Teaching evaluation booklet contains errors
Students registering for classes this coming semester should be aware of errors in the summaries of teaching evaluations compiled by the Associated Students of Madison. Attempts are being made by ASM to retrieve the booklets and correct the errors. Read More
Students make heavy use of online software catalog
Students from throughout UW System and the Wisconsin Technical College System schools ordered more than 2,000 software products in the opening days of the Wisconsin Integrated Software Catalog. Read More
UIR grant programs fuel technology transfer
Two innovative campus grant programs help plug a gap between traditional federal and private funding sources. Read More
Seminar on careers for women in finance Nov. 19
A panel of six successful business women will discuss their careers in finance at a Read More
Attorney takes fee case to the high court
It's the ultimate experience for a lawyer - arguing a case before the U.S, Supreme Court. Susan Ullman will achieve that career peak as she defends the university's student fee system before the high court Nov. 9. Read More
UW Children’s Hospital debuts online ‘universe’ for patients
While staying in the hospital is no child's idea of fun, the recent installation at UW Children's Hospital of Starbright World, a high-tech onscreen 'universe' can relieve some of the loneliness, isolation and pain that comes with being in the hospital. Read More
Supreme Court hears student fees case
The nation turned its attention on UW–Madison Nov. 9 as the university defended its mandatory student fee system before the U.S. Supreme Court. Read More
Study suggests link between HIV treatment, heart disease
According to the results of a pilot study conducted by physicians at the UW Medical School, protease inhibitors - key ingredients of the more popularly known 'AIDS cocktail' that has returned countless HIV patients to health - may also be putting them at risk of developing coronary artery disease. Read More
Mobile doppler radar visits campus
“Doppler on Wheels,” a state-of-the-art radar platform used primarily to study severe weather, is at the university this week in support of… Read More
Flu shots available to students, staff
University Health Services will administer flu shots to students, faculty and staff at the Union South satellite clinic on Monday, Nov. 8 and Tuesday, Nov. 9, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. No appointment is necessary, but faculty and staff pay a fee for vaccination. Read More
Neville Public Museum, UW–Madison host day of discovery
Visitors to the Neville Public Museum on Wednesday, Nov. 17, may find a new experience around every corner, like the chance to extract DNA from a plant, study strange Lake Michigan critters or examine Martian meterorites. Read More
ROTC units schedule Veterans Day activities
The university's Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) units will mark Veterans Day, Thursday, Nov. 11, with several activities. Read More
Afro-American Studies to lead new consortium
The university will administer a four-university black studies consortium under a new grant from the Ford Foundation. Read More
New humanities center to foster collaboration
A new Humanities Center will take an interdisciplinary approach to improve partnerships and interaction between humanities and other disciplines on campus. Read More
He was a Nazi youth: Professor emeritus comes to terms with past
After he had joined the National Socialist Jungvolk in 1938, Jurgen Herbst began to realize that something was profoundly wrong in that organization, and, in fact, everywhere in Nazi Germany. Herbst, professor emeritus of history and educational policy, outlines his ideological transformation in 'Requiem for a German Past: A Boyhood Among the Nazis,' just published by the UWPress. Read More
Investment board leader to speak at retirement meeting
Patricia Lipton, executive director of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, plans to explain the workings of the board Thursday, Nov. 11, at the fall general meeting of the UW–Madison Retirement Association. Read More
Madison Initiative hiring program moves ahead
University officials are seeking authorization to recruit up to 32 new faculty in clusters of emerging areas of knowledge. The UW System Board of Regents' Education Committee will consider the request at its meeting Thursday, Nov. 4. Read More
Gulbrandsen appointed managing director of WARF
Carl Gulbrandsen has been appointed the managing director of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, a non-profit agency that commercializes intellectual property for the university. Read More
Three examples of UIR-funded projects
Three examples of more than 200 projects funded by UIR grants that illustrate the leveraging of state money and the entrepreneurship of the university's research community. Read More
Latino film festival to debut this weekend
Film screenings and panel discussions will inaugurate a new Latino Film Festival on campus Nov. 5-6. Read More