Albee Messing named interim Waisman Center director
On September 1, Albee Messing will step in as the interim director of the Waisman Center, while Marsha R. Mailick serves as the interim vice chancellor for research at the Graduate School.
On September 1, Albee Messing will step in as the interim director of the Waisman Center, while Marsha R. Mailick serves as the interim vice chancellor for research at the Graduate School.
Leaning over a multitouch table, middle schoolers examine a digital underwater environment, shifting blocks across the screen and building lures to capture computerized fish. While the game introduces engineering principles and logic through an entertaining vehicle, the surface of the table is only half the story.
Eight faculty and staff public engagement projects, including such diverse efforts as teaching digital literacy skills to tribal teens, incorporating archaeology into tourism, and supporting young homeless children, have received grants for 2014-17 from UW-Madison’s Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment.
Eavesdrop on the beginning of time this Friday evening (May 30, 2014) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Space Place, 2300 S. Park St.
Soils that formed on the Earth’s surface thousands of years ago and that are now deeply buried features of vanished landscapes have been found to be rich in carbon, adding a new dimension to our planet’s carbon cycle.
Guido Podestá, interim vice provost and dean of international studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been named to the position on a permanent basis.
At first, the students considered creating an app or a smart device. But when they got down to it, they decided simplicity really is bliss.
Forty UW-Madison faculty, academic staff and administrators are on a swing through the state known as the Wisconsin Idea Seminar.
University of Wisconsin-Madison students performing spoken word, dance and drumming brought audience members to their feet at a surprise live performance during UW-Madison’s annual Arts Awards reception.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, home of pioneering ecologists who studied lakes, forests, wetlands and prairies, is playing a key role in the next wave of ecological research: large teams of scientists confronting the dilemma of a changing climate on a shrinking planet.
Three teams and one individual have been chosen to receive the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s 2014 Administrative Improvement Award.
Candidates for the positions of vice provost for teaching and learning and vice provost for faculty and staff will give public presentations starting this week.
Business leader Peter Tong has been appointed the new president of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) board of trustees. Tong, who was appointed May 9, succeeds John W. Rowe, who will remain a member of the board.
As the University of Wisconsin-Madison celebrated its first outdoor commencement in 25 years, the weather was perfect: sunny, with just enough breeze to lift a few illicit beach balls over the heads of the graduates.
It’s a rainbow. It’s a sun dog. No, it’s a fire rainbow, which isn’t actually a rainbow at all.
Student veterans and active-duty military members at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have a new resource to aid them to access state and federal benefits.
The small but charismatic Hawaiian bobtail squid is known for its predator-fooling light organ.
The State Street-Library Mall construction project will get underway starting Monday, May 19, with the goal of providing an exciting new look to the area where the city meets the campus.
The 2014 Teaching & Learning Symposium, a two-day event taking place May 19-20 at Union South, will focus on “Transforming Education” as this year’s theme.
Two teams have been selected to receive the inaugural UW-Madison Teaching and Learning Innovation Awards for their work to promote educational innovation on campus.