UW students help El Salvadoran towns build wastewater system
New Year's Eve in Nejapa, El Salvador, looks a lot like the Fourth of July. At Griselda Guzman's house, homemade fireworks lighted the front yard, where the guests dancing outside her pale yellow home included 11 University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering students and three advisers. Read More
University establishes new department
The Women’s Studies Program has evolved into a new department, the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies in the College of Letters and Science. Read More
Tickets for ‘Jeopardy!’ taping to be made available on March 25
A limited number of complimentary tickets for the taping of the “Jeopardy!” 2008 College Championship on Friday and Saturday, April 11 and 12, at the Kohl Center will be distributed to UW–Madison faculty, staff and students on a first-come, first-served basis starting on Tuesday, March 25, at the Campus Information Center in the Red Gym. Read More
Celebrating Leopold’s legacy
To celebrate the Aldo Leopold legacy, people are invited to the Arboretum Visitor Center, 1207 Seminole Highway, from 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 1, for “Madison Reads Leopold,” part of Aldo Leopold Weekend. Leopold Weekend is a statewide event that honors Leopold’s contributions to our understanding of the environment. Read More
Biochemist Kimble elected National Academy councilor
Judith Kimble, a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of biochemistry and genetics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, has been elected to a three-year term as councilor for the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Read More
Can RFID technology promote a safer blood supply?
Radio frequency identification technology, or RFID, has inspired many novel applications of late, including efforts to study magazine reader patterns, access restricted areas, locate stolen vehicles and track luggage at major airports. Read More
Stem cell pioneer James Thomson to steer regenerative medicine at MIR
The Morgridge Institute for Research, the private, not-for-profit side of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, is announcing the appointment of world-renowned stem cell pioneer and researcher James Thomson as the first member of its multidisciplinary scientific leadership team. Read More
Open forums seek campus, community views on next chancellor
Public forums seeking campus and community perspectives on the qualities and talents needed in the University of Wisconsin–Madison's next chancellor will continue during the next two weeks. Read More
History professor part of Oscar-winning documentary
History professor Alfred McCoy plays a role in "Taxi to the Dark Side," a harrowing film about U.S. interrogation techniques that won the Academy Award Sunday for best documentary feature. Read More
Morgridge Institute launches Web site
The Morgridge Institute for Research launched a new Web site today, Feb. 25, 2008. Read More
Campus influenza cases on the rise
Since the beginning of February, there has been a marked increase in the number of students coming to University Health Services (UHS) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison with influenza-like illness and laboratory-confirmed influenza. Read More
Report: Obama dominated TV advertising in Wisconsin primary campaign
Barack Obama spent more than twice as much on TV advertising in Wisconsin than all other candidates combined and nearly five times as much as Hillary Clinton, according to a new report by the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Wisconsin Advertising Project. Read More
Off the hook: Stronger soft-plastic fishing lure reels in raves
Working with University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering and business school faculty and students, a Wisconsin entrepreneur has perfected a fiber-reinforced fishing lure that may prevent millions of pounds of toxic plastics from polluting waters nationwide. Read More
‘Mini conference’ on Wisconsin Union Initiative set for Feb. 25
The Wisconsin Union announces a “mini conference” to formally kick off the start of the Wisconsin Union Initiative, a project to build a new “green” south campus union and restore and upgrade Memorial Union. Read More
UW-Madison plans Thursday NIU remembrance
University of Wisconsin–Madison Dean of Students Lori Berquam is asking students, faculty and staff to participate in a noon memorial ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 21, for the victims of the Feb. 14 tragedy at Northern Illinois University. Read More
Extra workers sought to fight snow on UW–Madison campus
Record-setting snowfalls could translate into extra cash for University of Wisconsin–Madison students and others hired to help clear campus sidewalks and stairs of snow and ice. Read More
Genetic pathway critical to disease, aging found
The same chemical reaction that causes iron to rust plays a similarly corrosive role in our bodies. Oxidative stress chips away at healthy cells and is a process, scientists know, that contributes to a host of diseases and conditions in humans ranging from Alzheimer's, heart disease and stroke to cancer and the inexorable process of aging. Read More
University Theatre presents ‘The Bluest Eye’
“The Bluest Eye,” an adaptation of Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer-prize winning novel, will kick off the spring University Theatre season when it opens on Friday, Feb. 29, at the Mitchell Theatre. Read More