Category State & Global
GardenFit program helps kids pare summer weight gain
After spending the morning spreading hay mulch and bark at Madison's East High Youth Farm, a group of middle-schoolers lined up for a well-deserved lunch. Under the canopy of a large oak, they slathered tortillas with beans, then spooned on tomatoes, bell peppers, onions and carrots that they had chopped themselves.
Native pollinators: Key to sustainable fruit production?
As a group of students ogles wild flowers on a sunny day at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum, the blooming dotted mint, iron weed and black-eyed susans are certainly glorious. But these adult students are not concentrating on the flowers. Instead, they are focusing on the insects busily pollinating those blooms.
China’s champions to arrive at UW–Madison July 23
A group of elite Chinese student-athletes and coaches is expected to arrive in Madison on Friday, July 23, marking the start of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Chinese Champions Program.
UW-Madison engineer lends experience to ambitious bridge-building effort
Remote and virtually undisturbed, the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge boasts a bounty of flora and fauna, both common and rare species that thrive in the largest delta floodplain in the upper Midwest.
Summer program offers intensive study of Baltic area languages
UW-Madison is an international leader in foreign languages, offering instruction in more than 80 modern and ancient languages, from Akan-Twi to Zulu. The campus also houses 11 area-studies centers, the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages and the National African Language Resource Center.
Odyssey Project offers a promising journey of hope, transformation
The walls of Emily Auerbach’s office are crowded with photos that show the outcomes of hard-fought success.
Martin returns from successful China trip
Chancellor Biddy Martin recently returned from a 13-day trip to China and expressed optimism that the university’s presence and visibility in the world’s most populous nation is growing.
Particle accelerator ready to attempt record-breaking collisions
Energy is building at the Large Hadron Collider outside of Geneva, Switzerland, in more ways than one.
Recent sightings: Chancellor Martin in China
Chancellor Biddy Martin and International Studies Dean Gilles Bousquet talk with Beijing middle school students on the grounds of Tsinghua University, one of China’s…
UW-Madison to welcome China’s champions
Eleven accomplished Chinese student-athletes will spend six months living and studying at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as part of a groundbreaking partnership with Beijing University of Sport, the foremost sports, physical education and exercise science institution in China.
Grant to establish undergraduate Russian Flagship Center
The University of Wisconsin–Madison will continue to be a national leader in language learning with the recent award of nearly $1 million from the National Security Education Program to establish an undergraduate Russian Flagship Center.