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Health/recreation fair: Something for everyone
Where can you go in Madison on a Sunday morning to tour the UW Med Flight Helicopter, get a close-up look inside your own eye, and learn more about ultimate Frisbee? The UW Health and Recreation Fair.
Why Files site named ‘Best of the Web’ again
For the second year in a row, Popular Science has named The Why Files, a UW–Madison web site, as one of the 50 best science destinations on the World Wide Web.
CALS alumni golf tournament, football fire-up scheduled
Alumni of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences will hold two scholarship fundraisers in connection with UW's football game against Ball State University.
Tours to give behind-the-scenes glimpses
Visitors can tour the university by foot, by bus or by World War II-vintage amphibious transport vehicle as the campus opens its doors to the community Sunday, Aug. 22.
Volunteers needed for schizophrenia study
For aging families who have an adult son or daughter with schizophrenia, the unpredictable disease heightens fears about the future. A new study hopes to change that fact by better understanding the needs of these families.
Study: Tax cut benefits polluters, ignores environment
Congressional passage of a $790 billion federal tax cut has an enormous price tag for the environment, according to a new study by UW–Madison's Center on Wisconsin Strategy and Washington, D.C.-based Friends of the Earth.
Buss elected to lead national veterinary medicine society
Daryl Buss, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine, is the new president-elect of the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC).
Campus to give glimpse of facilities
Community residents can visit many famous and obscure corners of the university as the campus opens its doors to the community Sunday, Aug. 22.
Run/walk advance signup deadline is Friday
The advance registration deadline is Friday, Aug. 13, for runners and walkers of all ages who want to take part in a Family Fun Run/Walk Sunday, Aug. 22 during the Sesquicentennial Celebration's Recreational Fitness Fair.
Alumni association names Bonner executive director
Paula Bonner has been named executive director of the Wisconsin Alumni Association, a nonprofit group that serves 280,000 UW–Madison alumni.
Campus celebration features family fun
In just one day later this month, youngsters and their parents can pet a calf, ride a Duck, throw a pot and walk through a Wisconsin limestone cave replica. It's all part of the Sesquicentennial Summer Celebration Sunday, Aug. 22.
Volunteers sought for ‘day of caring’
Faculty, staff and students may sign up now for the Third Annual Day of Caring Saturday, Sept. 18. The half-day event will introduce volunteers to community service opportunities around Madison.
ISIS moves through construction phase
As the universityâs new student information system becomes further stabilized, university officials are asking faculty and staff for continued assistance.
Ira Baldwin, bacteriologist and administrator, dies at 104
Ira L. Baldwin, 104, a retired scientist and administrator, died Monday, Aug. 9, in Tucson, Ariz.
Education events to mark sesquicentennial weekend
Learning is at the heart of many public events Sunday, Aug. 22, at the Sesquicentennial Celebration.
Applied real estate program is first in the nation
University business students will manage their own real estate investment portfolio as part of the nationâs first graduate program specializing in the analysis of real estate securities.
The other red meats: UW to study alternatives
A team of researchers will study ways to improve marketing and processing of alternative red-meat animals including ratites, such as ostriches, emu and rhea; farm-raised red deer and fallow deer; and bison.
Reed music conference gets underway
About 1,000 participants from all over the world converge on campus starting today for the annual meeting of the International Double Reed Society through Saturday, Aug. 14.
Celebration offers plenty for nature lovers
The Sesquicentennial Summer Celebration Aug. 21-22 at the university will feature several tours, open houses and other activities that may be of interest to gardeners and other nature lovers.
New gateway to campus one step closer to completion
Two brand-new southbound lanes of Park Street between Regent and West Dayton streets opened to traffic Monday, Aug. 9, after being closed since May.