The person behind the building: Lowell Evan Noland
Professor Lowell Evan Noland is remembered for the impact he had on the lives of his students and the interdisciplinary genius he brought to his UW–Madison zoology classrooms.
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Journalism school to honor alumni communicators for work
Marketing and strategic communication will take center stage at this year’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication annual awards dinner.
Hilldale Awards honor four faculty members
Four professors will receive the Hilldale Award, the university’s top honor for faculty members.
We Conserve: Be the We
This column features the We Conserve program and its work on campus. Learn more at http://www.conserve.wisc.edu. In a recent conversation with a student on campus, she argued that even though the environment seems to be on everyone’s mind, people’s resolve or even ability to truly care for the planet and to do their part in …
Register now for Crazylegs
The 29th annual Crazylegs Classic will take place in Madison and around the U.S. on Saturday, April 24.
Coming up on the Big Ten Network
The following UW–Madison programming is scheduled for the Big Ten Network in the coming weeks.
Book sale planned for April 7–10
The largest used book sale in Wisconsin will be held Wednesday–Saturday, April 7–10, in Room 116 of the Memorial Library.
Chancellor announces second round of Madison Initiative awards
Chancellor Biddy Martin has identified seven projects – ranging from enhanced advising services to better services for students with special needs – to be the first to receive funding in the second round of the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates program.
Professional development tools offered at institute for academic staff
Academic staff members will have opportunities to brush up on important issues, learn new skills and techniques, and learn about organizations and programs available to them during this year’s academic staff institute.
Education Building serves as model for green projects
In addition to providing a contemporary home for the School of Education, the Education Building Renovation and Addition Project has become a learning laboratory for how to do environmentally sound capital projects.
Molecular biologist receives Stephen Jay Gould Prize
Sean Carroll, a University of Wisconsin-Madison molecular biologist and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, has been named the recipient of the 2010 Stephen Jay Gould Prize, an award given in recognition of exemplary efforts to advance public understanding of evolutionary science.
UW-Madison is key to Madison’s push for Google Fiber project
Madison and dozens of other cities are rolling out their red carpets this spring for Google, hoping that the technology giant will select them as the test site for its high-speed broadband network.
Second Badger Family Spring Visit draws families to campus
The Parent Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is taking over the month of April and inviting families of students to stop by campus to welcome spring.
Conference, concert, exhibits mark 40th anniversary of Earth Day
Environmental advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., bestselling author Margaret Atwood and SC Johnson chair and CEO Fisk Johnson will be among the notables to speak at what promises to be among the nation’s biggest Earth Day celebrations, to be held Tuesday-Wednesday, April 20-21, in Madison.
49-year-old Renaissance man wants to make surgery his new career
What else can a former carpenter, landscaper, magazine editor, beekeeper and chicken farmer possibly do with his life?
Study explores link between sunlight, multiple sclerosis
For more than 30 years, scientists have known that multiple sclerosis (MS) is much more common in higher latitudes than in the tropics. Because sunlight is more abundant near the equator, many researchers have wondered if the high levels of vitamin D engendered by sunlight could explain this unusual pattern of prevalence.
Chancellor to lead UW-Madison delegation to China
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin will lead a delegation of UW-Madison faculty and staff to China as part of her first trip to Asia as the university’s leader.
Professional development tools offered at institute for academic staff
Academic staff members will have opportunities to brush up on important issues, learn new skills and techniques, and learn about organizations and programs available to them during this year’s academic staff institute.
Showcase will offer approaches for addressing complex issues
Helping each other find ways to address complex issues that travel across traditional campus boundaries will be a primary focus of Showcase 2010.
Grant to establish undergraduate Russian Flagship Center
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will continue to be a national leader in language learning with the recent award of nearly $1 million from the National Security Education Program to establish an undergraduate Russian Flagship Center.