UW-Madison establishes center for global health
UW-Madison has established a Center for Global Health, a joint initiative of the UW schools of medicine, nursing, pharmacy and veterinary medicine, and the Division of International Studies.
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Professor elected to national Institute of Medicine
Michael F. Fleming, a professor of family medicine at the UW Medical School, is among the 62 new physicians who have been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Study: Demographer reassesses Japanese marriage slump
It seems obvious to assume that marriage rates are waning in the industrialized world because women are more educated and financially independent than ever before. But sociologists say the connection is hardly so black or white.
Artist in Residence Schuller revisits Strauss’s ‘Till Eulenspiegel’
Gunther Schuller, world-renowned composer, conductor and scholar, presents “Revisiting Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel,” a lecture and demonstration on score interpretation featuring the UW Symphony Orchestra.
UW study shows deer in CWD zone stick to home
White-tailed deer, it seems, are homebodies. That’s the upshot of an intensive UW-Madison study of the traveling behaviors of 173 radio-collared white-tailed deer in south central Wisconsin — a study that has implications for managing chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer herds.
Presentations from Sept. 29 forum available online
Researchers ask hunters to refrain from shooting deer with radio collars
UW-Madison researchers are asking south central Wisconsin deer hunters participating in the fall hunt to refrain from shooting animals with radio collars. The collared animals have been part of an intensive survey of deer behavior and movement and research results from the study promise scientists and wildlife managers better insight into how chronic wasting disease (CWD) is spreading across Wisconsin’s landscape.
MBA program among top schools for teaching on social, environmental issues
The UW-Madison School of Business has been ranked among the world’s top schools for its MBA offerings in social and environmental issues.
Kauffman Foundation chief to speak on campus
Carl Schramm, president and chief executive officer of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, will speak at UW-Madison on Tuesday, Oct. 25, about successful entrepreneurship.
Ugandan human rights leader to deliver Soffa Lecture
Ruth Ojiambo Ochieng, a human rights leader, peace activist and director of Isis-Women’s International Cross-Cultural Exchange (Isis-WICCE), will be this year’s J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished International Visitor.
Space Place, astronomy department plan Mars viewings for public
On Sunday, Oct. 30, Mars will be closest to Earth and at its best place for viewing since August 2003. Its approach and recession will take place over several weeks, from late October to early November, and observing opportunities will be prime.
Professor makes an impact in Sudan human rights
Anthropology professor Sharon Hutchinson wants to expand the bubble that Americans live in.
UW product licensing program produces financial-aid success stories
UW-Madison’s growing FASTrack program helps low-income Wisconsin undergraduates pay for college through grants, small loans and work. One key part of this program, called the “Bucky Grant,” is funded exclusively through royalties from the sales of licensed Wisconsin Badger merchandise — everything from coffee mugs to ‘W’ sweatshirts.
UW Hospital and Clinics named top academic hospital
UW Hospital and Clinics has been named the top-performing academic hospital in the United States, based on a national benchmarking study by the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), an alliance of the top academic health centers in the United States and their affiliated hospitals.
Strauss’ ‘Fledermaus’ to open UW Opera season
The world’s most-performed opera will get a Wisconsin spin this fall, courtesy of the UW-Madison Opera.
Dance students, faculty to show what they can do
As the noted photographer Jacques Lartigue no doubt would testify, human perception changes noticeably depending on whether the perceiver is in front of or behind the camera. UW-Madison dance student Laura Zimmerman will explore that phenomenon through movement in an untitled piece, part of this fall’s annual student concert, Thursday-Saturday, Oct.
Childhood hobby yields photo record of the 20th century
Forty of Jacques Lartigue’s remarkable photographs will be on exhibition at the Chazen Museum of Art beginning on Saturday, Oct. 22.
Madison kids ‘trick or treat’ with campus Greeks
UW-Madison fraternities and sororities will host “Trick-or-Treat with the Greeks,” a unique opportunity for area children to experience a fun and safe Halloween on campus, from 3-6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 26.
Students combine courses, seminar with international internship
Mr. (or Ms.) Smith goes to Washington? Well, perhaps not as a senator but certainly as a UW-Madison student enrolled in the Washington, D.C., “Semester in International Affairs.”
New undergraduate applicant view added
Undergraduate applicants to UW-Madison now have their own view in My UW. The applicant view includes four tabs: My Front Page, Academic, Campus Life, and Financial.