As he heads into his third year on the job as vice provost for diversity and climate, Damon Williams is putting into place what he’s learned about UW–Madison since taking his post. One of the first steps was bringing a range of diversity programs from across campus together in his office, a reorganization that happened this summer.
President Barack Obama will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Tuesday, Sept. 28 as part of a rally organized by the Democratic National Committee.
The Titan Arum — a.k.a. corpse flower — is expected to bloom today (Tuesday, Sept. 21), or possibly tomorrow in the D.C. Smith Greenhouse. Once it starts, the pungent bloom will last for between 24 and 48 hours. The Titan Arum is native to Sumatra and famous for the repulsive odor its mature flower gives …
Sadly, not really. “There’s something very convenient about (baby carrots), and kids seem to enjoy it. It means more people eating vegetables, and I can’t help but think of that as a good thing.” Irwin Goldman, professor of horticulture “It’s like the end of innocence when you find out,” says Irwin Goldman, horticulture professor at …
Students in UW-Madison’s School of Journalism & Mass Communication now have a classroom that will keep pace with their multimedia training.
University Communications photographer Jeff Miller created this time-lapse series of Bascom Hill using photos captured weekly from a fixed location atop Mosse Humanities Building between August 2009 and August 2010.
Anchored in the basic research of academia and charged with generating new biofuels technologies, the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) is a bit of a hybrid.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin will lead a dynamic conversation on Wednesday, Sept. 29, with four UW-Madison faculty at the top of their fields to cut through the chatter and tackle the issues at the core of what it means to live in a democracy in 2010.
Former Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist will give this year’s memorial public affairs lecture in honor of Paul Offner, a Wisconsin lawmaker and national policy expert who died in 2004.
UW-Madison junior Jeffrey Vinokur is passionate about two things: chemistry and a style of hip-hop dancing called “popping.”
Think of it as a high-tech screened porch for astronauts.
A new campus children’s center is set to open in UW–Madison’s University Houses this month.
Leaders from Shanghai’s East China Normal University (ECNU), one of China’s top institutions of teacher training, visited the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Sept. 14 to learn more about the School of Education and discuss possible collaborations in the future.
For years we’ve asked you what you’re looking at in images we provide in Wisconsin Week.
In celebration of Illuminate: Year of the Arts, which launches on Thursday, Sept. 16, some buildings at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will shine more brightly than usual with color washes and projections from 7:15-11 p.m. today (Sept. 14) through Thursday, Sept. 16.
The Center of Rapid Evolution (CORE) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is sponsoring a special event to foster discussion and outreach about how the science of evolution applies to real-world problems.
Panelists from the Madison area and beyond will consider the growing sector “green jobs” and the challenges and opportunities presented for students, mid-career professionals and others seeking environmentally oriented careers in a series of free public discussions this fall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.