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Review for CALS dean begins

July 14, 2010

A review is under way for College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Dean Molly Jahn. Read More

Longtime engineering professor dies at age 62

July 12, 2010

An entrepreneur and pioneer in applied physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison Professor Emeritus Franco Cerrina was found dead July 12 in his laboratory on the Boston University campus. Read More

Governors group to recognize Multicultural Arts Initiative director

July 7, 2010

The Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison continues to draw national praise for expanding the dimensions of educational creativity. Read More

Herb and Eve Howe, veteran UW–Madison academics, die two days apart

July 6, 2010

Herbert M. Howe, emeritus professor and former chair of both Classics and Integrated Liberal Studies (ILS), passed away on Tuesday, June 29 in Fort Atkinson. He was 98. His spouse and colleague in ILS, Evelyn Mitchell (Eve) Howe, passed away two days later, at age 94. Read More

Longtime atmospheric and oceanic sciences professor dies

July 6, 2010

University of Wisconsin–Madison professor Charles R. Stearns passed away on June 22, 2010. He was 85. Read More

Federal grant to benefit UW–Madison, state networks

July 6, 2010

The University of Wisconsin–Madison, in partnership with a group of national research and education networking organizations, could see a 10-fold increase in research computing capacity, thanks to a new federal stimulus grant. Read More

Young UW–Madison freshwater scientists noted by Great Lakes group

June 30, 2010

Two researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Center for Limnology won major awards at the recent meeting of the International Association for Great Lakes Research in Toronto. Read More

UW-Madison CIO headed to Notre Dame

June 21, 2010

UW-Madison Vice Provost for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer (CIO) Ron Kraemer has accepted a position as vice president and CIO at the University of Notre Dame, effective Aug. 15. Read More

Longtime UW Police Department assistant chief to retire

June 17, 2010

Dale Burke, assistant chief of the UW Police Department (UWPD) at UW–Madison, will be retiring on July 1, 2010, after nearly 31 years with the department. Read More

Badger Watch program receives national recognition

June 15, 2010

The UW Police Department's Badger Watch program is being honored as the nation's 2010 Neighborhood Watch Program by the National Sheriffs' Association. Read More

Conservation biologist named new faculty director of Morgridge Center

June 10, 2010

Nancy Mathews, a professor of environmental studies and chair of Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development at the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at UW–Madison, has been named faculty director of the university’s Morgridge Center for Public Service. Read More

Biochemistry employee Rita Warden dies at age 59

June 4, 2010

Friends and colleagues in the University of Wisconsin–Madison biochemistry department are deeply saddened by the loss of Rita Warden, who died as the result of… Read More

UW-Madison researcher named Hartwell Investigator

June 3, 2010

Dr. De-Ann Pillers, a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, recently received a Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award from The Hartwell Foundation, based in Memphis, Tenn. Read More

Two young UW–Madison faculty win Shaw Scientist Awards

June 2, 2010

Two University of Wisconsin–Madison assistant professors will receive the 2010 Shaw Scientist Awards, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation announced today. Read More

Construction season arrives, campus traffic detoured

May 18, 2010

Traffic patterns will be altered on several campus-area streets again this summer as the final phase of the East Campus Utility Project begins on Monday, May 17. The work is expected to continue through mid-August. Read More

Federal investment in basic research yields outsized dividends

May 13, 2010

Investment in basic scientific research may be one of the best ways to foster long-term economic growth locally and nationally, according to a report released this week by The Science Coalition. Read More

Finalists named in search for human resources director

May 12, 2010

Four finalists have been selected in the search for a new human resources director at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More

Noted UW–Madison biochemist Robert Burris dies at 96

May 12, 2010

Robert H. Burris, a noted University of Wisconsin–Madison biochemist, died on Tuesday, May 11 at the age of 96. Read More

Employee Ice Cream Social moved indoors

May 12, 2010

The university’s annual Employee Appreciation Ice Cream Social has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 12, at 1 p.m. on Bascom Hill. Read More

Brumfield named admissions director

May 7, 2010

Adele C. Brumfield has been named director of Undergraduate Admissions and Recruitment at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Provost Paul M. DeLuca Jr. announced today, Friday, May 7. Read More