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Badgers find ‘right fit’ for football coach in Andersen
The first time that Gary Andersen showed up on Barry Alvarez's radar was during Utah State's near-upset of Auburn in the 2011 opener. Despite being a three-touchdown favorite, the Tigers, defending national champions, had to rally from a 10-point deficit in the final 3:38 to escape with a 42-38 win.
Normal operations, final exams to resume
The UW–Madison will resume normal operations on Friday, Dec. 21.
Campus open for essential functions only; no in-person final exams Thursday
In response to blizzard warnings issued by the National Weather Service for Madison and Dane County, UW–Madison will be open only for essential operations Thursday. Scheduled, in-person final exam meetings will not be held. Visit http://emergency.wisc.edu for complete details, along with updates on campus events and services.
UW-Madison’s Trisha Andrew honored for energy research
Trisha Andrew, an assistant professor of chemistry at UW–Madison, has been named to Forbes magazine's 30 Under 30 in Energy. The list recognizes talented young innovators whose work holds potential for the energy landscape of the future.
Nominations accepted for Academic Staff Excellence Awards
For the 22nd year, the University of Wisconsin–Madison plans to honor the achievements of nine extraordinary members of the academic staff. In addition, the UW System will also honor academic staff in five categories.
From penguins to hyenas, vet students care for the wildest patients
A UW–Madison initiative is one of only 22 accredited zoological medicine residency programs in the world, and its mission is to prepare veterinarians to effectively treat the increasing number of exotic pets, animals at zoos and aquaria, and injured and sick wildlife — and free-ranging wildlife as well.
Games+Learning+Society joins the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
In a loftlike upper level of the purple building on the corner of University Avenue and Randall Street, people dart in and out of cubicles with NERF guns, forgetting deadlines and deliverables to wage playful battles for an hour or two with their colleagues and celebrate new office space.
A first step in preparing for the new campus email and calendaring system
Is managing your email account already one of your New Year's resolutions?
Botany experiment will try out zero gravity aboard space station
Gravity: It's the law in these parts. But to reach the stars, humans may have to learn to live outside the law.
DARE publishes companion volume to landmark dictionary
The dictionary known as DARE, a landmark project housed at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, now has a companion volume that gives readers a chance to dig deep into the definitive source on American speech from the first colonists to our neighbors today.
Library finalists present to public
Final presentations by the four finalists for Vice Provost for Libraries and University Librarian at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are now available for online viewing.
Bad news for bats: deadly fungus persists in caves
Researchers have found that the organism that causes deadly white-nose syndrome persists in caves long after it has killed the bats in those caves. A study just published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology shows that the fungus can survive in soil for months, even years, after the bats have departed.
Retired administrator joins words and art in new exhibits
After retiring in 1994 as associate dean in the College of Letters & Science, Blair Mathews has maintained his connection with the university through a variety of channels. Now, as a poet, Mathews brings a different kind of work back to campus.
Christens wins national early career award
Brian D. Christens, assistant professor of human ecology in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies and associate faculty director for research at the Center for Nonprofits, has received the 2012 Michele Alexander Early Career Award for scholarship and service.
Boy with autism funds research with hand-drawn holiday cards
Giizhik Klawiter has never been so much as a visitor to the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Waisman Center, but the 10-year-old boy with autism from Hayward, Wis., is one of the most faithful supporters of the center's developmental disabilities research. For four years, Giizhik's mother, Pam Miller, has visited Walmart, the casino, grocery stores and craft fairs to sell Christmas cards designed by Giizhik (whose name means "white cedar" in Ojibwe) and his brother Mino (short for Minode'e, loosely "has a kind heart").
Regents alter enrollment guidelines, approve HR plan
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents made an important change to enrollment guidelines and cleared the way for implementation of UW–Madison’s HR Design strategic plan.