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Veteran journalist Lovejoy wins first Anthony Shadid Ethics Award

March 26, 2012

The Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will honor veteran newsman Steve Lovejoy, editor of the Journal Times in Racine with the Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics, on Friday, April 13. Read More

Paul Boyer, influential scholar of religious history, dies

March 26, 2012

Paul S. Boyer, Merle Curti Chair Emeritus in American History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, died in Madison on Saturday, March 17, at age 76 after a short bout with cancer. Read More

MPD seeks info on downtown robberies

March 26, 2012

Madison police are investigating three weekend strong-arm robberies downtown that may be connected. Read More

Selig to give Taylor lecture

March 26, 2012

Major League Baseball Commissioner Allan H. "Bud" Selig will be on campus next month, giving a lecture called, "Talking Baseball: The Challenges of Communicating in Turbulent Times." Read More

Former Badger Troy Vincent recognized for outstanding public service work

March 26, 2012

Troy Vincent, a five-time Pro Bowl cornerback who played football at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, was one of those chosen nationally to receive a 2012 Jefferson Award. Read More

History group to explore environmental ethics and activism, March 28-31

March 23, 2012

The American Society for Environmental History (ASEH) will explore the theme "From the Local to the Global: Ethics, Environmentalism, and Environmental History in an Interdependent World" at its 2012 conference in Madison. Read More

Noted anthropologist, student of the “dark side,” dies

March 23, 2012

Neil L. Whitehead, a professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, died Thursday, March 22 in Madison following a bout with illness. Read More

Slide show: Cool Science Image Contest 2012

March 23, 2012

Woodwind-piano duo competition winners to perform March 25

March 23, 2012

The School of Music’s annual woodwind-piano duo competition was held last Sunday and the judges named two winning duos and a third with honorable mention. Read More

Match Day 2012 includes largest class of rural medicine students

March 22, 2012

About 160 graduates of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health - including the school's largest-to-date group of rural-medicine students - learned where they will begin their careers as doctors during Match Day, which was held March 16 at the Health Sciences Learning Center. Read More

Badger Varsity Band and “Dukes of Hazzard” star celebrate the 1970s

March 22, 2012

The Badger Band is preparing to celebrate the 1970s during the annual Varsity Band Concert, April 19-21. Read More

LaHood names Adams to ITS Program Advisory Committee

March 22, 2012

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has named University of Wisconsin–Madison's Teresa Adams to the Intelligent Transportation Systems Program Advisory Committee (ITSPAC). Read More

Cool science images show aesthetic side of science at UW–Madison

March 22, 2012

The second annual UW–Madison Cool Science Image contest has highlighted the synergy of science and aesthetics, selecting six winners and six honorable mentions from 82 entries from faculty, staff and students on campus. Read More

Challenge opens doors for grad student research partnerships

March 22, 2012

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation is looking to draw graduate students into the spirit of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery with Discovery Challenge, a grant competition for collaborative research. Read More

Bazzell: All are welcome to attend HR Design meetings

March 21, 2012

Here is a statement from Darrell Bazzell, University of Wisconsin–Madison vice chancellor, regarding meetings of the HR Design project: Read More

University responds to fraternity incident

March 21, 2012

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is responding to a report of a racial incident involving two African-American female students and members of a campus fraternity. Read More

Wisconsin technology powers California microgrid project

March 21, 2012

California’s Santa Rita Jail just got a little more secure this week, thanks to the completion of a $14 million “microgrid” project that gives the facility its own autonomous power supply — a feat rooted in University of Wisconsin–Madison technology. Read More

Prison reading groups liberate minds, UW grad students find

March 21, 2012

Jose Vergara, a graduate student in the UW–Madison Department of Slavic Languages and Literature, remembers how the Oakhill Correctional Institution inmates in his reading and writing group reacted to a short story called "Blue Notebook #10," by Daniil Kharms. Read More

Residential community helps science-minded college women succeed

March 20, 2012

The UW–Madison Women in Science and Engineering residential learning community offers a support system for women in STEM (science, technology, engineering or math) that ranges from social connections to academic resources and mentoring connections. Read More

Twelve professors receive Kellett Mid-Career Awards

March 20, 2012

Twelve outstanding UW–Madison faculty members have been named winners of this year’s Kellett Mid-Career Awards, which recognize outstanding mid-career faculty members who are five to 20 years past the first promotion to a tenured position. Read More