Celebrating the contributions that University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty bring to the study of human rights, this semester’s International Institute book series offers diverse perspectives and voices to shed light on these complex issues.
A UW-Madison associate professor of piano will perform all 32 of Beethoven’s piano sonatas in a series of concerts this spring.
Coming soon to the University of Wisconsin-Madison: new solutions for ice fishermen, potato farmers, tailgaters, laptop junkies and airlines – all invented by undergraduates.
Christopher Taylor has two pianos in his campus studio. One has eighty-eight keys; the other has almost twice that many. Taylor, an assistant professor of music, is the unofficial keeper of a double-keyboard Steinway.
Solving the energy crisis has been the topic of conversation for consumers, researchers and politicians alike, particularly since the price of oil reached $100 a barrel earlier this month.
Unraveling the mystery behind why pre-election polls in the New Hampshire presidential primary were so dramatically off-target is the mission of a select panel that includes Charles Franklin, a nationally known polling expert and political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A new statewide project will assess the potential consequences of climate change for Wisconsin’s ecosystems, industries, farms and human health and will recommend adaptation strategies.
February is Black History Month, and it will be celebrated in many different ways at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The shaking felt Thursday afternoon in areas near Lake Mendota was most likely an ice quake, according to University of Wisconsin-Madison geologists. A tremor was recorded by a geology department seismometer at 12:50 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008, and lasted approximately two or three seconds.
Presidential candidates spent $107 million on television advertising so far this season, with nearly all of it spent in the run-up to the earliest primaries and caucuses and almost none of it on Super Tuesday states, a University of Wisconsin-Madison study shows.
That the cell nurturing growth factor interleukin-7 can help ramp up the ability of the immune system to remember the pathogenic villains it encounters is well known.
Individuals with a rare genetic condition known as phenylketonuria, or PKU, receive a difficult-to-follow prescription. They must severely limit their consumption of protein, completely avoiding mealtime staples such as meat, cheese and even bread. Not surprisingly, for many, diet is a constant struggle.
Klaus Berghahn, Department of German, was honored with a Bundesverdienstkreuz Award by the government of Germany in recognition of his service to German studies in the United States in the course of his career. Three certified veterinary technicians at the School of Veterinary Medicine recently attained specialty certification in anesthesia: Mary Graber, Kristen Hunyady and …
An ambitious, international and thoroughgoing search for the next chancellor is under way, with an eye toward having the campus’s next chief executive appointed by June.
A sampling of that paper communication, ranging from posters to leaflets to photographs to alternative newspapers, will be displayed at “Revolution’s Wallpaper,” an exhibit in Memorial Union’s Class of 1925 Gallery from Friday, Feb. 1–Tuesday, March 11.
Although a provision authorizing domestic partner benefits wasn’t included in last year’s final state budget, campus efforts to move the issue forward continue unabated.
University Roundtable has announced its schedule for this spring.
Web conferences, seminars, innovation days and other events are among the opportunities this semester for people interested in learning more about entrepreneurship. The Office of Corporate Relations, Madison Magnet and Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek will host a Web conference series on creating and funding university startups. Each session will be followed by a discussion led by …
University Housing Food Service invites faculty and staff to visit its newly remodeled venue in Chadbourne Hall, named “Rheta’s.”
Two months aboard an ocean-going ship might sound like a luxurious vacation. With 16-hour workdays amid the clamorous hubbub of an industrial drilling rig, however, Harold Tobin’s recent voyage was far from relaxing. Tobin, an associate professor in the geology department, sailed last fall into the western Pacific in a quest to peer into the heart of one of the most active earthquake zones on the planet.