Paula Vandehey ’86 is committed to building safe roads in her community. As director of public works for the city of Appleton, she led the recent reconstruction of Appleton’s College Avenue Bridge, a project that won four state awards and a national award from the American Public Works Association.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, in partnership with a group of national research and education networking organizations, could see a 10-fold increase in research computing capacity, thanks to a new federal stimulus grant.
Eight patients and seven surgeons added up to one big milestone at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics yesterday.
Before the first rocket lights up the night sky on Saturday (July 3), stake out a seat at the Memorial Union Terrace at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and learn about the science behind Rhythm and Booms.
If there is evidence that each of us, in our mind’s eye, has a unique and valuable take on the world, it hangs on walls of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Waisman Center.
With more than 100 billion neurons and billions of other specialized cells, the human brain is a marvel of nature. It is the organ that makes people unique.
Harmful algal blooms, once considered mainly a problem in salt water, have been appearing with increasing severity in the Madison lakes, and a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has geared up to understand the when, where and why of these dangerous “blooms.”
Two researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Limnology won major awards at the recent meeting of the International Association for Great Lakes Research in Toronto.
Five accomplished graduates of the University of Wisconsin-Madison have been named new members of the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) Board of Directors.
University of Wisconsin-Madison ophthalmologists analyzed thousands of eye photographs as part of a large study that says reducing blood lipid levels slows the progression of diabetic retinopathy, the most common diabetic eye problem and a major cause of blindness worldwide.
The world’s oceans, we know, are constantly shaken and stirred by the winds and the tides and other physical forces of nature.
University of Wisconsin-Madison freshman and longtime aviation enthusiast Gregory Oudheusden founded a new club on campus this year to share his passion with fellow students who have the will to fly, but not necessarily the ways or means.
On June 25, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack (right), makes opening remarks during a forum on competition and regulatory issues in the dairy industry at the Memorial Union Theater at UW-Madison. Also pictured are U.S. Senator from Wisconsin Russ Feingold (left) and Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle (center). Photo: Bryce Richter
Cooling for Vilas and Grainger Halls is expected to be impacted by construction at the intersection of University and Park Streets. Facilities, Planning & Management is aware of air conditioning issues in the two buildings on Friday and is working to restore normal cooling. No timetable is yet available. The new cooling issue is unrelated …
The fall semester may seem a long way off, but preparations are already under way for the Chancellor’s Convocation for New Students, and students are invited to become part of the 2010 event.
University Communications will launch a redesigned university home page on Tuesday, June 29.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Assistant Attorney General Christine Varney will talk with reporters during a Friday forum on competition and regulatory issues in the dairy industry.
Cooling on campus began returning to normal in many university buildings after a small explosion at the Charter Street Heating Plant forced a temporary shutdown Wednesday afternoon. But air conditioning in some buildings east of Charter Street could be diminished temporarily as equipment comes up to normal operating levels on Thursday, according to John Harrod, …
Students from five Madison high schools are getting a first-hand view of cutting-edge forensic science and its high-tech tools this week on the campus of Thermo Fisher Scientific. Working shoulder-to-shoulder with University of Wisconsin-Madison chemists and Thermo Fisher engineers, the teenagers will analyze samples taken from a “crime scene” — clothing threads, ink, plastic scraps …