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Dance program for girls presents its spring showcase on May 3
More than 30 girls from four community centers across Madison will perform in the second annual Performing Ourselves Showcase at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 3 in the Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space in Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Ave.
Statewide tornado drill planned April 24
It's Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week in Wisconsin, making it a good time to plan ahead and think about storms and safety.
Students drawn to the challenge of Spikeball
Four players, two teams, one ball, a trampoline and 25 points to win – these are the key ingredients of a popular new sport.
UW-Madison’s Gourse elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
University of Wisconsin–Madison bacteriologist Richard L. Gourse is among leaders from academia, business, public affairs and the arts and humanities elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, it was announced today (Wednesday, April 23).
UWPD hosts drug take-back event April 25
The UW–Madison Police Department is hosting a drug take-back event on Friday, April 25— aimed at getting expired and/or unused medications out of homes, and into the hands of qualified professionals who will safely and responsibly dispose of the medications.
College admission conundrum?
As college admissions letters crisscross the country, we wonder about standardized testing. Do the SAT and ACT accurately anticipate college success? Are they essential gauges of a student’s potential and ability?
UW pursues improvements for Bangladeshi workers
Ahead of the April 24 one-year anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh, the University of Wisconsin–Madison is offering support to an international effort at improving working conditions in the country.
Students take top honors at Chinese speech contest
Eight University of Wisconsin–Madison students spent Easter weekend showing off their Chinese speaking skills. The UW–Madison team won a haul of medals at the Midwest Universities Chinese Speech Contest Saturday at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind.
Student teams from across the nation compete for Agricultural Innovation Prize
The University of Wisconsin–Madison will host 30 teams of undergraduate and graduate students from across the country this week for the national Agricultural Innovation Prize.
Foxes among Badgers: A family of foxes makes its home on campus
There are foxes on campus. Big ones and little ones, a new family that started this spring.
Cliffhangers inspire sustainability at School of Business
While Earth Day is an opportunity to encourage people to think more about the environment, a new marketing professor at the Wisconsin School of Business is taking an innovative approach to sustainability.
Labor scholar to deliver lecture on solutions to low-wage jobs crisis
In 2011, 28 percent of U.S. workers - almost 37 million people - earned poverty wages.
Bridging the uncanny valley between humans, robots
There might be a day in the not-so-distant future when, instead of cat photos and selfies, we humans are showing off our robots.
Study suggests some fathers elevate their games
As parents, we all take cues from mom and dad in the rearing of our own children. But can we improve as parents based on our perceptions of how we were reared?
Statewide sessions explore accelerated use of electronic medical records
With more hospitals and health clinics adopting electronic medical records (EMRs) with the incentive of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, there is a growing public interest in how to incorporate the technology in a way that enhances health and addresses concerns about privacy and information security.
OMAI Line Breaks Festival returns to Overture Center
The Line Breaks Festival, presented by the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI), runs through April 25 at Madison's Overture Center for the Arts.
First in the nation: UW–Madison establishes post-doc in feminist biology
Feminist biology - which attempts to uncover and reverse gender bias in biology - will be the focus of a new, endowed fellowship in the Department of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Made-in-Wisconsin atom probe assisted dating of oldest piece of earth
It's a scientific axiom: big claims require extra-solid evidence. So there were skeptics in 2001 when University of Wisconsin–Madison geoscience professor John Valley dated an ancient crystal found in Australia to 4.4 billion years ago. The date, after all, was only 100 million years after Earth started to solidify from a ball of molten rock.
Chazen docents help bring art to life
More than 5,000 years of paintings, sculptures and other treasured artworks take on new dimensions and deeper meanings for visitors at the Chazen Museum of Art, thanks to a volunteer corps of dedicated docents.
Kellett Mid-Career Awards honor 10 UW–Madison professors
Ten noteworthy University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty members have been named Kellett Mid-Career Award winners this year.