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UW-Madison student writes about real effects of drunk driving

January 27, 2011

When University of Wisconsin–Madison journalism student Sammy Ganz met the family of 6-year-old Treyton Kilar in the weeks after his death at the hands of… Read More

Stan Temple: A life saving threatened species

January 27, 2011

As a UW–Madison wildlife professor, Stan Temple is heir to the outsized legacy of Aldo Leopold and, until his retirement, held the chair occupied by Leopold and his intrepid successor, Joe Hickey, the wildlife biologist whose work helped put the nails in the coffin of the insecticide DDT. Read More

Share your Wisconsin experience as a guide for Visitor and Information Programs

January 27, 2011

Visitor and Information Programs is looking for outgoing and enthusiastic students to represent UW–Madison as information guides and tour guides beginning this spring and summer. Read More

Education historian Diane Ravitch to speak

January 26, 2011

Diane Ravitch, regarded by many as the nation's leading education historian today, will offer an informed analysis of the current state of American education -- what's broken and how can it be fixed -- at a free, public presentation sponsored by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education, and the Wisconsin Center on Education Research, with support from the Wisconsin Education Association Council and the UW–Madison Lectures Committee. Read More

William Clancy rejoins faculty as sports medicine chair

January 25, 2011

William Clancy, who developed numerous surgical knee reconstruction techniques now used by nearly all orthopedic surgeons around the world, is rejoining the faculty of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Read More

Hospice materials too complicated to help families

January 25, 2011

Families facing the death of a loved one also face an unnecessary additional obstacle: Many of the written materials hospices give to families to prepare them for the death are too complicated for most families to understand. Read More

New program opens doors around campus for students seeking support

January 25, 2011

University Health Services (UHS) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison announced the launch of Let's Talk, a program that lets UW–Madison students chat informally with staff from UHS Counseling and Consultation Services at drop-in centers around campus. Read More

Microscope allows research to go where it never has

January 25, 2011

IRENI, funded with a $1 million award from the National Science Foundation, produces infrared images with previously impossible to see detail and whose reach will be far ranging. Read More

Seminar series focuses on careers in health care and life sciences

January 24, 2011

Rhythmic vibrations guide caste development in social wasps

January 24, 2011

Future queen or tireless toiler? A paper wasp's destiny may lie in the antennal drumbeats of its caretaker. Read More

WARF debuts Gilson Bootstrapping Series at Discovery Town Center on Jan. 25

January 24, 2011

Allen Dines of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Office of Corporate Relations will be the first speaker featured in WARF's new Gilson Bootstrapping Series. He will discuss the wide variety of resources available to new entrepreneurs, or to those just thinking about starting a business, at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 25. Read More

Experts on horse first aid to speak at UW–Madison

January 24, 2011

The University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine Continuing Education program will host the 22nd annual seminar "First Aid for Horses: When to Call the Vet and What to do Before Help Arrives" on Saturday, Feb. 19. Read More

White House honors UW–Madison engineering physics professor

January 24, 2011

President Barack Obama has named a University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering physics professor as one of 15 recipients of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM), the highest federal award for mentoring in the country. Read More

Chinese Champions to be featured on Big Ten Network

January 21, 2011

A new television feature show produced by the University of Wisconsin–Madison will showcase the success of the Chinese Champions Program for a Big Ten Network audience. Read More

State of the Union experts available

January 21, 2011

President Barack Obama will give his State of the Union to Congress on Jan. 25 as the nation faces war, high unemployment and questions about… Read More

Admissions, McBurney complete office moves to 702 W. Johnson St.

January 21, 2011

The Office of Admissions and Recruitment and the McBurney Disability Resource Center have completed their moves into new space at 702 W. Johnson… Read More

Fund established for severely injured student

January 21, 2011

The friends and family of a UW–Madison graduate student who was injured in a New Year’s Day attack in Puerto Rico have set up a… Read More

Center helps identify economic impact of traffic on truck-borne freight

January 21, 2011

The 2010 Urban Mobility Report, the most accurate picture of traffic congestion in 439 U.S. urban areas, now includes information about truck delay and the economic impact of congestion specific to trucking. Read More

Professor to present first Selig Distinguished Lecture in Sport and Society

January 21, 2011

Adrian Burgos, professor of history in the Department of African American, Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Latino/a Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will present the first Selig Distinguished Lecture in Sport and Society at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Thursday, Jan. 27. Read More

Wisconsin stem cell pioneer wins Faisal International Prize

January 21, 2011

James Thomson, director of regenerative biology at the Morgridge Institute for Research and a University of Wisconsin–Madison researcher since 1994, learned this week that he is this year's co-winner of the prestigious King Faisal International Prize in Medicine. Read More