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Scientific Consensus Plays Role in Debate Over Wild Salmon Recovery
Science may be pointing a way out of the gridlock over rehabilitating wild Pacific salmon in the Columbia River basin, where once-annual spawning runs of 20 million fish have greatly diminished.
School of Education gets boost from Spencer Foundation
The Spencer Foundation has awarded $1.2 million to the School of Education to support graduate students in doctoral-degree programs.
New Program Aims To Improve Written Communication
The Writing Fellows Program, to debut this fall, will train excellent undergraduate writers to help peers with the often-daunting task of writing effectively.
Fuel for Thought: UW Engineers on Trail of 80 MPG Car
Engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are looking under the hood for a revolution in automobile fuel efficiency.
Student Groups Benefit From Faculty Guidance
Interaction between faculty, staff and students does not have to end in the classroom.
McKay’s Anthology Nominated for Image Award
Nellie McKay, professor of Afro-American Studies and English, and her 10 co-editors last week received another honor for their recently published anthology of African American literature.
Latino Realities Topic of Latino Lecture Series
The University of Wisconsin–Madison will sponsor a semester-long Latino lecture series featuring distinguished guest scholars.
UT King Lear Gets Back to Shakespearean Basics
The UT version of Lear will offer high-octane Shakespeare for the students working on the production and the audiences that eventually will see it.
MBA Curriculum Receives Tune-Up for 21st Century
The School of Business has opened the hood of its M.B.A. curriculum, gone in with wrenches blazing, and come out with a…
UW-Madison Rated Third Best Value in Country
Weighing both cost and academic quality, the March issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine ranks UW–Madison the third best value among 51 major public universities.
Danish bestow knighthood on Ingwersen
On February 1 Brent Killerich, consul general of Denmark, visited campus on behalf of Danish Queen Margrethe II to bestow a knighthood on Neils Ingwersen, professor of Scandinavian Studies, for his promotion of Danish literature in the United States.
‘Slop’ Artists to Tackle America’s Consumer Culture
'Slop's Supermarket', a juried art exhibition opening in Madison Feb. 22, will provide a meeting ground for University of Wisconsin–Madison art students, faculty and members of an international art community.
UW-Madison Economist Appointed to the U.S. Treasury Department
Economist John Karl Scholz has been named by the U.S. Treasury Department as deputy assistant secretary for tax analysis.
Henry Barschall, Pioneering Nuclear Physicist, Dies
Professor Henry H. Barschall, one of the world's preeminent nuclear physicists, died February 4 after a brief illness. He was 81.
Fitzpatrick Named Letters and Science Associate Dean
Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, an expert in family communication, has assumed the position of associate dean for the social sciences in the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science.
Spring Enrollment Slightly Up
Preliminary spring semester enrollment figures at the University of Wisconsin–Madison show a modest increase over last year.
Hong Kong Film Director Ann Hui to Visit UW–Madison
Asia's most celebrated female film director will visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus next month as part of the university's year-long celebration of contemporary Asian film.
UW Pro Arte to Perform Beethoven String Quartets
UW-Madison's renowned Pro Arte will present the third and fourth cycles, including Op. 59, Feb. 7 and 8. Violist Sally Chisholm promises the ensemble will display much better behavior than the misguided Romberg.
Cell Transplant Therapy May Have Applications for Treating Multiple Sclerosis
In a hopeful new development for people with multiple sclerosis (MS), researchers have shown in studies with dogs that they can repair diseased areas of the spinal cord by transplanting nervous system cells into the animals.
Dancers and Musicians to Tribute Louise Kloepper
A special concert of music and dance will honor the memory of Louise Kloepper, former chair of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Dance Program, on Jan. 19, what would have been her 87th birthday.