With the Senate Judiciary Committee opening confirmation hearings on John Roberts, President Bush’s nominee to become chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, UW-Madison has experts able to provide analysis and insight on the process and issues involved.
Some 3,000 flags on UW-Madison’s Bascom Hill will pay poignant honor this weekend to the victims of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and aboard an aircraft over Pennsylvania in on Sept. 11, 2001.
Josh Fischman, deputy editor for U.S. News & World Report, has been named the first Biomedical and Public Health Writer in Residence by UW-Madison.
Wisconsin’s rivers, lakes, wetlands and groundwater are invaluable resources that affect every Wisconsin citizen. But while the ecology of lakes, streams and wetlands has been extensively studied, knowledge of springs ecology in Wisconsin and elsewhere is limited.
The School of Veterinary Medicine will sponsor the 22nd annual Dog Jog Benefit for Homeless Animals on Sunday, Sept. 18.
According to Mary Beltrán, assistant professor of communication arts and Chican@ and Latin@ studies at UW-Madison, Hispanics, both in the United States and worldwide, are becoming a demographic force that Hollywood must reckon with.
Four leading economists will share their insights and predictions and explore factors affecting the economy for the remainder of 2005 and into 2006 at the UW-Madison’s Economic Outlook at the Fluno Center on the UW-Madison campus Friday, September 16.
The conference “Looking Toward the Future: Discrimination and Prejudice in the 21st Century” will be held at the Wisconsin Union on Sept. 15-18 and will feature more than 30 national researchers on the topic.
Runners participating in Ironman Wisconsin on Sunday, Sept. 11, will be taking a slightly different route through the UW-Madison campus than in previous years, due to ongoing construction projects and related traffic detours.
For the past month, newspaper, radio and television reports have blasted the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the way in which it has addressed the following legal cases. The majority of the coverage has been inaccurate and incomplete. Tonight, the Fox News Channel program “The O’Reilly Factor” will take another shot at the university. UW-Madison officials believe the public is entitled to an accurate report that outlines the status of these cases. The following statement has been shared Wednesday with Fox News.
An article published in the Sept. 8, 2005 New England Journal of Medicine sheds new light on the $130 billion smoking cessation plan proposed in the Department of Justice suit against the tobacco companies. The tobacco cessation plan was embroiled in controversy when Department of Justice attorneys reduced the amount proposed for the smoking cessation remedy from $130 billion over 25 years to $10 billion over five years.
Mobility is the new mantra for student technology usage on campus, according to an annual survey that finds laptop computer ownership about to surpass desktop computers and an expanding interest in wireless access.
The UW System will weather another significant budget cut over the next two years. Similar reductions in state support for higher education across the country have prompted universities to critically examine their ability to fulfill core missions of teaching, research, and service.
An ongoing upgrade of central campus utilities has prompted UW-Madison officials to ask pedestrians and motorists to avoid congested campus construction zones, if possible.
Playing with fire Painting the nighttime sky with streaks of fire, Madison resident Miranda Knox dances on Library Mall to the beat of music being played by a nearby capoiera student group. Both Knox and the capoiera group were present for Global Village, a Wisconsin Welcome event showcasing international student organizations and the cultures of …
Employee Compensation and Benefits Services (EC&BS) and the Office of Human Resource Development (OHRD) will work together this year to present the annual UW Employees Benefits Fair on Tuesday, Oct. 11.
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Honored Lyn Abramson, psychology professor, was named Sigmund Freud Professor of Psychology effective July 1. The professorship includes $75,000 of flexible research support over five years. Georgia Benkart and Yongbin Ruan, professors in the Department of Mathematics, were named the first Edward Burr Van Vleck Professors of Mathematics. The designation includes a $100,000 research grant …
Badger football fans helped raise $59,478.54 for American Red Cross hurricane relief efforts during the Bowling Green game on Saturday, Sept 3. In addition to monetary contributions, UW-Madison is opening its doors to help students enrolled at universities closed by the hurricane.
Since 1965 town and gown have converged in music, courtesy the UW-Madison Choral Union. Anyone is welcome to audition; this year, director Beverly Taylor will hold the tryouts for sopranos and tenors on Wednesday, Sept. 7, and for altos and bass on Thursday, Sept. 8.