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Research shows backup plans may keep you from achieving your goal

August 11, 2016

MADISON — When it comes to setting organizational and personal goals, making a backup plan has been seen as a sensible way to deal with uncertainty — to be prepared if things don’t go as expected.

‘Accidental techie’ from UW–Madison is IT entrepreneur

August 11, 2016

Applied Tech in Madison provides network and computer services to businesses and organizations across Wisconsin. The blue screen at center shows the status of…

Familiar faces of teaching and learning create cross-campus collaborative

August 10, 2016

Familiar faces from across campus are coming together to provide new opportunities to support teaching and learning under an administrative structure that will deepen partnerships and collaboration between established programs.

UW-Madison joins the Digital Public Library of America

August 8, 2016

Wisconsin’s libraries, archives and museums are joining their peers around the country in providing free online access to their digital collections through the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).

New virus found during investigation into largemouth bass fish kill

August 5, 2016

The virus has been identified in association with a die-off of largemouth bass in Pine Lake in Wisconsin’s Forest County.

Wisconsin Law School mobile center offers free legal aid to veterans

August 3, 2016

MADISON – Nearly 300 veterans have been offered free legal assistance since the University of Wisconsin Law School started its Veterans Law Center in November 2012. Laura Smythe wants to help more.

UW researchers contribute to study of mammoth survival on tiny island

August 1, 2016

Geography Professor John “Jack” Williams and his graduate student Yue Wang say the information is relevant to small oceanic islands today and the people and animals that live on them.

Wisconsin partnership program awards community improvement grants

July 28, 2016

MADISON – The Wisconsin Partnership Program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health has awarded nine grants totaling more than $400,000 to organizations throughout Wisconsin.

Kohl’s $1.5 million gift to fund La Follette School research

July 27, 2016

A $1.5 million gift from Herb Kohl Philanthropies will support faculty research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs.

Cataclysm at Meteor Crater: Crystal sheds light on Earth, moon, Mars

July 26, 2016

In molten sandstone extracted by prospectors a century ago, an international team of scientists has discovered microscopic crystals telling of unimaginable pressures and temperatures when an asteroid formed Meteor Crater in northern Arizona some 49,000 years ago.

Putting the sloth in sloths: Arboreal lifestyle drives slow motion pace

July 20, 2016

Tree sloths have a unique lifestyle: They make the canopy their home and subsist solely on a diet of leaves. Their slow motion lifestyle, according to a new study from UW–Madison scientists, is the direct result of the animal’s adaption to its arboreal niche.

UW-Madison professor reflects on decades of attending party conventions

July 18, 2016

UW-Madison political science professor Byron E. Shafer, who has attended political party conventions since 1980, expects some interesting developments at this year's events.

Expert: Improve financial literacy by ‘paying regular attention’ to tasks

July 15, 2016

Nearly two-thirds of Americans couldn’t pass a basic financial literacy test, according to the FINRA Foundation’s National Financial Capability Study out this week. Those results aren’t surprising to J. Michael Collins, faculty director of the Center for Financial Security at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

UW professor helps promote sustainability throughout the state

July 12, 2016

Tom Eggert and his colleagues at UW–Madison are helping businesses showcase their sustainable practices through the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council.

UW-Madison scores high in world university rankings

July 11, 2016

For the third year in a row, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has been ranked 25th worldwide by the Center for World University Rankings.

UW-Madison campus hosts 25 young African leaders

July 6, 2016

From fields including medicine, public health, law, education and community activism, they have come here for a six-week academic and leadership institute.