Phi Beta Kappa inducts 129 new members
On Saturday, April 25 the Alpha Chapter of Wisconsin Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Wisconsin–Madison inducted 129 students into membership in a ceremony at Union South. Read More
Music-inspired startup helps public libraries share creative work
For most doctoral students, finishing the dissertation is an all-consuming task. But even as Kelly Hiser was wrapping up her thesis on early electronic musical instruments this past year, she was co-founding a company: Rabble, a digital platform where third-party music libraries can collect, license and exchange creative work within their communities. Read More
What’s cooking? A new campus chef
Most people try to get out of doing dishes. Not Paul Sprunger. Read More
Patrick Sims named vice provost and chief diversity officer
Patrick J. Sims, interim vice provost and chief diversity officer at the University of Wisconsin–Madison since 2013, has been named to the role on a permanent basis. Read More
Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity chapter terminated
The Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity chapter at UW–Madison has been terminated as a student organization for violations of Student Organization Code of Conduct policies. Read More
Students provide feedback and lessons learned for campus master plan
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a campus full of memorable spaces, from Library Mall to the Memorial Union Terrace, from Picnic Point to the lush green rise of Bascom Hill. Each evokes a sense of place — an intimate and profound connection— that draws us to them and gives them meaning. Read More
Carillon bells will play Friday in remembrance
The campus will remember University of Wisconsin–Madison students who passed away during the past summer and academic year 2014-15 during a brief ceremony on Friday, May 8 at 1 p.m. at the Carillon Tower. Read More
UW–Madison’s benefit to state on display at Capitol
Fans chanting “Badgers, Badgers!” can often be heard at the Kohl Center, but on Wednesday the refrain could be in the halls of the State Capitol as UW basketball players Josh Gasser and Nigel Hayes stopped in for a visit. Read More
Recent sightings: Bucky’s Day Off
UW students Chelsea Sheedy (left), Bethany Rahja (center) and Mariel Lopes (right) compete in a race on the moon-walker bungee run during the… Read More
Analysis compares California exchange, commercial health insurance hospital networks
The suspicion that the federal Affordable Care Act reduces options for patients to choose their health care providers proves to be true, according to a new study co-authored by David Weimer, a professor with the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. However, the quality of hospitals in insurance exchange networks was as good or better than those in commercial insurance networks. Read More
VCFA unit employees start diversity conversations
A series of conversations is taking place across campus over the next two weeks focusing on how to make UW–Madison a more welcoming place for students, faculty, staff and the public. Read More
World premiere expresses UW–Madison professor’s feelings about species extinction
In 2012, when UW–Madison music Professor Laura Schwendinger started working on her second string quartet — one that is her response to species extinctions — the Javan Rhino was considered endangered. Now it is the most threatened of the five rhino species, with just 35 remaining in Java, Indonesia. That, says Schwendinger, highlights “just how pressing the issues I wish to present with my quartet are.” Read More
Artist and journalist expound at humanities event
Artist Alfredo Jaar has produced more than 60 monumental public interventions that confront political violence, poverty, exploitation and imbalances of power. Photos:… Read More
As the river rises: Cahokia’s emergence and decline linked to Mississippi River flooding
As with rivers, civilizations across the world rise and fall. Sometimes, the rise and fall of rivers has something to do with it. At Cahokia, the largest prehistoric settlement in the Americas north of Mexico, new evidence suggests that major flood events in the Mississippi River valley are tied to the cultural center’s emergence and ultimately, to its decline. Read More
UW honors noted entrepreneurs with achievement awards
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Entrepreneurial Achievement Awards this year honor a graduate of the Department of Computer Sciences who co-founded the company that’s now WebMD, and a Department of Animal Sciences professor who has turned his patented technologies into startup companies. Read More