On Oct. 12, 2011, a graphic shadow is cast as workers on a scissor-lift platform finish installing window trim on the exterior of the soon-to-open addition to the Chazen Museum of Art. The Chazen expansion will have grand opening events Oct. 20-23. Photo: Jeff Miller
A popular website that draws from tens of thousands of rare aerial photographs of Wisconsin will receive the 2011 Governor’s Award for Archival Innovation from the Wisconsin Historical Records Advisory Board.
The Yale political scientist who authored a “public option” plan for national health care will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison to deliver a Hilldale Lecture in the Social Studies on American politics and the middle class.
The Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will co-host a roundtable of leading journalists and scholars to discuss editorial integrity for public media in a digital age.
Those who frequent the delis on campus may have noticed some menu changes in recent months. Carl Korz, assistant director for dining services at the Wisconsin Union, talked to Inside UW-Madison about the new food focus.
There has been a marked increase in green slime, exploding volcanoes, and rockets blasting off in the Madison public schools over the past few years, thanks to the hard work of Dolly Ledin at UW–Madison’s Institute for Biology Education.
Several process redesign teams will talk about the progress of their redesign projects and share their findings with campus.
The Graduate School is once again gearing up to host an online chat on the topic “High Impact Application: Making an Impression with your Graduate School Application.”
University of Wisconsin–Madison public affairs professor Donald Moynihan has been elected a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, one of the youngest members to be elected since Congress chartered the academy in 1967.
Leaders of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) have honored Gloria Ladson-Billings, a professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, by selecting her to give the eighth annual Brown Lecture in Education.
Several street closures will be in effect during the Homecoming parade near the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus on Friday, Oct. 14.
The secret is out. The Oscar Rennebohm Foundation made its second $1 million gift to the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing in advance of the Badgers’ spring football game.
Adam Gamoran, director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will testify before the House Subcommittee on Research and Science Education on Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 9 a.m. Central time.
Genevieve Bell, Intel Fellow and director of interaction and experience research at Intel Corp., will deliver the Denice D. Denton Distinguished Lecture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Monday, Oct. 24.
Mealtimes aren’t quite as enjoyable for people with phenylketonuria (PKU) as they are for the rest of us. Those with this genetic disorder have to get their protein by drinking a foul-tasting amino acid “formula.” At the same time, they must avoid natural proteins – eschewing burgers, ice cream and even regular bread – because they lack the enzyme needed to process phenylalanine, one of the 19 amino acids that comprise protein.
In the Year of the Wisconsin Idea, a two-part event at historic University of Wisconsin-Madison locations will meld the storytelling traditions of the past with new ways of telling tales.
Squinting into wind-blown trees and bushes is for the birds, especially if it’s the birds you’re looking for.
UW–Madison and the Wisconsin Alumni Association have a message for the campus community of social media users: You have accomplished something historic.
Volunteers who conduct Dane County’s largest workplace charitable campaign are counting on co-workers to open their hearts and wallets this fall even as they pay significantly more toward their own health care and retirement benefits.
Four UW–Madison professors have won awards from the American Chemical Society in recognition of research excellence.