The Expanding Your Horizons program, a daylong conference designed to expose young women to careers in science, technology, engineering and math, has touched thousands of Wisconsin women during its 50-year history at UW-Madison.
Monica KamalRossa emphasizes the importance of assistive technologies for persons with disabilities by asking a question: “How many of you can live without your shoes every day, every season – yes, even in winter?”
Bucky and some UW cheerleaders joined Chancellor Biddy Martin (below) at Olin House in handing out treats from 4-8 p.m., on Halloween. Photos: Bryce Richter
On Oct. 30, School of Human Ecology (SoHE) associate outreach specialist Angela Badura (center) plays maracas as other faculty and staff participate in a drumming circle held in the now vacant Human Development and Family Studies house at 1430 Linden Drive. The group was gathered to say farewell to the house, which will soon be …
Hauling five vehicles and eight people more than 400 miles is no simple feat, but when it comes to all things automotive, University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty and students will do whatever it takes.
As stimulus spending goes, the impact of the $25,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant to the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures is fairly easy to quantify. It’s worth one associate director.
Nearly all pharmaceuticals are derived from crude oil and other simple chemical feedstocks through a series of complex, wasteful conversion steps.
The UW Athletic Department reminds Badger fans and visitors coming to campus for Saturday’s football and men’s hockey games to be aware of road closures as part of the annual Halloween celebration. Beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday night, no vehicle traffic will be allowed to cross State Street. Fans arriving from or departing to …
SAFE Nighttime Services is preparing for what is often the busiest night of the year for the program: Madison’s Freakfest. As tens of thousands of guests descend on State Street, the SAFE program encourages UW students to set an example for out-of-towners by following smart safety practices, starting with doing a little safety preparation themselves. …
An emeritus professor of public affairs and political science and a professor in the departments of Bacteriology and Plant Pathology are the recipients of the Women’s Philanthropy Council (WPC) Champion Awards at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
As the financial markets melted down last fall, University of Wisconsin-Madison economist Menzie Chinn says he was surprised not only by the depth of the economic downturn that set in, but also by the certainty of Monday-morning quarterbacking from observers of the government’s response to the crisis.
Due to a nationwide delay in shipments of H1N1 vaccine, University Health Services (UHS) has postponed a large-scale H1N1 vaccination clinic originally scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Madison’s Freakfest is coming up this Saturday, Oct. 31, and the Offices of the Dean of Students (ODOS) and University Health Services (UHS) are teaming up to wish students a safe and happy Halloween.
Class and politics, unhealthy obsessions and forbidden love are common themes explored in two productions being staged by University Theatre this semester.
Alfonso Morales didn’t sit in a library to do research for his graduate degrees. Instead, he worked as a vendor in Chicago’s famed Maxwell Street Market, where he saw firsthand that public markets serve as fertile ground for entrepreneurs and new businesses, gathering places for communities and an entry point into the economy and society for new arrivals to the United States.
An unprecedented effort to collect air pollution data in the Middle East has united researchers in a region mired in conflict.
When muscles are not pressed into service, they begin to lose mass.
The “thinking dancer,” a concept long embraced by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Dance Program, takes on new meaning in the program’s Fall Faculty Concert, SPLASH!, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21, at the Wisconsin Union Theater, 800 Langdon St.
The School of Medicine and Public Health is one of just seven research centers conducting the first clinical trial in the nation to determine the dose of H1N1 vaccine necessary to give immunity to people with asthma.
The National Institute of Health (NIH), Health and Human Services has awarded a $1.4 million Small Business Technology Transfer grant to SysLogic Inc., the UW RFID Laboratory and the BloodCenter of Wisconsin.