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Volleyball hosts NCAA first-round tonight
The Badger volleyball team will play host to first and second-round matches of the NCAA tournament on Friday and Saturday in the UW Field House.
UW students laud teacher education reform
As a new curriculum in the School of Education's secondary teacher education nears its two-year anniversary, payoffs are proceeding from a decision made long ago by UW–Madison planners: To transform, instead of tinker.
UW researcher reports kidney transplant finding
Kidney transplants between siblings with slightly different tissue types are as much as 28 percent more likely to survive long-term when maternal tissue types are used to determine the donor, a new study from the UW Medical School suggests.
Arboretum announces plans for council ring
Thanks to a generous gift, a beautiful stone council ring will offer a restful place for reflection and a centralized site for groups to gather at the edge of the Arboretum's Curtis Prairie.
Black Inventions Museum visits campus
The contributions of two centuries of African-American inventors, whose ideas range from labor-saving to life-saving innovations, are on display today and Friday, Dec. 4 at the College of Engineering.
Student-led fusion project wows scientific community
A unique student-staffed fusion project in UW–Madison's College of Engineering is generating excitement in the physics community.
Senate panel seeks word on human embryonic stem cells
Developmental biologist James A. Thomson, whose successful isolation and culturing of human embryonic stem cells made headlines around the world last month, testified today (Dec. 2) before the Senate appropriations committee in Washington.
UW, guest choreographers to premiere works
New dances created by faculty and a visiting artist at UW–Madison will debut in "Steps and Landings," a choreographers' showcase Dec. 3-5.
Religious studies offers undergrad certificate
A new certificate for undergraduate students interested in the Religious Studies Program at the UW–Madison caps a complete renovation of the program started three years ago.
Pediatrician nurtures growth of ethics program
Thanks in no small measure to Norman Fost's continuing leadership, medical ethics is widely appreciated as a highly relevant field with the potential to profoundly affect individual lives as well as national policy.
CCAS names Certain president-elect
The next president of the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences (CCAS) will be Phillip R. Certain, dean of the College of Letters and Science at UW–Madison.
Tips for Christmas-tree hunters
Before starting the quest for the 'perfect' Christmas tree, UW–Madison forestry professor Raymond Guries suggests a little homework on choosing and caring for this holiday centerpiece.
Frazier elected president-elect of national association
Ken Frazier, director of the General Library System for UW–Madison, is now president-elect of the Association of Research Libraries.
UW opera director recognized his calling early
It was a century ago that pioneer American psychologist William James urged his readers to live fully in the now. William Farlow, newly arrived artistic director of UW–Madison's Opera, recommends opera as a means of capturing that ...
UW research effort bringing emotions into focus
The scientific study of emotion, an area once considered too 'soft' for serious inquiry, is developing a solid future at UW–Madison.
Memorial Union hosts Thanksgiving Day buffet
UW-Madison students and other campus community members in Madison over the long Thanksgiving weekend once again will be able to dine at the UW–Madison Memorial Union's Thanksgiving buffet.
Law professor pursues theology, restorative justice
Bruce Kittle belongs to a select group of lawyers: those with seminary degrees.
Professor finds that in shirts, as well as skin, color matters
Prejudice strikes most people as a learned behavior, but a study of grade school kids exposes prejudice as a much cagier beast, waiting to rear its head at the slightest provocation.
Business professor named to blue-ribbon committee
Larry Rittenberg, chair of the Accounting and Information Systems Department, has been appointed to a national blue-ribbon panel to make recommendations on strengthening the role of audit committees in overseeing corporate financial reporting.
Student’s book adapted for network TV movie
A book describing life as a tracker of missing persons, written by UW–Madison history graduate student Hannah Nyala, has been made into a television movie scheduled for broadcast Tuesday, Nov. 24 on the CBS network.