UW–Madison students who may be affected by Hurricane Irene are encouraged to call the Division of Student Life for assistance with any academic and student life issues that may arise. “We’re concerned for all of our East Coast students here in Wisconsin as well as their families and friends back home,” says Dean of Students …
For sufferers of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), maintaining healthy heart function isn’t as simple as going for a jog every morning. Patients need to do all they can to slow damage to their heart, and exercise can improve potentially improve their quality of life.
What happens when you mix one part Aldo Leopold, another part Frank Lloyd Wright and add a pinch of Indiana Jones? Anyone can find out with a visit to the first Wisconsin Science Festival, an educational and fun-filled exploration of science and art taking stage across several sites in Madison from Sept. 22-25.
Globally, irrigation increases agricultural productivity by an amount roughly equivalent to the entire agricultural output of the U.S., according to a new University of Wisconsin-Madison study.
International students listen to a presentation by Tina Hatch, an advisor in International Student Services, about legal information related to staying in the U.S. as a student during a Student Orientation, Advising and Registration session at Union South at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Sponsored by the Center for the First-Year Experience, the sessions provide …
As the world marks the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks at the World Trade Center and Pentagon, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has a number of experts who can discuss topics and issues connecting the anniversary and counterterrorism, religion and politics.
Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf presented Steve Carpenter, University of Wisconsin–Madison Stephen Alfred Forbes Professor of Zoology and director of the Center for Limnology, with the Stockholm Water Prize today (Aug. 25) in a ceremony at the 2011 World Water Week conference in Stockholm.
An Administrative Process Redesign project has produced sweet results for the Memorial Union’s Daily Scoop.
The pencils and notebooks have been purchased and the new shoes have been broken in, but there are other preparations parents can be making to help children get ready for the social and emotional aspects of going back to school.
With the football season beginning on a weekday when the Badgers open their season against UNLV at Camp Randall Stadium the night of Thursday, Sept. 1, the campus faces some unusual challenges.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison residence hall will be named for Wisconsin civil rights pioneer Vel Phillips, according to University Housing officials.
Starting next summer, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Memorial Union will begin a two-year renovation project, giving the campus icon its first comprehensive restoration in nearly 85 years.
Approximately 7,000 University of Wisconsin-Madison students will soon be moving into residence halls across the campus in preparation for the 2011-12 academic year.
If the vision of Tom Krupenkin and J. Ashley Taylor comes to fruition, one day soon your cellphone – or just about any other portable electronic device – could be powered by simply taking a walk.
Police are again urging the campus community to focus on personal safety in the wake of a sexual assault early Monday morning near the UW-Madison campus.
If so many poor people live around national parks in developing countries, does that mean that these parks are contributing to their poverty? Yes, according to the conventional wisdom, but no, according to a 10-year study of people living around Kibale National Park in Uganda that was published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Paul F. Umbeck, a biological safety expert and former plant scientist with strong ties to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the state’s biotechnology industry, has been named director of the university’s Environment, Health and Safety Department.
In the 15th century, when Europeans first began moving people and goods across the Atlantic, a microscopic stowaway somehow made its way to the caves and monasteries of Bavaria.
Following the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s decommissioning of its 30-year space shuttle program earlier this summer, the agency will be looking in new directions for the future of space exploration – with University of Wisconsin-Madison expertise on board.