Robust number of first-generation students in Class of 2012
Incoming students at UW–Madison are traditionally strong academically and very active in activities outside the classroom. But in recent years, the university is also gaining a reputation for admitting a significant group of first-generation students, or students whose parents did not earn a college degree. Among this year’s class of 5,774 new students, 1,170 carry this distinction. Read More
Practical experience for law students garners national attention
Real-world work for students has brought honors to the Law School. Read More
Curiosities: How do public health officials determine which strain of influenza to create vaccines for each year?
This year’s influenza vaccine in the United States contains three strains of the influenza virus. Last March, experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease… Read More
Research on human embryonic stem cells marks 10-year milestone
Ten years ago today (Nov. 6, 1998), the publication in the journal Science of a short paper entitled "Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Derived from Human Blastocysts" rocked biology - and the world - as the all-purpose stem cell and its possibilities were ushered into the limelight. Read More
Recent sightings: Voting on campus
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Flu shot availability begins Nov. 3
The Environment, Health and Safety Department will again offer a variety of times and locations for on-campus flu shot clinics. Read More
Union Theater: Busy with an eclectic lineup
The Wisconsin Union Theater has a knack for booking some of the hottest and most interesting performers around. That talent will be obvious in the next few weeks, as the theater is especially busy with an eclectic lineup that includes world music, tap dance, Cajun folk music, and songs and ballads with medieval and contemporary influences. Read More
Union Theater commits to ‘going green’ with new Web site
The Wisconsin Union Theater launches a new, powerful, content-rich Web site. Read More
Study: Flies may help humans make up for lost sleep
Fruit flies have been used in many kinds of medical research for years, but the joint lab of School of Medicine and Public Health psychiatrists Chiara Cirelli and Giulio Tononi was one of the first in the world to use them as a model for human sleep. Read More
Professor spends 25 years making ‘prejudice puzzle’
In the 1980s, when equal rights were becoming a cultural norm in America, many psychology researchers encountered people who would respond in interviews that they were not prejudiced, yet their actions would still reflect a bias. The pessimists in the field would conclude that they simply were lying. But UW–Madison psychology professor Patricia Devine saw things differently. Read More
School for aspiring vegetable growers set for January on campus
Aspiring fresh market vegetable growers can learn the fundamentals of the business from veteran growers and other experts at the 2009 Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers, Jan. 16-18, at UW–Madison. Read More
Conference to celebrate a decade of stem cell research
The Wisconsin Academy, along with UW–Madison and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), will host a free, two-day event to highlight the accomplishments of stem cell research in the state and to examine future stem cell issues. Read More
Mark your calendar for Campus Brand Forum
This year’s Campus Brand Forum will examine the Wisconsin School of Business, focusing on how a major campus entity took the unconventional route of re-branding by “un-” branding. Read More
Australian professor to speak on gun buybacks, top incomes
Andrew Leigh, an associate professor at the Research School of Social Science at the Australian National University, will discuss taxation data and income inequality in “Why Should We Care About Top Incomes?” at 4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 17, at the Pyle Center. Read More
Thanksgiving dinners available by order from Wisconsin Union
The Wisconsin Union will make the holidays tasty and convenient again this year with its “Thanksgiving-to-Go” dinners. Read More
UWPD makes case log available online
The UW Police Department is now posting its daily case log online to make it easier for community members to learn about the types of incidents occurring on campus. Read More
Assemblies offer chance to learn more about plans for new south campus union
Campus and community members are invited to learn about the development of the new south campus union and the plans for the interim while Union South is being removed and the new building is under construction. Read More
Milestones
2008-09 faculty promotions and new appointments New tenure-track faculty College of Agricultural and Life Sciences: Alessandro Senes, biochemistry; Franco Milani, food science; Yiqun Weng, horticulture;… Read More
Several opportunities to say goodbye to Union South planned
Students, faculty, staff and community members will have several chances to say goodbye to Union South, which will be decommissioned in December and demolished in early 2009. Read More