The University of Wisconsin-Madison will honor more than 30 adult students at a reception on Wednesday, April 30, with awards and scholarships that recognize their academic excellence and contributions to the community.
Pioneering University of Wisconsin-Madison stem cell scientist James Thomson was elected today (April 29) to the National Academy of Sciences.
Photos: Jeff Miller UW-Madison’s human powered vehicle team competed against teams from around the country at Sauk Prairie Airport on April 26 as pat of the 25th annual American Society of Mechanical Engineers Human Powered Vehicle Challenge (HPVC). The UW-Madison team competed in the 10-kilometer utility race, which included obstacles and a grocery delivery task. …
For the second straight year, students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison flexed their entrepreneurial muscle as they turned surplus materials into new creations.
For Ahna Skop, the tipping point to a career in science was a dance and a food fight.
A geoscience visualization lab that opened last week in Weeks Hall will add a new dimension to geology research and education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
On Friday, May 2, UW-Madison will welcome Hollywood producer Walter Mirisch back to campus with two special events.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Emeritus of Geography Yi-Fu Tuan will discuss his latest book, “Human Goodness” (University of Wisconsin Press), at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, at University Book Store-Hilldale, 702 N. Midvale Blvd.
In May, 14 striking, larger-than-life photographic prints that are both comfortingly organic and starkly abstract will enable patrons of Mother Fool’s Coffeehouse in Madison to visualize a scientific world that’s rarely seen outside the laboratory.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor John Wiley will honor more than 100 of the university’s most accomplished undergraduates tonight (April 28) at the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Award Ceremony.
It’s a dream of many to learn on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) again this spring offers the opportunity to turn those dreams into reality for those who lived the dream years ago, or for anyone wants a campus experience.
The Wisconsin Alumni Association has selected University of Wisconsin-Madison history professor Jeremi Suri as the 2008 recipient of the Ken and Linda Ciriacks Faculty Outreach Excellence Award.
Outgoing Chancellor John D. Wiley is asking students to write an essay about their lives at the university, with the winner being given the honor of addressing 5,500 new students from the floor of the Kohl Center at the Chancellor’s Convocation on Aug. 29. The deadline for submissions is Friday, May 2.
The dean of students is urging students to stay safe during the Mifflin Street Block Party on Saturday, May 3.
The Academic Advancement Program and the AAP Student Organization are holding a fundraiser for Centro Campesino Farmworker Center Inc.
Two University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduates are among the contestants competing for thousands of dollars in cash and prizes this week on Wheel of Fortune’s College Week, airing April 28-May 2.
The joyous, colorful, energetic and out-of-this-world spectacle of the circus can’t help but capture an artist’s imagination. That exuberance will take center ring in the Chazen Museum of Art when it presents two circus-themed exhibitions: “Ringmaster: Judy Onofrio and the Art of the Circus,” and “Harry A. Atwell, Circus Photographer.”
Students Jenny Corbett, left, and Sydney Sattell, right, compete in a race on the moon-walker bungee run April 23 on Library Mall at Bucky’s State Fair, one of the events featured during this year’s All-Campus Party. Photo: Bryce Richter
How we think about a disaster stems from the origin of the word itself: “Disastro” is the Latin word meaning “from the stars.”
Stan Rose, president and CEO of Roche NimbleGen, a manufacturer of gene chips for pharmaceutical research, will speak about successful exit strategies for start-up companies on Monday, April 28 at 5 p.m. at the Fluno Center, 601 University Avenue. The event is free and open to the public as part of the Gilson Discovery Series hosted by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF).