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Educational Innovation: An invitation to participate

January 27, 2012

Educational Innovation is a campuswide, coordinated effort to create a sustained campus environment that maintains and enhances student learning while increasing capacities and generating new revenue. Read More

La Follette School responds to Startup America Policy Challenge

January 27, 2012

With a network of schools, scholars and problem-solvers across the country, the La Follette School is responding to the Startup America Policy Challenge. Read More

UW-Madison career fair uses smart-phone technology

January 27, 2012

UW-Madison Career Services units will use technology to benefit students and employers during the Spring Career and Internship Fair on Tuesday, Jan. 31 from 4:30-8 p.m. at the Kohl Center. Read More

Pipe-cleaning procedure set at Charter Street Heating Plant

January 27, 2012

As part of the ongoing renovation of the Charter Street Heating Plant, officials will conduct a "steam blow" at the plant Jan. 30-Feb. 3. Read More

UW-Madison engineer honored for contributions in South Korea

January 26, 2012

A University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering professor has received the Order of Service Merit (red stripes medal) from the president of South Korea for his contributions to the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project, a multi-billion-dollar river restoration project in that country. Read More

Advance directives don’t work for high-risk surgery

January 26, 2012

Advance directives that limit the use of life-supporting treatments necessary for patient survival are a poor tool for helping patients express their wishes about surgery, according to a new study led by a University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health vascular surgeon. Read More

Wanted: Your ideas for creating a Disaster-Resistant University

January 26, 2012

College of Engineering begins podcast series

January 26, 2012

The University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering now has a podcast. Called the Badger Engineering Perspective, the podcast will feature faculty experts on a variety of topics, with a focus on how engineering expertise is helping people around the state. Read More

Progress continues on HR Design project

January 26, 2012

Seven work teams have met through January to remodel the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s human resources and personnel system, laying the groundwork for a historic overhaul of the system. Read More

Crone named to graduate education post

January 26, 2012

Wendy Crone, a professor of engineering physics and interim associate dean of physical sciences in the UW–Madison Graduate School, has been named the school's associate dean for graduate education. Read More

Renovation puts a new twist on Der Rathskeller

January 26, 2012

Der Rathskeller at the Memorial Union reopened this week with several changes geared to provide customers with a new level of dining in the historic and popular gathering space. Read More

Jim Steele, associate registrar for student records, dies at 59

January 26, 2012

Jim Steele, 59, associate registrar for student records, died Tuesday, Jan. 24, after a lengthy illness. Read More

Faculty, staff encouraged to promote the new voter ID card

January 26, 2012

With photo identification now mandatory for participation in Wisconsin elections, faculty and staff are encouraged to inform students about the UW–Madison voter identification card, available for free at the Wiscard office in Union South. Read More

Hamacher Pharmacy Learning Center opens

January 26, 2012

The David and Marjorie Hamacher Pharmacy Learning Center and Academic Programs Office marked its official opening on Wednesday. Read More

Crone assesses graduate education

January 25, 2012

Wendy Crone, recently named as the Graduate School’s associate dean for graduate education, sat down for an interview with Inside UW–Madison to discuss her thoughts on the state of graduate education. Read More

Innovation is the focus for next year’s Go Big Read program

January 25, 2012

What is innovation? What inspires it? And how do people become innovators? Read More

Nature: Kawaoka authors commentary on flu research

January 25, 2012

The author of an upcoming Nature paper about H5N1 argues in a Nature Comment article today that research into deadly pathogenic viruses must continue if pandemics are to be prevented. Read More

UW-Madison reaches 3,000 in total Peace Corps volunteers produced

January 25, 2012

The University of Wisconsin–Madison this year ranks third among large universities nationwide in the number of alumni currently serving as Peace Corps volunteers, up from eighth last year. Read More

Recent sightings: Der Rathskeller

January 25, 2012

On Jan. 24, 2012, patrons collect their made-to-order food from a pickup counter at the newly renovated Der Rathskeller in the… Read More

Wisconsin farm income set a record last year, but high grain prices cut into dairy profits

January 25, 2012

Agriculture continued to be a bright spot in Wisconsin's economy in 2011. Read More