As the feeling of endless summer days begins to fall to earlier sunsets, a few quiet moments were recently enjoyed at the Memorial Union Terrace. Photos: Jeff Miller An undergraduate student and visiting friend enjoy a sunset swim in the still water of Lake Mendota. A group of friends relax on the swimming pier at …
A team of Wisconsin scientists has worked out the molecular details of how a simple genetic switch controls decorative traits in male fruit flies and how that switch evolved.
A very special event to honor outgoing Chancellor John Wiley’s many years of service to the university is planned for 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 15, at the Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State St.
Beginning as a pilot program in 2001, First-Year Interest Groups (FIGs) set out to provide diversity education, connect academic pursuits with residence life and offer integrated learning across a cohort of courses. In its first year, FIGs supported 75 students within four FIGs. Since then, the program has blossomed to more than 580 students and 31 FIGs.
The opening weeks of the academic year are always busy. They are especially busy on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus as it transitions to new leadership in the Office of the Chancellor.
Nancy Hopkins, Amgen, Inc. Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), will deliver the first lecture in the Denice D. Denton Distinguished Lecture Series.
Dean of Students Lori Berquam (right) talks with (left to right) students Nick Lang, Natasha Flatt and Meagan Walsh as they move into a home on West Doty Street on August 15, 2008. As part of Safety 24/7, an event designed to promote personal safety, Berquam and other campus representatives distributed bottled water and safety …
When the Large Hadron Collider starts running this summer near Geneva, Switzerland, some physicists have predicted that some of its high-energy proton collisions could produce microscopic black holes. Concerned about the ramifications of such black holes, two men filed a lawsuit in March in Hawaii contending that safety concerns have been inadequately addressed at the …
From political blogging to plaid clothing, laptops to leggings, going green to gas-guzzler alternatives, University of Wisconsin-Madison students are leading and often creating the latest trends. With students heading back to the classroom Sept. 2, University Communications student writers Niki Fritz and Bobbi Jo Snethen took a look at the trends they are bringing with them.
Students in Mechanical Engineering Professor Roxann Engelstad’s lab, sought after in industry for their problem-solving experience, now can graduate even more well-versed in cutting-edge technology.
“Hello, or as they say around here, ‘boozhoo!'” called out Tim Funk, tribal planner for the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, to four engineering students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB).
Scientists are probing the complex relationship between our DNA and our diets to unravel the root causes of obesity. But for those seeking a simple solution to the worldwide fat epidemic, their answers may be hard to swallow.
A new phase of underground utility construction is expected to begin on Library Mall this week in an effort to improve the campus infrastructure.
Chess grandmaster Maurice Ashley will simultaneously play up to 25 of the best chess players at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St., at an event scheduled for 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 15.
Working with The Nature Conservancy in Wisconsin and the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR), a pair of University of Wisconsin-Madison hydroecologists is evaluating the efficacy of an ecosystem restoration project along a stretch of the Pecatonica River near the small town of Barneveld in southwest Wisconsin.
Students and parents moving into to downtown apartments and houses will receive a personal welcome Friday, Aug. 15, from University of Wisconsin-Madison officials and officers from the University of Wisconsin Police Department (UWPD) and the Madison Police Department (MPD).
A new manufacturing approach holds the potential to overcome the technological limitations currently facing the microelectronics and data-storage industries, paving the way to smaller electronic devices and higher-capacity hard drives.
The Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center and the WiCell Research Institute will help supplement World Stem Cell Summit registrations for a limited number of faculty, staff, students and trainees.
A group of 10 graduate and postdoctoral students from UW-Madison visited the UW-Richland campus on July 3.
For the 25th year in a row, the race is on to make a difference in the lives of homeless animals.