Chinese students, scholars set to ring in New Year
Legend has it that Buddha invited all the animals to meet him on the first day of the New Year. Only a dozen came. Buddha assigned a year to each of the twelve, and announced that people born in a particular year would assume some of the characteristics of its animal. Read More
MBA ranks 51st among U.S. schools in Financial Times ranking
The UW–Madison School of Business ranked 51st among all U.S. business schools - and 19th among schools at American public universities - in rankings of full-time MBA programs released today by the London-based Financial Times. The school was not ranked in 2005. Read More
UW-Madison ranks as top-producing Peace Corps institution
Alumni of UW–Madison and the Peace Corps continue to have a strong historical bond. Since the program's inception in 1961, UW–Madison has produced thousands of volunteers. And today, for the 20th consecutive year, UW–Madison takes the top spot, with 104 volunteers currently serving in the field. Read More
From 2D blueprint, material assembles into novel 3D nanostructures
An international team of scientists affiliated with the UW–Madison Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center has coaxed a self-assembling material into forming never-before-seen, three-dimensional nanoscale structures, with potential applications ranging from catalysis and chemical separation to semiconductor manufacturing. Read More
Fresh approaches needed to activist-academic alliances
Blending research with grassroots advocacy sounds like a smart idea. But in practice, says a sociologist at UW–Madison, partnerships between the worlds of academia and activism often end up lopsided. Read More
Ice sailors build community through boats
The fellowship of iceboaters on campus is broad, and its community spans many academic disciplines. Right now, about eight UW–Madison faculty and staff are active in iceboating through Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club (4LIYC). Read More
Canine cancer vaccine shows early promise
It wasn't publicized, other than by word of mouth, and still the UW–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine was overwhelmed with requests. Since 1998, the school's oncology department has been producing an anti-cancer vaccine for dogs diagnosed with melanoma. Read More
Survey analyzes Wisconsin, Upper Peninsula logging sector
Private woodland owners provide the majority of timber harvested in Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and most owners choose to selectively cut, rather than clearcut, their woodlands, according to a study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Michigan State University. Read More
Scientist brings international connections to UW stem cell work
Growing up in the Brazilian state of Goiana, Gabriela Cezar was deep in cattle country. And as far back as she can remember, she wanted to be a veterinarian. “My father was head of the national beef cattle research center in Brazil, so I was always exposed to animals,”said Cezar, who earned her veterinary medicine degree in her native country and has additional graduate degrees from Scotland’s University of Edinburgh and UW–Madison. But Cezar’s career path took a turn toward stem cell research early on. Read More
Study: Mentors make or break student success
Students in science often joke that finding a good research advisor can be almost as tricky as finding the perfect spouse. UW–Madison has a project in place that helps maximize the student-mentor relationship — especially in the sciences, where such partnerships can make or break careers. Read More
Canada and Canada-U.S. relations will get spotlight Feb. 1-2
Canada, the world's second-largest country in total area, and Wisconsin's most important international trading partner, will be the focus of a series of talks and a film on Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 1-2, at UW–Madison. Read More
Conference addresses access, affordability in higher education
Access to American higher education and the ability of students to afford college will be the topics of a Feb. 1 conference at UW–Madison. Read More
UW scientists unravel mystery of how flu viruses replicate
With the help of a long-studied flu virus, an electron microscope and a novel idea of how the virus aligns segments of RNA as it prepares to make virions, the particles a virus creates and sends forth to infect cells, one major puzzle of flu virus replication has been resolved. Read More
Australian consul-general to visit campus
Bob Charles, Australia's consul-general in Chicago, will visit UW–Madison on Jan. 31 and meet with the chancellor, the dean of international studies, as well as students, faculty and staff. Read More
Mining for gems in the fungal genome
Ever since penicillin, a byproduct of a fungal mold, was discovered in 1929, scientists have scrutinized fungi for other breakthrough drugs. As reported Jan. 20 in the Journal of Chemistry and Biology, a team led by a UW–Madison researcher has developed a new method that may speed the ongoing quest for medically useful compounds in fungi. Read More
Cancer claims seminal figure in the study of black literature
Nellie Y. McKay, a pioneer in the field of Afro-American studies and Evjue Professor of American and African-American Literature at UW–Madison, died Sunday, Jan. 22 of colon cancer. A native of New York City and the daughter of immigrants from the West Indies, McKay occupied a unique position in the study of Afro-American literature. Read More
Visual artist Buckingham in residence this spring
The UW–Madison Arts Institute welcomes New York-based visual artist Matthew Buckingham as its Spring 2006 Artist in Residence. Read More
Wisconsin athletic program earns diversity award
UW-Madison was one of 10 NCAA Division I-A athletic departments and the only Big Ten school to receive the Diversity in Athletics Award presented annually by the Laboratory for Diversity in Sport at Texas A&M University. This is the first time the Badger program was recognized. Read More