Wisconsin wrestling head coach Barry Davis has been named the 2010 National Coach of the Year by the National Wrestling Coaches Association. The award caps the most successful season in Wisconsin history, including a fourth-place finish at the national championships, four All-Americans, and sophomore Andrew Howe’s undefeated season and national title. In recognition of lifetime …
Two researchers at the UW Carbone Cancer Center are among 21 who have been named 2010 Young Investigators by the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF)
What do climate change, urban sprawl and globalization have common? All are forms of environmental change that can trigger public health problems.
More food for thought will be on the menu on Friday, April 23 at the Day on Campus: Food Summit.
The Wisconsin Alumni Association is hosting Alumni Weekend at the University of Wisconsin-Madison this weekend with events beginning Thursday, April 22.
Badger spirit will be on display everywhere on Friday, April 23, 2010 as University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni and friends around the world show their support for the university on Spirit Day, part of Alumni Weekend.
Yoga instructor Emma Seppala, left and wearing pink, and undergraduate Kimberly Helton lead other participants in stretching their bodies and refreshing their minds under the morning sun on Bascom Hill. The class, called Sun Salutation on Bascom, is one of several featured events during the All-Campus Party held April 17-23, 2010. Seppala is an instructor …
At least five pieces of the meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week will be on display at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum for public viewing Tuesday, April 20 through this weekend.
A prize-winning author known for his global research on modern-day slavery will deliver a free public lecture this month at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as part of a daylong symposium on human trafficking.
The 9th Annual International Bioethics Forum, “Taking the Measure of the Magic Mirror: Toward a Science of Consciousness” will be held April 22-23 at Promega Corporation’s BioPharmaceutical Technology Center.
Campus and community leaders are honoring the groundbreaking work of UW–Madison’s PACE Project as the group nears the finale of its successful 14-year tenure.
For some of us it seems like just yesterday, but Earth Day turns 40 this year. The first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970. Some 20 million people participated in environmental teach-ins across the United States. The event’s founder, U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, took a page from the antiwar movement to educate people about the environment and to put the cause on the national agenda.
Researchers in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Geoscience had the opportunity Friday morning to analyze a rock fragment they believe is from the meteor that blazed through the skies over parts of Wisconsin and Iowa Wednesday night.
All-Campus Party (ACP) 2010, hosted by the Wisconsin Alumni Student Board (WASB), will take place April 17-23 and, as always, will feature a variety of cost-free, alcohol-alternative events for University of Wisconsin-Madison students, faculty and staff.
A $500,000 gift from Barbara D. and M. Keith Weikel (’62 MS PHM, ’66 PhD BUS) has provided further momentum to the campaign for a new University of Wisconsin-Madison Nursing Science Center.
The university will be hosting the annual Wisconsin High School Forensic Association State Speech Festival on Friday and Saturday, April 17–18. Up to 5,000 students from throughout the state will take part.
Several University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate programs are ranked among the nation’s best in the 2011 edition of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.”
Lathrop Hall hits a milestone this year, and the School of Education is throwing a party worthy of the classic building perched along University Avenue.
Researchers in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Geoscience are making a plea for anyone finding pieces of the meteorite that blazed through the skies of southern Wisconsin last night (Thursday April 14) to bring them to the department for possible analysis.