Sociologist celebrates 50 years of teaching at UW–Madison
Longtime professor Joe Elder is being honored for his 50 years of teaching.
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Business professor Carpenter passes away
Mason A. Carpenter, beloved professor of strategic management, M. Keith Weikel Professor in Leadership and associate dean of evening and executive master of business administration programs in the Wisconsin School of Business, passed away on Sept. 22 after a battle with cancer.
Excitement builds as environmental studies major opens to students
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s new environmental studies major was mentioned in a U.S. News and World Report article that spotlighted nine “hot college majors” from around the nation. The mention of the new major came as students began signing up for the new undergraduate major in environmental studies at UW-Madison.
Jumping gene enabled key step in corn domestication
In seeking to better understand how teosinte gave rise to corn, a scientific team has pinpointed one of the key genetic changes that paved the way for corn’s domestication.
DOE upgrades UW-Madison nuclear facilities, funds new projects
With more than $2 million in U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funding, University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering physics researchers will work with teams at other U.S. universities to develop the next generation of nuclear energy technologies.
New faculty eager to make their mark
Some come directly from graduate school; some come from established careers at major universities. All of the new faculty members at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are excited to get to work.
Bike valet parking service available at football games
University of Wisconsin–Madison Transportation Services and the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin will offer free bike valet parking at all Badger football games this season.
Study: Advantages of single-sex schooling a myth
As Madison deals with a proposal to establish a single-sex charter school, a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of psychology is one author of an article that calls the scientific case for single-sex schools “pseudoscience.”
UW–Madison botanist plucks new flower from Isle Royale
One of the world’s newest sunflower species, discovered by a University of Wisconsin-Madison botanist, has carved out a very small but safe niche on an island in Lake Superior.
Tony Award-winning director, playwright to speak at UW–Madison
Chicago theater luminary Mary Zimmerman will give a public lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6, in Room L160 of the Chazen Museum of Art.
Macy’s executive to address record number of Wisconsin industry representatives at E-Business conference
More than 650 business executives and managers will attend the 13th annual Business Best Practices and Emerging Technologies Conference, which will be hosted Tuesday, Sept. 27, by the University of Wisconsin-Madison E-Business Consortium.
New office to foster university collaboration with industry
The Graduate School has established a new Office of Industrial Contracts to negotiate a growing number of research contracts with the private sector.
WID grant program to explore intersection of arts, sciences
Proposals are being accepted for $2,500 Emerging Interfaces awards that would draw graduate-level students from arts, humanities, social sciences and education departments to the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery during the spring 2012 semester.
Campus plans for new concealed carry law
As a result of a recent change in state law, beginning Nov. 1, the officially permitted concealed carry of weapons will be allowed throughout the state, including on campus grounds.
In Kansas, the Wisconsin Idea drives a spectacular restoration
For seven weeks this summer, UW-Madison graduate student Emma Silverman got the hands-on experience of a lifetime as she helped conserve a grass arts site in remote Kansas.
UW–Madison Morgridge Center celebrates 15 years
Fifteen years ago, the Morgridge Center for Public Service at the University of Wisconsin–Madison was established with a generous endowment from alumni John and Tashia Morgridge.
Recent sightings: Welcoming the Wards
Interim chancellor David Ward talks with student members of the Student Labor Action Coalition and International Socialist Organization during a welcome back event for David and Judith Ward in the Memorial Union’s Main Lounge on Sept. 21, 2011. David Ward served as UW-Madison chancellor from 1993 to 2000, then led the American Council on Education …
Donors honor professor emeritus with creation of Carstensen Chair
Mahendra Patel, founder and CEO of Navinta LLC, and wife Jayshree Patel have made a $1 million gift to establish the Jens T. Carstensen Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Pharmacy.
Slide show: Campus Beauty
With a new academic year under way and autumn just around the corner, Inside UW–Madison, an e-newsletter, recently asked faculty and staff to name their favorite natural places on campus. Whether you can check them out in person or can only admire from afar, here are some of the locations that no doubt inspired Newsweek and The Daily Beast to rank UW–Madison as the second-most beautiful college campus.
Madison geneticist looks back on crowded, stellar career
Waclaw Szybalski, a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor emeritus of oncology, has a string of scientific achievements that could easily have merited at least one Nobel Prize, and his work has laid foundations for several Nobels won by others.