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New UW sweatshirt promotes environment, fair trade

September 8, 2008

A new hoodie now available at University Book Store allows students to show University of Wisconsin style while also promoting eco-friendly and fair trade values. Read More

Recent sightings: University Gospel Choir

September 8, 2008

Students from the University Gospel Choir perform on stage at the Wisconsin Union Theater during the Multicultural Student Orientation and Reception on Sept. 5,… Read More

Arts Institute brings musician, composer, activist Fred Ho to campus

September 4, 2008

The Arts Institute is pleased to welcome artist in residence Fred Ho to the University of Wisconsin–Madison this fall. Read More

New ‘Think’ campaign encourages respect, inclusive campus climate

September 1, 2008

Members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison community are being encouraged to "Think" about using the power of respect and positive action to promote a welcoming and inclusive campus climate. Read More

Milestones

August 27, 2008

Geology and geophysics professor Jean Bahr has been elected vice president of the Geological Society of America for a one-year term from July 2008-June 2009. Read More

Professor wins grant to explore ways to improve Social Security

August 26, 2008

Pamela Herd of the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has won a $30,000 Rockefeller Foundation Innovation Award to Strengthen Social Security for Vulnerable Groups. Read More

First-year Interest Groups take off at UW–Madison

August 20, 2008

Beginning as a pilot program in 2001, First-Year Interest Groups (FIGs) set out to provide diversity education, connect academic pursuits with residence life and offer integrated learning across a cohort of courses. In its first year, FIGs supported 75 students within four FIGs. Since then, the program has blossomed to more than 580 students and 31 FIGs. Read More

Lecture series honoring Denice Denton planned for Sept. 12

August 19, 2008

Nancy Hopkins, Amgen, Inc. Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), will deliver the first lecture in the Denice D. Denton Distinguished Lecture Series. Read More

Program bolsters number of minority engineering graduate degree recipients

August 12, 2008

Elizabeth Felton never thought about pursuing a Ph.D. when, in 2000, she began her master's degree program in biomedical engineering. That changed during a gathering of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Graduate Engineering Research Scholars program (GERS). Read More

Leader of Indian university visits UW–Madison

August 7, 2008

As part of an ongoing effort to forge stronger ties with leading educational institutions in India, the University of Wisconsin–Madison is hosting P.K. Abdul Azis, the vice chancellor of India's Aligarh Muslim University, on campus today and tomorrow, Aug. 7-8. Read More

WiscAlerts-Text tops 10,000 users

August 6, 2008

WiscAlerts-Text, UW–Madison’s new emergency text-messaging service, reached the 10,000 subscriber mark on Aug. 5. Read More

UW-Madison ecologist receives MacArthur Award

August 5, 2008

University of Wisconsin–Madison zoology professor Monica Turner was lauded Aug. 4 for work that was once criticized as "pseudoscience." Read More

PEOPLE students to be celebrated

July 31, 2008

The University of Wisconsin–Madison will celebrate one of its most important diversity "pipeline" programs Friday, Aug. 1. Read More

Eight UW–Madison graduate students receive international travel awards

July 24, 2008

Global Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has awarded the Scott Kloeck-Jenson Award to eight outstanding graduate students whose work will deepen international understanding and global social justice concerns. Read More

UW-Madison veterinary technicians first to attain oncology, internal medicine specialization

July 23, 2008

Two more certified veterinary technicians at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine have attained veterinary technician specialist (VTS) certification, bringing the school's total to seven. Read More

Research Apprenticeship Program offers an early taste of the field of medicine

July 14, 2008

The Research Apprenticeship Program, now in its 28th year, aims to increase participation and success rates of students traditionally underrepresented in the sciences. Read More

Professor wins political science research prize

July 11, 2008

Assistant professor Susan Webb Yackee of the La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has won the Paul Volcker Endowment Junior Scholar Research Grant from the American Political Science Association's Public Administration Section. Read More

Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center hires scientific programs manager

July 7, 2008

The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) has hired a translator to connect researchers who would normally live in entirely separate research worlds. Read More

Amiri Baraka to kick off spoken word education institute

July 1, 2008

Amiri Baraka, the award-winning incendiary poet, playwright and founder of the Black Arts Movement, will give a special reading at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Monday, July 7, to open the third annual Spoken Word and Hip-Hop Educator's Institute. Read More

Wiley to tackle interim role leading new institute

June 22, 2008

Outgoing University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor John D. Wiley has been named the new interim director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID), the public half of the new research center that promises to be a model of interdisciplinary science and public-private collaboration. Read More