The Commission on Faculty Compensation and Economic Benefits warns that the university is at risk of losing world-class researchers unless steps are taken to bring UW–Madison faculty salaries in line with its peers.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison was highly ranked in several categories in a recent report on college completion published Monday by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Damon A. Williams, vice provost for diversity and climate and chief diversity officer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been appointed to a three-year term on the Commission on Inclusion for the American Council on Education (ACE).
Building on more than 30 years of cutting-edge brain research, a new book by UW–Madison psychology and psychiatry professor Richard J. Davidson offers an inside look into how emotions are coded in our brains and our power to control them.
Three University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate students of color – Edward G Cole, Abiola O. Keller, and Doug Kiel – will be inducted into the Madison Chapter of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Student Honor Society in a ceremony during its annual conference Friday, March 9.
Professor Daniel W. Bromley has received the Reimer Lüst Award for International Scholarly and Cultural Exchange.
Administrative Excellence work teams have been rolling up their sleeves to refine and develop action plans to incorporate effective resource stewardship across the campus.
The third year of the Intercampus Research Incentive Program is open to proposals, calling for research partnerships uniting University of Wisconsin–Madison and University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee faculty.
The 2012 senior class officers have announced a new service-based scholarship to commemorate the Wisconsin Idea centennial and inspire the future of the university’s time-honored service mission.
After just three months of operation, the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment has far surpassed expectations, recording tens of thousands of particle interactions and paving the way to a better understanding of neutrinos and why the universe is built of matter rather than antimatter.
For the second week in a row, Major Dave Brown, Jr. and his wife, Rachel, placed first on “The Amazing Race.”
The UW-Madison Arboretum — where Aldo Leopold helped establish a pioneering experiment in ecological restoration — will host Madison Reads Leopold, a public reading from Leopold’s “A Sand County Almanac” on Saturday, March 3, in celebration of Aldo Leopold Weekend.
As vice chancellor for administration at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Darrell Bazzell’s work days are long. Still, he makes time for giving back to the community by volunteering. For his work outside of work, Bazzell was named February’s Jefferson Award Winner by WKOW Channel 27.
As part of the 2012 Lorraine Hansberry Project, honoring the life and pioneering work of a UW-Madison alumna who made lasting contributions to American arts and culture, a free symposium will take place on Saturday, March 3, in Vilas Hall’s Mitchell Theatre. The symposium, “Conversations on African-American Youth and August Wilson’s ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,’” is presented in conjunction with the Hansberry Project’s production of Wilson’s play.
What is a Maine-born doctor to do when a patient in Pennsylvania complains, “I’ve been riftin’ and I’ve got jags in my leaders?” Consult the Dictionary of American Regional English to learn that the patient has been belching and experiencing sharp pains in his neck. After nearly five decades of work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the fifth volume of the dictionary, covering Sl to Z, is now available from Harvard University Press.
Taking a system that is more than 150 years in the making back to the drawing board is a massive assignment.
Two members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty are among 126 scientists from around the country who have been awarded prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships.
To better predict the future, Jack Williams is looking to the past.
Legislation outlining a proposed state wolf hunt is likely to hurt wolf populations while failing to resolve existing conflicts with humans, says a UW–Madison wolf expert. Senate Bill 411, introduced at the end of January, proposes opening the entire state to hunting and trapping gray wolves during an annual season extending from October 15 through …
The Black Men’s Initiative Forum on Friday, Feb. 24 and Saturday, Feb. 25 will help develop strong leadership through programs embracing this year’s theme of “Building Capacity: Are You Equipped?”