A public panel sponsored by the Center for the Humanities at UW-Madison will ask whether the rights of Wisconsin’s native people are respected or routinely trampled, and explores how tribes assert sovereignty through grass-roots organizing, organizational alliances, and legal challenges to such contentious proposals as the recently-deferred mining bill and new wolf-hunting legislation.
As the African Studies Program celebrates its 50th anniversary, Harold Scheub remains a constant.
UW-Madison Transportation Services will be making changes to campus bus service and is seeking input at two upcoming May meetings.
Mayor Paul Soglin has signed a proclamation designating this Saturday, April 28, as Chican@ Latin@ Studies Day in the city of Madison. It is the 35th anniversary of the program.
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies, has selected three University of Wisconsin-Madison scholars for induction into the 2012 class.
As the UW-Madison School of Nursing re-engineers its curriculum, a mutual decision has been made to end a La Crosse-based offering of its nursing program that the school operated jointly with Gundersen Lutheran Health System.
Juliet Eilperin, national environmental reporter for The Washington Post, will participate in “Science Writing in the Age of Denial,” a symposium of science writers, and speak to journalism classes during the week of April 23 as the Public Affairs Writer in Residence.
John Witte tends to learn a subject as he goes along. From industrial relations to education policy, the La Follette School political scientist accepts a challenge and becomes an expert. Kazakhstan is next on Witte’s agenda.
A mathematician and a legal scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have received 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship Awards, recognizing artists, scholars and scientists based on distinguished past achievement and exceptional future promise.
During more than a decade, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has earned myriad accolades for everything from its status as a global powerhouse for research and education to its efforts in sustainability and its ability to produce corporate CEOs.
Four of the most significant awards in chemistry were awarded to University of Wisconsin-Madison professors in a ceremony at the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego.
Four teachers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have been named on the Princeton Review’s list of Best 300 Professors.
The LGBT Campus Center will host Out and About Month in April, providing UW-Madison students with a monthlong opportunity to get active and involved in the LGBTQ community on campus.
Public affairs students are helping state agencies and community organizations make better decisions and policies.
Eight University of Wisconsin-Madison professionals have been honored with the 2012 Academic Staff Excellence Awards in recognition of their achievements in leadership, public service, research, teaching and overall excellence.
Four University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty members have been named recipients of this year’s Hilldale Awards, which recognize excellence in teaching, research and service.
All UW-Madison students are invited to attend the inaugural UW-Madison Leadership Summit and Career Fair, which aims to connect undergraduate students to employers who are hiring for summer and fall internships, part-time, and full-time job opportunities.
Martha Kerner, administrator of the Division of Administrative Services in the Wisconsin Department of Administration, has been named the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s assistant vice chancellor for business services.
A recent survey conducted by the Administrative Excellence Email and Calendaring Team sheds some light on the use of internal and external email and calendaring systems on campus.
There aren’t many people at UW-Madison who can say their work has a special place on desks across campus.