate vice chancellor for facilities planning and management at UW–Madison. The finalists are: Mina… Read More

Interim dean, advisory board named for international studies

June 26, 2012

Guido Podestá, associate dean of international studies and associate director of the International Institute at UW–Madison, will serve as interim dean of the Division of International Studies and Vice Provost for Globalization through the 2012-2013 academic year. He will work with 12 faculty members and administrators named to a board to manage recommendations on the division's governance and organization. Read More

Mission deliscious: A look at Babcock Hall ice cream

June 26, 2012

What makes Babcock ice cream so good to eat—and so good for science, students and industry? Read More

McAnulty named interim dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine

June 26, 2012

Jonathan McAnulty, a professor and chair of the UW–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine's Department of Surgical Sciences, has been named interim dean of the school, effective July 1, pending completion of the search process for a new dean. Read More

Work teams praised for providing framework of new human resources system

June 26, 2012

Bob Lavigna, UW–Madison's director of human resources and project lead, said he knew from when the HR Design project first began to take shape about a year ago that the university had an extraordinary opportunity to reshape its human resources system. Read More

Eastern segment of Observatory Drive to close July 5 for two weeks

June 26, 2012

Beginning Thursday, July 5, Observatory Drive between Park Street and the entrance to Lot 10 at the Education Building will be closed in both directions for approximately two weeks. Read More

School of Medicine and Public Health mourns death of Kurt Saupe

June 25, 2012

Greenland ice may exaggerate magnitude of 13,000-year-old deep freeze

June 25, 2012

Ice samples pulled from nearly a mile below the surface of Greenland glaciers have long served as a historical thermometer, adding temperature data to studies of the local conditions up to the Northern Hemisphere’s climate. But the method — comparing the ratio of oxygen isotopes buried as snow fell over millennia — may not be such a straightforward indicator of air temperature. Read More

Blood-brain barrier building blocks forged from human stem cells

June 25, 2012

The blood-brain barrier -- the filter that governs what can and cannot come into contact with the mammalian brain -- is a marvel of nature. It effectively separates circulating blood from the fluid that bathes the brain, and it keeps out bacteria, viruses and other agents that could damage it. Read More

UW community mourns business graduate Roelse

June 23, 2012

The University of Wisconsin–Madison community is mourning the loss of a young alumnus who is believed to have drowned in Lake Mendota early on Friday, June 22. Read More

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… Read More

Crews search for missing man in Lake Mendota

June 22, 2012

The Dane County Sheriff Office is searching Lake Mendota near UW–Madison's Memorial Union for a 22-year-old man who was last seen swimming in the area early this morning. Read More

Historic Paul Bunyan murals removed ahead of construction

June 21, 2012

With construction for the first phase of the Memorial Union Reinvestment beginning in early July, movers and arts conservators are working hard to protect Memorial Union’s historic features. Read More

Symposium marks 101 years of veterinary sciences at UW–Madison

June 20, 2012

The UW School of Veterinary Medicine will host a Scientific Symposium to Celebrate 101 Years of Veterinary Medical Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Saturday, June 23. Read More

UW-Madison’s Mitchell named young professional of the year

June 20, 2012

Everett Mitchell has a simple - and compelling - reason for why he gives so much of his time doing community service work. Read More

Tracking Davidson’s Goliaths: Marine archaeologists to survey wrecks of Australasia, Adriatic in Whitefish Bay

June 20, 2012

At a time when everyone else had switched to iron and steel, James Davidson steadfastly clung to wood, building some of the largest wooden schooners ever to sail the Great Lakes, and becoming a legendary shipbuilding titan in the process. Read More

Three UW–Madison student teams to compete in national food competitions

June 20, 2012

When 18 UW–Madison food science students head to Las Vegas later this month, they'll be packing some delicious luggage: samples of a fruit smoothie, a PB&J popsicle and a cranberry-filled pretzel snack they painstakingly developed during the past academic year. Read More

$27 million award bolsters research computing grid

June 20, 2012

Every day researchers add another sea of data to an ocean of knowledge on the world around us - billions on top of billions of measurements, images and observations of the tiniest subatomic particles up to the movement of planets and stars. Read More