Rukhsana Khan to receive 2011 Charlotte Zolotow Award
"Big Red Lollipop" by Rukhsana Khan has been selected as the 2011 winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award for outstanding writing in a picture book, to be presented March 5, by the Cooperative Children's Book Center, a library of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Brilliant minds to come together at Big Learning Event
Sometimes great ideas come from asking interesting questions and making connections with people who are completely different from you.
UW-Madison composer premieres innovative work at Carnegie Hall
Using instruments such as a junked automobile and the "sonic canvas" of a concert hall itself, the American Composers Orchestra wants to re-imagine the scope of a modern orchestra. Next month at New York's Carnegie Hall, the ensemble will fuse light and sound in a major new work by a University of Wisconsin–Madison composer.
Researcher awarded $1.5 million to study ‘models of success’ at minority-serving institutions
Clifton Conrad, a professor in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, along with Marybeth Gasman of the University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded a three-year, $1.5 million grant from Lumina Foundation for Education, USA Funds and the Kresge Foundation.
Foundation funds housing research of three UW–Madison faculty members
Three researchers with the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison received honors from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to explore the role housing plays in the long-term health and well-being of children, families and communities.
Darwin celebration expands to three days
Forget the finches and orchids. UW–Madison’s 2011 Darwin Day celebration is all about you, Homo sapiens.
Academic advising web chat scheduled for Feb. 15
Do you have questions about courses, majors and advising? UW–Madison wants to help.
StoryCorps to take part in UW–Madison Peace Corps event
StoryCorps, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to recording, preserving, and sharing the stories of Americans from all backgrounds and beliefs, will visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison from March 24-26 as part of "Peace Corps and Africa: 50 Years," an event honoring and assessing a half-century of volunteer service.
Dean of students: Vote in Feb. 15 primary election
Tuesday, Feb. 15 is Election Day. Wisconsin voters will have the chance to make their voices heard in several important state, county and local races.
Program merges dual interests in science and policy
Melding of mind and policy matters is all in a day's work for the graduate students in the Neuroscience and Public Policy program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Year of the Arts events shine spotlight all over campus
The Year of the Arts will roll through spring semester with enticing performances and events that showcase the breadth, depth, power and purpose of the arts on campus.
WARF Gilson business panel focuses on high-tech first steps
A panel of experts will discuss the first steps in starting a high-tech business at the WARF Gilson Bootstrapping seminar being held at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 9 in the Town Center of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, 330 N. Orchard St.
Battle of the bands helps preview new Union South
In anticipation of the new Union South, UW–Madison will hold a battle of the bands to help preview the facility’s state-of-the-art music venue Tuesday, Feb. 15 at the Memorial Union.
Report assesses climate change impacts, adaptation strategies
A statewide collaborative of scientists and diverse stakeholders is proposing a multitude of measures to help protect and enhance Wisconsin's natural resources, economic vitality, and public well-being as the state's climate becomes warmer and wetter.
Panel explores WikiLeaks fallout
State secrets, information freedom, and technology's contentious role in democracy will be probed by three UW–Madison professors Thursday, Feb. 10 at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
From snowblowers to automotive improvements: Student innovators prepare to compete
UW-Madison undergraduate student inventors will display 22 inventions as part of the annual Innovation Days competitions, to be held Feb. 10 and 11 in Engineering Hall on the College of Engineering campus. The inventors will present their ideas and demonstrate prototypes in hopes of earning a share of more than $27,000 in prizes in the Schoofs Prize for Creativity and Tong Prototype Prize competitions.
Art from above: Satellites see Wisconsin
Few know that the genesis of observing the Earth's weather from space is a Wisconsin idea.
Academic staff institute offers professional development tools
UW System Board of Regents President Charles Pruitt will give his bird’s eye view of public higher education in Wisconsin during this year’s Academic Staff…