Exhibit explores state of science at time of Darwin’s book
“Science Circa 1859: On the Eve of Darwin’s Origin of Species,” opening Monday, Nov. 23, in the Department of Special Collections at Memorial Library, explores the state of science before Charles Darwin’s groundbreaking book arrived on the scene 150 years ago. Read More
Slide show: Rail Jam at Memorial Union
More than 30 local skiers and snowboarders competed for fun and prizes on 20 tons of man-made snow during the Hoofer Ski and Snow Board Club's first Hoofer Rail Jam at the Memorial Union Terrace on Nov. 19, 2009. Read More
Like humans, ants use bacteria to make their gardens grow
Leaf-cutter ants, which cultivate fungus for food, have many remarkable qualities. Read More
Sweet corn story begins in UW–Madison lab
This week, scientists are revealing the genetic instructions inside corn, one of the big three cereal crops. Corn, or maize, has one of the most complex sequences of DNA ever analyzed, says University of Wisconsin–Madison genomicist David Schwartz, who was one of more than 100 authors in the article in the journal Science. Read More
After mastodons and mammoths, a transformed landscape
Roughly 15,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, North America's vast assemblage of large animals - including such iconic creatures as mammoths, mastodons, camels, horses, ground sloths and giant beavers - began their precipitous slide to extinction. Read More
Evolution institute named for pioneering UW–Madison geneticist
A few days before the 150th anniversary of the "Origin of Species," Charles Darwin's epochal book on evolution, plans for a new evolution institute moved closer to final approval at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More
UW-Madison receives $9.5 million Gates Foundation grant
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has received a five-year, $9.5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to identify virus mutations that would serve as early warnings of potential pandemic influenza viruses. Read More
Post-9/11 GI Bill advances available to students
The Post-9/11 GI Bill is a new education benefit that will provide tuition and financial support to veterans attending institutions of higher education. Due to… Read More
Engineers Without Borders at UW–Madison wins United Nations award
Work on a project to provide a Haitian community with hydroelectric power has won the University of Wisconsin–Madison's chapter of Engineers Without Borders a prestigious United Nations engineering award. Read More
SoHE renovation: A world of textiles, a sea of boxes
During the School of Human Ecology’s extensive renovation process, scheduled to begin in January, the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection will move to an off-campus storage facility. How the pieces get there, and what happens next, may be as interesting as the textiles themselves. Read More
Groups prepare proposal for entrepreneurship certificate
The Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship, Initiative for Studies In Transformational Entrepreneurship (INSITE) and the Wisconsin School of Business are preparing a proposal for a graduate certificate in entrepreneurship and innovation. Read More
Order Thanksgiving to go by Nov. 20
The Wisconsin Union is again offering its Thanksgiving-To-Go dinners. Pre-cooked turkey, ham and vegetarian dinners with all the trimmings are available to order until Friday, Nov. 20. Read More
UWPD plans safety conference
The University Police Department will hold its fourth annual Badger Watch Safety Conference from 7:45–3:45 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 7, at the Memorial Union. Read More
Police urge pedestrians to heed construction warnings
University police are asking employees, students and campus visitors to heed the messages on construction signs and fences and resist that temptation to take shortcuts through those areas. Read More
Coming up on the Big Ten Network
Following is a look at the UW–Madison-related programming scheduled for the next three weeks on the Big Ten Network. Read More
Flu continues on campus
Cases of H1N1 influenza have been trending upward among students in recent weeks, according to University Health Services (UHS). Read More
Visions of biological imaging drive researcher
As a young microbiology graduate student, Kevin Eliceiri met a professor just recruited to UW–Madison, a highly regarded geneticist and imaging expert named John White, now professor emeritus of anatomy and molecular biology. Read More