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Regents back proposed funding partnership
The UW System Board of Regents has thrown its support behind a proposal to ensure UW–Madison's excellence in the next century.
Author Mitch Albom to address new students
Author and sportswriter Mitch Albom will share his "lessons for life" Tuesday (Sept. 1) as the first outside speaker to address new UW–Madison students at the annual Chancellor's Convocation for freshmen.
UW-Madison ranks high
The national accolades keep rolling in for UW–Madison.
Albom to speak at welcome
Author and sportswriter Mitch Albom will share his "lessons for life" Tuesday as the first outside speaker to address new UW–Madison students at the annual Chancellor's Convocation for freshmen.
Presentation to show how ‘Sesame Street’ is produced
"Sesame Street Unpaved," a multimedia behind-the-scenes presentation, will offer the campus community a comprehensive picture of what goes into production of the 30-year-old program.
UW-Madison will commemorate its 150th anniversary and 15 decades of service to Wisconsin and its citizens starting next month.
UW scientists hone tools for hurricane prediction
Scientists at UW–Madison's Space Science and Engineering Center are developing new tools to better predict the course of hurricanes.
Trace Center receives federal technology-access grant
The UW–Madison Trace Center has been awarded a five-year, $6.75 million grant to make information technology more accessible to people with disabilities.
Move-in traffic advisory
Motorists may want to steer away from the campus area on Thursday and Friday, August 27 and 28. That's when students will be moving into UW–Madison residence halls, and considerable traffic congestion can be expected in the vicinity.
New master’s for practicing engineers announced
A new World Wide Web-based master's degree created by the College of Engineering will allow practicing engineers to advance their careers without interrupting them.
UW-Madison ranked high by U.S. News, Kiplinger’s
UW-Madison picked eighth-best in nation by U.S. News UW–Madison has been named the eighth-best public national university in the 12th annual “America’s…
New students get acquainted at ‘Wisconsin Welcome’
It began 10 years ago as a single event in Camp Randall Stadium. Today it encompasses dozens of activities spread out over a period of weeks. The goal remains the same - to help UW–Madison's first-year and transfer students get acquainted ...
New deputy director announced for clearinghouse
Kathryn Wolf has been named new deputy director of the Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Prevention Resources (WCPR), a unit of University Health Services at UW–Madison.
First test-tube rhesus monkey healthy and virile after 15 years
If there is a crystal ball for the estimated 300,000 people in the world whose lives began with the help of in-vitro fertilization (IVF), it exists in the furry form of Petri, a 25-pound rhesus macaque still living at UW–Madison.
New book advises parents how to quell children’s fears
According to Joanne Cantor, UW–Madison professor of communication arts, television and movies present a constant parade of monsters of every description, "ready," Cantor says, "to pounce on your child's psyche at any moment."
New book advises parents how to quell children’s fears
An enormous, subversive and particularly potent threat to your child's well-being is probably in your living room with her or him right now.
UW campus leader dies of leukemia
Fannie LeMoine, a champion of academic excellence and an architect of undergraduate enhancement programs at UW–Madison died early this morning (Aug. 18) following a 20-year battle with leukemia.
New evidence shows how some flu viruses become lethal
Studying a descendant of the 1918 influenza virus that killed at least 20 million people worldwide, UW–Madison virologists have discovered a new molecular trick some viruses use to transform from dangerous to deadly.
Former UW extension leader Don Peterson dies
Donald R. Peterson, emeritus professor of agronomy at UW–Madison, died of a heart attack Saturday, Aug. 8 in Madison. He was 73 years old.
CALS dairy scientist wins animal breeding award
Dairy scientist Margaret R. Dentine has received the J. L. Lush Award in Animal Breeding in recognition of her outstanding research accomplishments in dairy cattle breeding.