Career fair helps students look to future
Students flocked to the annual Spring Career and Internship Fair held at the Kohl Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Feb. 5, to connect with potential future employers.
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UW students catch Ronan Farrow’s attention with their “flawless taste”
The journalist Ronan Farrow won a Pulitzer prize and helped spark the #MeToo movement with his reporting on the decades-long sexual predation of movie producer Harvey Weinstein. And he’s followed up with reporting on other powerful men behaving badly. In admiration of his work, three UW-Madison students – Justin Senzer, Jeremy Swanson and Mitch McMahon …
SSTAR Lab examining solutions for making higher education more affordable
The SSTAR Lab’s mission is to use applied academic research to guide, support, and partner with practitioners whose work aims to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for current and future college students.
Program focuses on preparing pharmacy students in rural areas
“The rural focus is beneficial because there are more job openings in rural areas, and many students want to take their skills back to their hometowns,” says Professor Mara Kieser.
Faculty, staff return to Vilas Hall after flooding; cleanup continues in Vilas and Chemistry
Faculty and staff have returned to the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Vilas Hall Monday to aid in cleanup while facilities crews assess and repair flood damage there and in the Chemistry Building.
Three days and nearly 70 degrees
The descent of a “polar vortex” into Wisconsin brought brutally low temperatures and high wind chills to campus on Jan. 30 and 31, but those temperatures rose 68 degrees by Feb. 3 as the weather pattern lifted.
To expand exports, Wisconsin ginseng industry relies on UW-Madison expert
The Wisconsin Ginseng Board came to Professor Ann McGuidwin to explore ways to assure Taiwan that the fresh roots would contain none of the R. similis nematode.
It’s back! 40 years later, Lady Liberty on Mendota
In a surprise addition to the annual Winter Carnival, the Wisconsin Union brought the Statue of Liberty tradition back to Lake Mendota Feb. 1 as a to-scale, inflatable replica of the Statue’s head, arm and torch.
Microbes hitched to insects provide a rich source of new antibiotics
A UW-Madison research team found that insect-borne microbes often outperformed soil bacteria in stopping some of the most common and dangerous antibiotic-resistant pathogens.
Hardy scientists launch weather balloon in bitter cold
Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Grant Petty and a group of students launch a helium-filled weather balloon from frozen Lake Mendota at sunrise on Jan. 31.
Student to student: Four alternatives to fun snow day activities ruined by the unbelievable cold
Sure, you could try to go skiing, or sledding, or snowball fighting. But it’s not too fun at 20 below. Luckily, here are some alternatives.
UW-Madison to reopen at noon Thursday; classes to begin at 1 p.m.
It is our goal to resume campus services as soon as possible but please be aware that some services may not be available immediately at noon.
Get Social: The pure joy of a snow day announcement
Managing #UWMadison social media was a bit tricky early in the week, when many students helpfully suggested that it was too cold for school. So it was especially fun to see the expressions of pure joy when school was canceled on Wednesday and part of Thursday.
New Faculty Focus: Narjust Duma
She studies women with lung cancer, as well the challenges faced by women and underrepresented groups in medicine, including unconscious bias, gender pay gap, and graduate medical education.
UW below zero
UW-Madison students proved they were a hardy bunch this week, turning up to class despite 6 inches of snow on Monday, and subzero temperatures on Tuesday.
UW-Madison named best value college
Schools that made the list offer stellar academics at an affordable cost with strong career prospects for graduates, The Princeton Review says.
Awards honor creativity through music, dance, more
The UW-Madison Awards in the Creative Arts honored everything from a dance work to a recording of new music to a multi-channel, multi-screen video artwork examining the philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
As the climate warms, tens of thousands of lakes may spend winters ice free
A new study from an international team of researchers, including at UW–Madison, shows that many northern latitude lakes are at risk of experiencing some ice-free winters in the coming decades.
UW-Madison mourns renowned sociologist Erik Olin Wright
Wright was a giant in the field of contemporary Marxian sociology. He wrote 15 books and more than 100 research papers, many focused on class and capitalism.
Undergrads design ventilator device; form company to aid newborns during surgery
Undergraduates in biomedical engineering created an improved “wye” that connects airway tubes for infants during surgery. They’ve applied for a provisional patent.