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PEOPLE students celebrate completing pre-college program

August 2, 2012

One of the most successful long-term diversity pipelines to higher education in the nation, the University of Wisconsin–Madison's PEOPLE program, will again increase the number of college-ready students applying to the state's flagship campus. Read More

MPD, UWPD, UW–Madison address University Avenue incidents

August 1, 2012

The Madison Police Department, the University of Wisconsin Police Department and the Division of Student Life are seeking help from the community to address a string of violent incidents that have taken place on University Avenue in recent weeks. Read More

Learning machines scour Twitter in service of bullying research

August 1, 2012

UW-Madison researchers have been teaching computers to scour the endless feed of posts on Twitter for mentions of bullying events. Read More

UW-Madison wins Historical Society award

July 31, 2012

The Wisconsin Historical Society has awarded the University of Wisconsin–Madison a 2012 Historic Restoration Award for the exterior rehabilitation work on North Hall and South Hall. Read More

Uhlrich to oversee campus research policy

July 31, 2012

Daniel Uhlrich, a professor of neuroscience in the School of Medicine and Public Health, has been appointed associate vice chancellor for research policy. Read More

UW Police invite kids to be Badger Watch Buddies

July 31, 2012

The UW Police Department’s award-winning Badger Watch crime prevention program, which will celebrate its tenth anniversary this coming academic year, has added a new program for children ages 5-12 called Badger Watch Buddies. Read More

New book by UW lecturer examines legacy of activist incident

July 30, 2012

Growing up in Catonsville, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore, UW–Madison lecturer Shawn Peters can't remember the first time he heard about the Catonsville Nine. He was 18 months old in May 1968, when nine people - including two brothers, both well-known activists and Catholic priests, and a former nun - removed hundreds of files from the local draft office and burned them with homemade napalm. Read More

Mathematical ecologist wins prestigious award

July 30, 2012

University of Wisconsin–Madison ecologist Anthony Ives is being recognized with the prestigious Robert H. MacArthur Award from the Ecological Society of America (ESA). Read More

PEOPLE detectives get to the bottom of mock crime

July 27, 2012

UW-Madison Provost Paul M. DeLuca Jr. says he’s willing to do almost anything to help students learn. Read More

Two UW–Madison researchers build ties with Indonesia

July 23, 2012

It took a trip halfway around the world to bring two University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists together. Read More

Printed photonic crystal mirrors shrink on-chip lasers down to size

July 22, 2012

Electrical engineers at The University of Texas at Arlington and at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have devised a new laser for on-chip optical connections that could give computers a huge boost in speed and energy efficiency. Read More

Recent sightings: Chancellor Ward participates in Grandparents University

July 20, 2012

Interim Chancellor David Ward and his grandson, August Ward, program an interactive computer game during a Grandparents University computer science class on July 20,… Read More

With help from Milwaukee company, two engineers graduate with a head start

July 13, 2012

Two University if Wisconsin–Madison engineering graduates had a head start on promising careers even as they crossed the stage in the May commencement ceremony. Now they will join the ranks of engineers at Rockwell Automation. Read More

UW-Madison political scientist wins award for international relations research

July 13, 2012

A University of Wisconsin–Madison political scientist has received the inaugural Sussex International Theory Prize for innovative research in international relations. Read More

Study finds little movement on economic ladder

July 12, 2012

Economic opportunity is not the same for everyone in the United States, new research by La Follette School director Thomas DeLeire shows. Read More

Sandefur to step down as dean, return to faculty

July 11, 2012

The dean of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's largest college has said he will step down from that post at the end of the upcoming academic year. Read More