David Krakauer nurtures scientific collaboration
Education and research are splintering into new specialties at an unsustainable rate, according to David Krakauer.
Winter biking: Tips for pedaling through snow and slush
The benefits of biking to work are well known. It’s good for your health, saves money on gas and parking, reduces carbon emissions in the atmosphere, and eases traffic congestion. Here are tips for biking in the winter.
Slide show: A Building Abuzz
The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery offers proof positive that promises can be kept. Since opening in December 2010, the 300,000-square-foot building is delivering on original plans for an innovative, sustainable space, and is providing an environment that fosters collaborative science and hosts public outreach activities.
Discovery building marks first anniversary with Gold LEED
When the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery celebrates its first birthday this Friday, Dec. 2 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, visitors can learn a new "first" about the building while taking a behind-the-scenes "green" tour or sharing locally sourced cake with Bucky.
Poster sales help keep doors to learning open
The entryways to some of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's most iconic buildings - the bannered Bascom Hall, the archway to Camp Randall and the imposing wood-and-iron doors to the Red Gym - are among the photos featured on a poster benefiting need-based scholarships.
Lakefront Gateway unlocks the promise of Lake Mendota
A trio of projects, collectively known as Lakefront Gateway, will transform a historic stretch of Lake Mendota shoreline.
A farewell to the card catalog
It will be the end of an era when the public card catalog is removed from its home in room 224 of Memorial Library on the UW–Madison campus.
José Madera: Keeping a Latin beat
By day, you’ll find him in Bascom Hall, but in José Madera’s spare time, he’s often with MadiSalsa, a music ensemble dedicated to bringing the diversity of Latin music to the Midwest.
Grad student Jennifer Conrad sees the beast in us all
While many people may not see themselves reflected when they look into the eyes of a dog or cat, when Jennifer Conrad sees an animal, she sees its connection to humanity.
Big Ten Network offering scholarships for outstanding service
Applications for the inaugural Big Ten Network (BTN) LiveBIG Scholarship for Outstanding Service are now being accepted.
MEDiC student-run clinics receive national recognition
The MEDiC program, which provides seven free health clinics in Madison, has received the President's Volunteer Service Award for its work in the community.
Ancient environment found to drive marine biodiversity
Much of our knowledge about past life has come from the fossil record — but how accurately does that reflect the true history and drivers of biodiversity on Earth?
Students: Help fight hunger through donations and social media at #WIFightHunger
In an effort to add social media energy to the fight against hunger, VIP and #UWSocial are giving away seats in a private box at the Kohl Center for the Dec. 31 Badgers men’s basketball game versus Iowa in exchange for food donations and social media exposure.
Psychopaths’ brains show difference in structure, function
Images of prisoners' brains show important differences between those who are diagnosed as psychopaths and those who aren't, according to a new study led by University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers.
New evidence links virus to brain cancer
Tilting the scales in an ongoing debate, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have found new evidence that human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is associated with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the brain cancer that killed Sen. Edward Kennedy.
Hydrogen peroxide provides clues to immunity, wound healing, tumor biology
Hydrogen peroxide isn't just that bottled colorless liquid in the back of the medicine cabinet that's used occasionally for cleaning scraped knees and cut fingers. It's also a natural chemical in the body that rallies at wound sites, jump-starting immune cells into a series of events.