Are you graduating, moving-out or spring-cleaning? Have a backpack that you don’t need? Consider donating it to Backpacks for Madison, a campaign that collects suitcases and bags for homeless individuals.
The good news is that jobs, earnings and wages are beginning to rise again in Wisconsin as the economy slowly climbs back from the recession, according to an annual in-depth study of poverty in Wisconsin conducted by researchers at the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
For some people, moving away from their small hometown is the ultimate goal. Dave Hubbard wanted the complete opposite. In his search for the perfect career in family medicine, the physician from southwestern Wisconsin wanted to return to his roots.
A new $26 million competition swimming pool will be included in the renovation of the Southeast Recreational Facility (SERF) on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank joined colleagues including outgoing Provost Paul DeLuca and Interim Vice Provost Chris Olsen on Monday to recognize students for excellence in research.
The Division of Student Life will remember UW-Madison students who passed away during the summer and 2013-14 academic year during a brief ceremony on Friday, May 9 at 1 p.m. at the Carillion Tower.
The Faculty Senate on Monday approved a reorganization of leadership in the university’s research enterprise, dividing the responsibilities of the dean of the graduate school into two positions – the vice chancellor for research and graduate education and the dean of the Graduate School.
Three finalists for the post of assistant dean of students and director of the Multicultural Student Center will meet with the campus community during visits this week.
At UW-Madison there are several ways you can help support students, but one easy way is to renew your license plates.
The Academic Staff Art Gallery, located in room 270 of Bascom Hall, is showcasing the works of Linda Endlich for this semester’s featured artist which can be seen through July.
Gary Sandefur, a longtime faculty member and administrator at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is headed back to his home state of Oklahoma.
In medicine, time isn’t just money: it can mean the difference between life and death. Clot-busters must be given in the first hour of arrival in a hectic emergency room. Intravenous medications can spoil, and catheters that overstay their welcome invite infection.
Students dance to a concert by rapper G-Eazy as he performs on the main stage outside the Memorial Union during the second annual Revelry Music and Arts Festival on May 3.
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Two entrepreneurial leaders and UW-Madison alumni have been named recipients of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Entrepreneurial Achievement Award – an honor that recognizes talented and creative UW graduates and faculty members who have built successful companies that create jobs and contribute to economic growth.
A cutout section of the word “Wisconsin” is pictured on the side of a bus shelter along University Avenue in the heart of the UW-Madison campus, as dusk falls to a rainy nighttime.
On Friday, May 2, 26 Wisconsin high school students with a knack for math find out which one of them has won a $24,000 scholarship to the University of Wisconsin-Madison based on their performance in the 50-year-old Wisconsin Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Talent Search.
As the road leading up to a bridge presses down on the soil beneath its surface, the bridge tends to remain higher than the roadway, creating a problem that has menaced drivers and road engineers for years.
Kathy Cramer, whose academic work is steeped in providing service learning experiences for students and examining ways that UW-Madison can build stronger relationships with those outside of campus, has been named interim director of the university’s Morgridge Center for Public Service.