The UW-Madison Information Technology Academy has been one of the university’s more novel — and successful — approaches to improving undergraduate diversity and providing greater opportunity to students who are underserved throughout higher education, and especially in the sciences.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering Phil Myers, a pioneer in combustion engine research and influential automobile industry consultant, died on Oct. 18 at the age of 90.
The proposed constitutional amendment to restrict the legal status of people in relationships other than traditional marriages will harm the intellectual capacity of both the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the state of Wisconsin.
UW-Madison students voted “yes” on a pair of fall election initiatives that would renovate and upgrade Wisconsin Union facilities and potentially raise wages for student hourly employees.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty — the nation’s first poverty research center — next month marks 40 years of studying why Americans live in poverty and what can be done to end it.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison program that has helped Wisconsin apple growers reduce pesticide use without sacrificing fruit quality has a new name and a broader mission.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum is one 37 museums or libraries out of 183 applications to receive a 2006 National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison scientist has won the 2005 Harrison Howe Award, a prize that annually honors outstanding contributions to the field of chemistry.
A team of researchers led by a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher have identified the role of a protein that is important in stimulating the cells of the immune system, whose role is to take quick and effective action when agents of disease reinvade the body.
Sara Tedeschi of the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems works in the Madison community to build connections between local farms and school cafeterias to improve the circumstances of schoolchildren and farmers.
In its latest biennial ranking of MBA programs, BusinessWeek rates the Wisconsin MBA program No. 4 in the nation in terms of fastest return on students’ investment. According to the magazine’s findings, students who earn an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have their costs of going back to school repaid due to higher salaries in less than five years, compared to more than 15 years for other MBA programs.
“The Future of Conservation” will be the topic of a free public lecture by Steven Sanderson at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, in the Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium, 816 State Street.
The intersection of consumer and political culture will be explored by scholars from across the United States and western Europe in a two-day conference beginning Friday, Oct. 20, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Throughout the country, many states are entering or looking into new agreements with their public universities, exchanging higher levels of autonomy for greater accountability. An upcoming University of Wisconsin-Madison forum will address these issues.
A group of about 60 new graduate students in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Letters and Science are part of a group called Community of Graduate Research Scholars, which creates a community network for beginning graduate students from underrepresented groups through a combination of social, civic and professional events.
An education research team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will play a significant role in a new $50 million MacArthur Foundation project investigating digital media and its impact on youth culture, learning and literacy.
“Giving Strong” is the theme of the 2006 Partners in Giving campaign, historically known as the state, UW–Madison and UW Hospital and Clinics Employees Combined Campaign of Dane County. The eight-week charitable fundraising effort began on Oct. 9 and will continue through Nov. 30.
Chicken Soup, a child care center providing backup and mildly ill child care services, recently opened in Madison.
University of Wisconsin-Madison English Professor Emily Auerbach will be honored at the Cabinet 99 Symposium on Friday, Nov. 3.
For the 13th year in a row, University of Wisconsin-Madison fraternities and sororities will welcome area children to Langdon Street for their annual “Trick or Treat with the Greeks” celebration.