The person behind the building: Lowell Evan Noland
Professor Lowell Evan Noland is remembered for the impact he had on the lives of his students and the interdisciplinary genius he brought to his UW–Madison zoology classrooms. Read More
Journalism school to honor alumni communicators for work
Marketing and strategic communication will take center stage at this year’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication annual awards dinner. Read More
Hilldale Awards honor four faculty members
Four professors will receive the Hilldale Award, the university’s top honor for faculty members. Read More
We Conserve: Be the We
This column features the We Conserve program and its work on campus. Learn more at http://www.conserve.wisc.edu. In a recent conversation with a student on… Read More
Register now for Crazylegs
The 29th annual Crazylegs Classic will take place in Madison and around the U.S. on Saturday, April 24. Read More
Coming up on the Big Ten Network
The following UW–Madison programming is scheduled for the Big Ten Network in the coming weeks. Read More
Book sale planned for April 7–10
The largest used book sale in Wisconsin will be held Wednesday–Saturday, April 7–10, in Room 116 of the Memorial Library. Read More
Chancellor announces second round of Madison Initiative awards
Chancellor Biddy Martin has identified seven projects - ranging from enhanced advising services to better services for students with special needs - to be the first to receive funding in the second round of the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates program. Read More
Professional development tools offered at institute for academic staff
Academic staff members will have opportunities to brush up on important issues, learn new skills and techniques, and learn about organizations and programs available to them during this year’s academic staff institute. Read More
Education Building serves as model for green projects
In addition to providing a contemporary home for the School of Education, the Education Building Renovation and Addition Project has become a learning laboratory for how to do environmentally sound capital projects. Read More
Molecular biologist receives Stephen Jay Gould Prize
Sean Carroll, a University of Wisconsin–Madison molecular biologist and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, has been named the recipient of the 2010 Stephen Jay Gould Prize, an award given in recognition of exemplary efforts to advance public understanding of evolutionary science. Read More
UW-Madison is key to Madison’s push for Google Fiber project
Madison and dozens of other cities are rolling out their red carpets this spring for Google, hoping that the technology giant will select them as the test site for its high-speed broadband network. Read More
Second Badger Family Spring Visit draws families to campus
The Parent Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is taking over the month of April and inviting families of students to stop by campus to welcome spring. Read More
Conference, concert, exhibits mark 40th anniversary of Earth Day
Environmental advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., bestselling author Margaret Atwood and SC Johnson chair and CEO Fisk Johnson will be among the notables to speak at what promises to be among the nation's biggest Earth Day celebrations, to be held Tuesday-Wednesday, April 20-21, in Madison. Read More
49-year-old Renaissance man wants to make surgery his new career
What else can a former carpenter, landscaper, magazine editor, beekeeper and chicken farmer possibly do with his life? Read More
Study explores link between sunlight, multiple sclerosis
For more than 30 years, scientists have known that multiple sclerosis (MS) is much more common in higher latitudes than in the tropics. Because sunlight is more abundant near the equator, many researchers have wondered if the high levels of vitamin D engendered by sunlight could explain this unusual pattern of prevalence. Read More
Professional development tools offered at institute for academic staff
Academic staff members will have opportunities to brush up on important issues, learn new skills and techniques, and learn about organizations and programs available to them during this year’s academic staff institute. Read More
Showcase will offer approaches for addressing complex issues
Helping each other find ways to address complex issues that travel across traditional campus boundaries will be a primary focus of Showcase 2010. Read More
Grant to establish undergraduate Russian Flagship Center
The University of Wisconsin–Madison will continue to be a national leader in language learning with the recent award of nearly $1 million from the National Security Education Program to establish an undergraduate Russian Flagship Center. Read More