Directorate gives students chance to take charge
If you are one of the 14,000 people passing through the Union’s doors each day, and if while you there have enjoyed music on the Terrace, strolled through a Union art gallery, attended a performance at the Union Theater, taken a minicourse, read Illumination and Emmie magazines, learned something at a Distinguished Lecture or had a sailing lesson from Hoofers, you need to thank one of the hard-working student volunteers from WUD, the Wisconsin Union Directorate. Read More
Celebrate Greenbush Day on March 23
Current and former residents of Madison’s historic Greenbush neighborhood and their neighbors in the university community will be gathering for the fourth annual Greenbush Day celebration on Tuesday, March 23. Read More
UW Foundation leader wins advancement award
Andrew A. “Sandy” Wilcox, president of the University of Wisconsin Foundation, is one of two widely respected professionals who have made valuable contributions to the educational foundation field who are this year's recipients of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Commonfund Institutionally Related Foundation awards. Read More
Slide show: Lost—The Winter Episode
Is it any wonder that Wisconsinites lose possessions during our seemingly endless winter? Pay attention when walking on campus, as senior university photographer Jeff Miller did recently, and you’ll spot all sorts of lost items. Read More
From raw biomass, chemical process produces simple, fermentable sugars
A University of Wisconsin–Madison research team has developed a promising new chemical method to liberate the sugar molecules trapped inside inedible plant biomass, a key step in the creation of cellulosic biofuels. Read More
Veterinary students host symposium
More than 1,500 students from across the United States will descend on Madison from March 11-13 as the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine becomes the latest university to host the SAVMA Symposium. Read More
Where the invasive things are — and where they could be
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Center for Limnology have launched a new Web site to help assess the threat of aquatic invasive species in Wisconsin's lakes. Read More
WiCell marks stem cell anniversary with WISC Bank expansion
A year after President Barack Obama issued a landmark executive order to remove eight years of limitations on U.S. federal funding of stem cell research, the WiCell Research Institute has expanded the number of cell lines available through its WISC Bank to 33. Read More
Students awarded scholarships for entrepreneurship
Jeffrey Vinokur knows a thing or two about being self-taught. Read More
Celebrating 25 years at UW–Madison’s Biotechnology Center
On Wednesday, March 10, the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus community and guests will join in celebrating 25 years of operation at the UW–Madison Biotechnology Center. Read More
World Languages Day expands with special community event
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has always been a leader in language instruction and study abroad activities. Community members will now have a chance to experience what thousands of Wisconsin high school students have learned over the past decade: language and culture add meaning to our lives. Read More
Weather Guys get new platform at Why Files Web site
The Weather Guys - two University of Wisconsin–Madison professors of atmospheric sciences - will now appear at The Why Files, a Web site that covers science behind the headlines. Read More
Dance party to benefit child care center
“The Beatles & The Beetles” combines a live concert dance party and some creepy, crawly fun in a benefit for Bernie’s Place Child Care Center,… Read More
Wisconsin teen poetry slam team selected, members get ready to go national
The six top-scoring competitors from last week's Wisconsin Youth Poetry Slam Team finals are gearing up to compete at the Brave New Voices spoken-word international competition in Los Angeles in July. Read More
Remarkable new images show a 4-D view of the heart
What does the racing heart of someone in love - or on a fast treadmill - really look like? Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) now have pictures that are better than anything that's come before. Read More
Chancellor signs partnership linking UW–Madison with Kazakhstan
A newly created partnership will increase cooperation between the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a new university in Kazakhstan. Read More
Obama nominates UW–Madison professor to National Board for Education Sciences
President Barack Obama has announced that he will nominate Adam Gamoran as a member of the National Board for Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education. Read More
New book explores widespread, troubling legacy of synthetic chemicals
Environmental historian Nancy Langston started her latest book planning to highlight the lasting legacy of manufactured chemicals that touched the lives of millions of Americans in the 1950s and 1960s. Read More