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Out-of-this-World Experience for Middle School Students
With the successful launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour Thursday evening (Jan. 22) for its docking and transfer mission, it carries into space a…
UW Doctors Take STD Prevention to Prisons
A team of Wisconsin researchers is one of only four in the nation selected to work on a major national initiative on prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases in young male inmates being released back into the community.
Turf Management Takes Professor Around the World of Sports
The phone rang shortly after John Stier arrived at his campus office at 8 a.m. The Green Bay Packers were calling. They needed his help.
Luncheon for Latino Academic Staff Feb. 13
The Latino Academic Staff Association will hold a special luncheon Friday, Feb. 13 for anyone interested in joining the organization.
UW Corn Authority Nelson Cited by Genetics Society
Oliver E. Nelson, an internationally recognized authority on the genetics of corn, is the recipient of the 1997 Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal from the Genetics Society of America for his lifetime contribution to genetics.
Sunstad Resigns as Director of University Housing
Norm Sunstad has resigned as director of University Housing effective this month and will soon strap on a new job - and a pair of skis - in Gunnison, Colo.
UW-Owned Zoo Monkeys Headed To Tulane Primate Center
UW-Madison Primate Center officials announced Friday that the Tulane Regional Primate Research Center in Covington, La., will be providing a new home for 100 UW-owned rhesus monkeys at the Henry Vilas Zoo.
Three Events Give Public Initimate View of Kohl Center
Jane Albright-Dieterle, women’s basketball coach, described this as a red-letter week in Wisconsin’s athletic history Monday during her first Kohl Center press conference.
Kohl Center Makes Debut This Weekend
The final bolts are just about in place, the courtside wiring for the media is being hooked up, the cleanup of the lingering construction dust is nearly completed.
University Committee Rejects Duke Grading Study
The University Committee agreed Monday not to participate in a Duke University study of alternative grading.
State, UW Officials Challenge Education Week Study
State Superintendent of Schools John Benson and UW–Madison School of Education Dean Charles Read expressed dismay today (Friday, Jan. 9 ) over a study placing the quality of Wisconsin's teaching force last in the nation.
Spuds Redux
The folks who brought us spuds in space have a new crop to tend this January, when they attempt to grow an amber wave of weightless grain.
Hubble finds one more oddity on an already strange moon
Jupiter's moon Io, whose strange surface is defined by active volcanoes, lakes of molten sulfur and vast fields of sulfur dioxide snow, has revealed another oddity to scientists: caps of glowing hydrogen gas at the moon's poles.
Smoked Meats Are Safe, Task Force Concludes
An interdisciplinary task force of scientists concluded in a recently issued report that there is virtually no scientific rationale for this conclusion.
CALS Dean Finalists Named
Chancellor David Ward will consider four finalists for dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences recommended Jan. 6 by a college search committee.
With space telescope and model, star’s birth pains revealed
With Space Telescope and Model, Star's Birth Pains Revealed" #description "Using a potent combination of observation and theory, astronomers are peeling away layers of cosmic dust to see the birth pains of sun-like stars.
Colon Cancer Linked To Genes, Not Lifestyle
Colon cancer and many other geriatric diseases in primates appear to be natural outcomes of aging, rather than being caused by outside factors, a scientist at UW–Madison has found.
Kohl Center To Establish Itself As ‘Work of Art’
A special arts fund-raiser Jan 17 will offer a 'first-look' at UW–Madison alumnus Dale Chihuly's new glass installation at the Kohl Center. The deadline for reserving tickets is this Friday.
Robert Seltzer Named New Admissions Director
Robert Seltzer, a 20-year veteran of undergraduate admissions with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, has been selected to lead the admissions office at UW–Madison.
Robert Seltzer Named New Admissions Director
Robert Seltzer, a 20-year veteran of undergraduate admissions with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, has been selected to lead the admissions office at UW–Madison.