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Survey finds UW–Madison alumni starting companies across the state
A survey just completed by the Wisconsin Alumni Association shows a substantial level of business startups among graduates of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More
Vilas Research and Distinguished Achievement professors honored
Two groups of extraordinary University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty were honored Monday (May 11, 2015) with awards supported by the estate of professor, senator and regent William F. Vilas (1840-1908). Read More
Community of practice helps faculty and staff step into role of online learner
This past year, more than 20 faculty and instructional staff received another chance at being a student — a role reversal that allowed each of them to explore the opportunities and challenges facing today’s online learners and instructors. Read More
Five receive Classified Employee Recognition Awards
Chancellor Rebecca Blank honored five outstanding staff members with the 2015 Classified Employee Recognition Awards in a ceremony at Olin House Monday night. Read More
Brazilian beef industry moves to reduce its destruction of rain forests
Expansion of cattle pastures has led to the destruction of huge swaths of rain forest in Brazil, home to the world's largest herd of commercial beef cattle. But a new study led by the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Holly Gibbs shows that market-driven "zero deforestation agreements" have dramatically influenced the behavior of ranchers and the slaughterhouses to which they sell. Read More
OHR rolling out policy for new employee ‘onboarding’
As part of HR Design, UW–Madison is enhancing new employee onboarding efforts. Read More
Bochsler chosen to lead Veterinary Diagnostic Lab
Philip Bochsler, chief of pathology at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (WVDL), has been selected as the lab’s next director. Bochsler will assume his new duties Monday, July 6. Read More
Berquam, Sims: Support students after Robinson decision
The following message is being sent to faculty and staff on May 12, 2015. Dear Deans, Chairs and Faculty:… Read More
Committee names finalists for education dean
Committee names finalists for education dean Read More
UW-Madison researchers helping to attract Kickapoo Valley tourists
The Kickapoo Valley is a picturesque area of western Wisconsin that attracts many visitors during the summer. But to improve economic development throughout this rural region, many residents and business owners want to lengthen the tourism season, and University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers are helping them make plans to do so. Read More
University Summer Forums invite community members to study chemistry, Chinese painting
The University of Wisconsin–Madison opens its doors to the community with the annual University Summer Forums from June through August. Offered free to the public, these four-week academic courses feature leading UW–Madison professors in an engaging classroom setting. Read More
What’s cooking? A new campus chef
Most people try to get out of doing dishes. Not Paul Sprunger. Read More
Patrick Sims named vice provost and chief diversity officer
Patrick J. Sims, interim vice provost and chief diversity officer at the University of Wisconsin–Madison since 2013, has been named to the role on a permanent basis. Read More
Students provide feedback and lessons learned for campus master plan
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a campus full of memorable spaces, from Library Mall to the Memorial Union Terrace, from Picnic Point to the lush green rise of Bascom Hill. Each evokes a sense of place — an intimate and profound connection— that draws us to them and gives them meaning. Read More
UW–Madison’s benefit to state on display at Capitol
Fans chanting “Badgers, Badgers!” can often be heard at the Kohl Center, but on Wednesday the refrain could be in the halls of the State Capitol as UW basketball players Josh Gasser and Nigel Hayes stopped in for a visit. Read More
Analysis compares California exchange, commercial health insurance hospital networks
The suspicion that the federal Affordable Care Act reduces options for patients to choose their health care providers proves to be true, according to a new study co-authored by David Weimer, a professor with the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. However, the quality of hospitals in insurance exchange networks was as good or better than those in commercial insurance networks. Read More
VCFA unit employees start diversity conversations
A series of conversations is taking place across campus over the next two weeks focusing on how to make UW–Madison a more welcoming place for students, faculty, staff and the public. Read More
World premiere expresses UW–Madison professor’s feelings about species extinction
In 2012, when UW–Madison music Professor Laura Schwendinger started working on her second string quartet — one that is her response to species extinctions — the Javan Rhino was considered endangered. Now it is the most threatened of the five rhino species, with just 35 remaining in Java, Indonesia. That, says Schwendinger, highlights “just how pressing the issues I wish to present with my quartet are.” Read More
As the river rises: Cahokia’s emergence and decline linked to Mississippi River flooding
As with rivers, civilizations across the world rise and fall. Sometimes, the rise and fall of rivers has something to do with it. At Cahokia, the largest prehistoric settlement in the Americas north of Mexico, new evidence suggests that major flood events in the Mississippi River valley are tied to the cultural center’s emergence and ultimately, to its decline. Read More