The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s University Theatre wraps up its 2007-08 season with an American classic set in pre-Katrina New Orleans, where everything is hot, from the heavy air to the heady emotions.
Andrew Cohn, director of government and association relations for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), received the Bayh-Dole Award from the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM).
After a decade of newspaper reporting, University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism graduate Allison Hantschel found that the most interesting story she was ever a part of was the one she experienced herself during her years on the Daily Cardinal staff.
The biannual Dinners On Wisconsin! program will strengthen relationships among University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni and current undergraduates when students enjoy home-cooked meals at the homes of graduates and learn about the professional world from alumni with firsthand experience.
For the past five years, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has welcomed hundreds of Wisconsin high school students and teachers to World Cinema Day, a program of the Language Institute and the Wisconsin Film Festival to raise cultural awareness and deepen understanding of diverse perspectives through international film.
May graduates can prepare to “move on” by attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Countdown to Commencement.
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The Wisconsin Alumni Student Board’s (WASB) All-Campus Party (ACP) is proud to announce Talib Kweli as the headline act for this year’s Badger Blowout Concert, presented by UW Credit Union.
A new, massive iceberg has broken from Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf, just east of one discovered on March 17. Senior researcher Matthew Lazzara of the university’s Antarctic Meteorological Research Center found the latest iceberg on polar-orbiting satellite imagery taken this morning, March 30.
Milt McPike’s bedrock values of hard work, education and family made Madison a vastly richer place. We will miss his commitment to young people, his open-hearted service, and the way he inspired generations of students to achieve and succeed.
Ketchup packets, still taped to a hallway wall, spell out the greeting “Happy Birthday Sam” outside the Ogg Hall room of undergraduate resident Samantha Bielen. Bielen celebrated her 19th birthday on March 27 and says of her floor mates, "they all like to make fun of me because I like ketchup with everything!" Photo: Jeff …
Thomas Rockwell Mackie, co-founder, chairman of the board and director of research at TomoTherapy, will speak on faculty entrepreneurship on Wednesday, April 2, beginning at 5 p.m. The event, part of the Gilson Discovery Series hosted by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, is free and open to the public.
Cutting-edge graduate student research in communications will be highlighted during a one-day conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Friday, April 4.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will offer a science smorgasbord to the public at the sixth annual Science Expeditions on Saturday, April 5.
Damon Williams has been named vice provost for diversity and climate, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s chief diversity officer. He will start on Aug. 1.
Four University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty members are recipients of the 2008 Hilldale Awards, which annually recognize excellence in teaching, research and service.
Steve Stern, Alberto Flores Galindo Professor of History, was appointed vice provost for faculty and staff, Provost Patrick Farrell has announced.
The Office of Campus Information Security (OCIS) has announced a new Web site to address the growing risk of data exposure that UW–Madison and other institutions face.
Registration is still open for Showcase, the free annual event that gives campus staff members an opportunity to share best practices, with a goal of improving work processes, learning environment and the campus climate in academic and administrative areas.
Ecologist and MacArthur Fellow Lisa Curran will discuss the use of biofuels in Borneo, a large island in southeast Asia, in a free public lecture at 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 7, in 180 Science Hall.