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Statement on Oct. 29 fan incident

October 30, 2016

UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank released the following statement on Oct. 30 in response to a fan incident at the UW-Nebraska game on Oct. 29. “Yesterday,… Read More

Kaine to hold Tuesday campus event

October 29, 2016

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine will hold an event on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at Gordon Dining & Events Center, 770 W. Dayton Street. Read More

Flying over flamingos

October 28, 2016

A girl leaps over some of the hundreds of plastic pink flamingos adorning Bascom Hill Friday during the “Fill the Hill” fundraiser.

Campus prepares pumpkins, costumes for Halloween

October 28, 2016

The campus community is finding many creative ways to celebrate Halloween – carving pumpkins on a crisp October night, wandering the oh-so-spooky hallways of Humanities, hobnobbing with history's greatest artists. Read More

Farm & Industry Short Course serves Wisconsin farmers

October 28, 2016

In only 16 weeks, the UW–Madison Farm & Industry Short Course teaches students to operate their own farms, run an agricultural business, or work in the agribusiness sector. Read More

UW-Madison confirms third case of meningococcal disease; free vaccine offered to students

October 27, 2016

Testing has confirmed meningococcal disease in a third UW–Madison student, who is being treated at a local hospital. Free vaccine clinics for undergraduates continue Monday and Wednesday. Read More

WARF grants $85 million to university, $14 million to Morgridge Institute

October 27, 2016

The funding comes from the patenting and commercialization of UW–Madison inventions. Read More

Search begins for next dean of Wisconsin School of Business

October 27, 2016

The search and screen committee intends to bring finalists to campus before the end of the spring semester, with the goal of selecting the new dean soon thereafter. Read More

Astronaut James Lovell to speak at UW–Madison’s December commencement

October 26, 2016

December’s University of Wisconsin–Madison commencement speaker is out of this world. Or at least he has been. Read More

Campus leaders’ statement on sexual assault reports

October 26, 2016

Sexual violence is unacceptable in our campus and community. We’re committed to transparency and communication, especially in a case as serious as this one. Read More

Wisconsin Science Festival: It’s not just a Madison thing

October 26, 2016

The Wisconsin Science Festival passed a milestone this year, says organizer Laura Heisler of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation at UW–Madison. "For the first time, we had more activities and events outside Madison than inside Madison." Read More

Immigration attorney, podcaster Rabia Chaudry to keynote UW–Madison Diversity Forum

October 26, 2016

The 2016 annual UW–Madison Diversity Forum will be Tuesday, Nov. 1 in Union South’s Varsity Hall. Read More

Alumnus’s startup seeks more precise screening for prostate cancer

October 26, 2016

Success will take years, but if the noninvasive screening test works, it could aid in early detection of a cancer that kills about 26,000 American men every year. Read More

Gard draws on lessons from family, faith, farm

October 26, 2016

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel highlights men's basketball Coach Greg Gard's relationship with his father, who passed away from brain cancer a year ago. Read More

Rural family medicine residency program to expand with grant

October 25, 2016

More resident physicians will be working in underserved rural areas of Wisconsin thanks to a four-year, $675,000 grant to the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. Read More

UW-Madison ranked highly among global universities by U.S. News & World Report

October 25, 2016

The University of Wisconsin–Madison was ranked 29th by U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of Best Global Universities. Last year, UW–Madison was ranked 26th. Read More

Voting under way on campus

October 25, 2016

Students register to vote and cast ballots in the 2016 presidential election Monday at the Student Activities Center. For details on how to vote early, visit vote.wisc.edu. Read More

New faculty focus: Maxine McKinney de Royston

October 25, 2016

How did you get into your field of research? I have been interested in issues of race and identity in schools since being a K-12 student who noticed racial and social inequalities in my mathematics classrooms and the schools that I attended in suburban and urban districts. Read More

Potts is chosen to head State Relations

October 25, 2016

Crystal Potts graduated from UW–Madison in 2010, and she attributes her interest in state government and politics to her education and experiences at the university. Read More