Student Groups Benefit From Faculty Guidance
Interaction between faculty, staff and students does not have to end in the classroom. Read More
McKay’s Anthology Nominated for Image Award
Nellie McKay, professor of Afro-American Studies and English, and her 10 co-editors last week received another honor for their recently published anthology of African American literature. Read More
Latino Realities Topic of Latino Lecture Series
The University of Wisconsin–Madison will sponsor a semester-long Latino lecture series featuring distinguished guest scholars. Read More
UT King Lear Gets Back to Shakespearean Basics
The UT version of Lear will offer high-octane Shakespeare for the students working on the production and the audiences that eventually will see it. Read More
MBA Curriculum Receives Tune-Up for 21st Century
The School of Business has opened the hood of its M.B.A. curriculum, gone in with wrenches blazing, and come out with a… Read More
UW-Madison Rated Third Best Value in Country
Weighing both cost and academic quality, the March issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine ranks UW–Madison the third best value among 51 major public universities. Read More
‘Slop’ Artists to Tackle America’s Consumer Culture
'Slop's Supermarket', a juried art exhibition opening in Madison Feb. 22, will provide a meeting ground for University of Wisconsin–Madison art students, faculty and members of an international art community. Read More
UW-Madison Economist Appointed to the U.S. Treasury Department
Economist John Karl Scholz has been named by the U.S. Treasury Department as deputy assistant secretary for tax analysis. Read More
Henry Barschall, Pioneering Nuclear Physicist, Dies
Professor Henry H. Barschall, one of the world's preeminent nuclear physicists, died February 4 after a brief illness. He was 81. Read More
Fitzpatrick Named Letters and Science Associate Dean
Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, an expert in family communication, has assumed the position of associate dean for the social sciences in the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science. Read More
Spring Enrollment Slightly Up
Preliminary spring semester enrollment figures at the University of Wisconsin–Madison show a modest increase over last year. Read More
Hong Kong Film Director Ann Hui to Visit UW–Madison
Asia's most celebrated female film director will visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus next month as part of the university's year-long celebration of contemporary Asian film. Read More
UW Pro Arte to Perform Beethoven String Quartets
UW-Madison's renowned Pro Arte will present the third and fourth cycles, including Op. 59, Feb. 7 and 8. Violist Sally Chisholm promises the ensemble will display much better behavior than the misguided Romberg. Read More
Cell Transplant Therapy May Have Applications for Treating Multiple Sclerosis
In a hopeful new development for people with multiple sclerosis (MS), researchers have shown in studies with dogs that they can repair diseased areas of the spinal cord by transplanting nervous system cells into the animals. Read More
Dancers and Musicians to Tribute Louise Kloepper
A special concert of music and dance will honor the memory of Louise Kloepper, former chair of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Dance Program, on Jan. 19, what would have been her 87th birthday. Read More
Nobel Laureate to Speak on ‘Chemistry as a Liberal Art’
Nobel Prize-winning chemist Dudley Herschbach will give two free public lectures at the UW–Madison campus Jan. 30-31, including his reflections on the "liberal art" of teaching freshman chemistry. Read More