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Alan Fish named vice president at Johns Hopkins University

November 18, 2011

Alan Fish, associate vice chancellor for facilities at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has accepted the job of vice president of real estate and campus services at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Read More

Microfabrication breakthrough could set piezoelectric material applications in motion

November 17, 2011

Integrating a complex, single-crystal material with "giant" piezoelectric properties onto silicon, University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers and physicists can fabricate low-voltage, near-nanoscale electromechanical devices that could lead to improvements in high-resolution 3-D imaging, signal processing, communications, energy harvesting, sensing, and actuators for nanopositioning devices, among others. Read More

Library Mall construction closing loop on utility rebuild

November 17, 2011

But after more than a year of construction, the worst is over on Library Mall. With good weather and a bit of luck, the surface could be largely put back together by mid-December. Read More

Big Learning Event seeks your big ideas for speakers

November 17, 2011

Some 350 faculty, staff, students and community members came together earlier this year for the first Big Learning Event. The intention of the event was to encourage cross-disciplinary listening and conversations to develop game-changing ideas for the future. Read More

Native American heritage reaches deep into campus

November 17, 2011

Aaron Bird Bear, a campus leader in the Native American community, talks during Native American Heritage Month about the history of what is now the UW–Madison campus. Read More

Track manager, philanthropist: Campus Services supervisor gives back

November 17, 2011

UW-Madison's Dave Grueneberg digs deep to match his employees' contributions to the Partners in Giving campaign. Read More

Christmas Lecture, a Madison holiday tradition, returns

November 17, 2011

Chemistry Professor Bassam Z. Shakhashiri will celebrate a 42-year tradition with his holiday demonstration, “Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri.” Read More

Global commission delivers food security policy recommendations

November 16, 2011

A new report published by an independent global commission of eminent scientists states that the world's food system needs an immediate transformation to meet current and future threats to food security and environmental sustainability. Read More

Law School launches Wisconsin Business Law Initiative

November 15, 2011

The University of Wisconsin Law School is launching the Wisconsin Business Law Initiative to better connect faculty and students with business lawyers in Wisconsin and beyond. Read More

Campus launches historic human resources design project

November 15, 2011

A campuswide effort to build a new University of Wisconsin–Madison human resources and personnel system is underway, with the goal of creating a more efficient system better able to serve employees, the university and the citizens of Wisconsin. Read More

Staffers share Thanksgiving with international visitors

November 15, 2011

Most students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison spend the last Thursday in November with family or friends: bundling up to brave colder weather; gathering around various combinations of turkey, vegetables and pie. Read More

Four honored for first-year student work

November 15, 2011

The Center for the First-Year Experience (CFYE) honored the accomplishments of four individuals who have worked to improve the campus for new students during the Friday, Nov. 11 First-Year Conference. Read More

Michael Bell named director of UW–Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems

November 11, 2011

Environmental sociologist Michael Bell has been named director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS), a multi-disciplinary research and outreach program that focuses on developing sustainable production and marketing strategies for small to medium-sized agricultural and food enterprises. Read More

UW–Madison plans Wednesday emergency notification system test

November 8, 2011

UW-Madison is planning a full-scale test of WiscAlerts, its campus emergency notification system, between 12-2 p.m. this Wednesday, Nov. 9. Read More

Faculty Senate urges state to reduce proposed budget lapse

November 8, 2011

The Faculty Senate Monday passed a resolution in support of public funding for higher education, calling on Gov. Scott Walker and the state Legislature to reduce the budget cut targeted at the UW System. Read More

UW professors honored by American Chemical Society

November 8, 2011

Four University of Wisconsin–Madison professors have won awards from the American Chemical Society (ACS) in recognition of research excellence. They will be honored at a ceremony next March at the society’s 243rd national meeting in San Diego. Read More

Historian’s work gives a glimpse of Nixon “unplugged”

November 8, 2011

The National Archives and the Richard Nixon Presidential Library will release new recordings and documents, including a transcript of Nixon’s grand jury testimony related to the Watergate investigation, thanks to a UW–Madison professor emeritus who has fought for years to get the secret records of the former president made public. Read More

Center turns to innovative methods with first-year students

November 8, 2011

Inside UW–Madison talks with Center for the First-Year Experience Director Wren Singer ahead of the center's annual conference about how the university has shifted to a more comprehensive approach to serving the needs of first-year students. Read More