UW-Madison prepares emergency text messaging service
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is preparing an emergency text messaging service that will be able to send warnings directly to the cell phones of students, faculty and staff members in the event of a campus emergency. Read More
Van Vleck classes canceled due to power outage
An early-morning power outage in the UW–Madison central campus area has prompted class cancellations in Van Vleck Halland hasled to some sporadic technology network problems. Read More
UW-Madison prepares emergency text-messaging service
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is preparing an emergency text-messaging service that will be able to send warnings directly to the cell phones of students, faculty and staff members in the event of a campus emergency. Read More
Men’s track wins eighth consecutive Big Ten indoor championship
For a record eighth consecutive time, the University of Wisconsin men’s track and field team won the Big Ten Conference Indoor Championships. The Badgers used a home-track advantage in the Camp Randall Memorial Sports Center to score 127 points. Purdue placed second with 102 points while Ohio State finished third with 82 points. Read More
Martinů expert Aleš Březina to visit Madison
Aleš Březina, a Prague-based musicologist, composer and film collaborator, will visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison Wednesday-Sunday, April 23-27. Read More
Van Vleck expected to reopen for Tuesday classes
Van Vleck Hall is expected to be open for work and classes Tuesday. Read More
The Wisconsin Experience: Psychology gets undergraduate research down to science
Choices, choices. In every undergraduate major, a time comes around a student’s junior year to explore different academic specialties within a degree program, moving up the pyramid from general education to refined focus. Read More
Madison Police seek Marino information
The Madison Police Department is asking UW–Madison students to assist the investigation of a Jan. 28 homicide near St. Mary’s Hospital on Monona Bay. Read More
Gilson event highlights conflicts of interest in clinical trials
Paul DeLuca, associate dean for research and graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, will speak on conflicts of interest in clinical trials at 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 6. Read More
‘Forward Under 40’ awards honor outstanding UW–Madison alumni
They are innovators in business, champions for education and dedicated international volunteers — and they're all under age 40. Read More
Professor named first scientific director of national nuclear research facility
Idaho National Laboratory has selected University of Wisconsin–Madison nuclear fuels and materials expert Todd Allen to lead its newly created Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) National Scientific User Facility. Read More
Campus invited to conduct rules forum
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Offices of the Dean of Students will hold a public comment forum on UW System’s proposed changes to state rules regarding student conduct and conduct on university property. Read More
Bacteria unlock secrets that may aid cancer treatment
The murky flasks of bacteria growing in Ben Shen’s lab may change how we look at both chemistry and chemotherapy. Read More
Festival celebrates 10 years with ‘remarkable films’
Tickets for this year’s Wisconsin Film Festival go on sale soon, and festival organizers will honor the event’s 10th year by doing what they do best: showing good films. Read More
University will host American College Dance Festival
The Dance Program will host the American College Dance Festival Association’s (ACDFA) North–Central Regional Conference Thursday–Sunday, March 13–16. Read More
Campaign 2008 gets warmed up with Madison visits
The flurry of campaign activity that swept across Wisconsin and blew into Madison this month, alongside record snowfalls, provided a glimpse of what life will be like here on campus in the weeks and months leading up to the November elections. Read More
Employee Matters
This column is prepared by staff from the Office of Human Resources. E-mail questions to benefits@ohr.wisc.edu or call 262-5650. For more information, visit http://www.bussvc.wisc.edu/ecbs/ecbs.html Read More
Earlier plantings underlie yield gains in northern corn belt
U.S. farmers plant corn much earlier today than ever before and it seems to be paying off, at least in the north. Earlier plantings could account for up to half of the yield gains seen in some parts of the northern Corn Belt since the late 1970s, a new study has found. Read More
Choosing a chancellor: Lawmakers offer their take on UW–Madison’s next leader
Wisconsin Week asked lawmakers at the state Capitol to weigh in on what they are looking for in the next chancellor. All of them are deeply interested in the future of UW–Madison but don’t necessarily agree on what the new chancellor’s priorities should be. Their answers reflect some of the challenges and opportunities the university’s next leader will face when he or she begins work this fall. One thing is for certain: Whoever gets the job will get to know this group very well. Read More
Textiles professor embraces community service, collaboration
Larry Eisenberg was in the middle of a remodeling and expansion project, and he needed some new carpeting - $85 million worth of it, in fact. Read More