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UW-Madison alum masterminds strategy of Internet ad placement

January 29, 2014

Increasingly, advertising is the currency of the Internet. Those rectangles that compete to catch your eye fund many of those free services that dominate the Web. Read More

Students being sought as campus tour and information guides

January 28, 2014

Campus and Visitor Relations is now hiring campus tour guides and information guides for summer and fall 2014. Read More

Update: UW classes resume

January 28, 2014

Classes at UW–Madison – called off for the morning due to the bitter cold temperatures – resumed at noon today, Tuesday, Jan. 28. Read More

Henry Sapoznik, executive director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture, was deeply influenced by the late Pete Seeger to take up his lifelong association with the banjo. He also worked alongside him at the annual Clearwater Festival Seeger and his late wife Toshi founded in the mid-Hudson Valley in the 1980s. Read More

Chinese student group celebrates at gala on Friday

January 28, 2014

As the Chinese New Year approaches, the Chinese Students and Scholars Association will hold its Spring Festival Gala on Friday, Jan. 31 at the Overture Center in downtown Madison. Read More

Campus deals with continuing frigid weather

January 28, 2014

The prediction that it will be a balmy 24 degrees on Thursday came as cold comfort to more than 60,000 students, faculty and staff who rolled out of bed today to encounter subzero temperatures again. Read More

Recent Sightings: Cocoa and the cold

January 27, 2014

A steady stream of students come in from the subzero winter weather and grab a free hot cocoa being offered in the Bascom Hall rotunda on Jan. 27. Read More

‘Office hours’ on State Street offers informal advice to entrepreneurs

January 27, 2014

A campus leader in entrepreneurship has embarked on biweekly, drop-in sessions at 100state, a "co-working" facility on State Street near the Capitol where entrepreneurs gather to move their ideas toward the market. Read More

Climate research shows changes in Midwestern winters

January 27, 2014

A study predicting snowfall changes in the Midwest is helping to better illustrate what winters could look like later this century. Read More

Emeritus professor, physician and social activist Jeffrey Patterson dies

January 25, 2014

Dr. Jeffrey Patterson, a family medicine physician, professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, and an activist for health and environmental causes, died Jan. 23. Read More

What’s with sloths’ dangerous bathroom breaks? Maybe hunger

January 24, 2014

For the three-toed sloth, a trip to the restroom is no rest at all. It's a long, slow descent into mortal danger from the safety of home among the upper branches of the forest. Read More

Cadwallader to step down from top UW–Madison research post

January 24, 2014

After an almost 13-year stint leading the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s vast research and graduate education enterprise, Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of the Graduate School Martin Cadwallader announced today he is stepping down from the post to return to the faculty. Read More

Wisconsin researchers identify key pathway for plant cell growth

January 23, 2014

For plants, the only way to grow is for cells to expand. Unlike animals, cell division in plants happens only within a tiny region of the root and stem apex, making cell expansion the critical path to increased stature. Read More

Tip/Winter Olympics

January 23, 2014

For 17 days in February, athletes and officials from around the globe will gather in Sochi, Russia, for the Winter Olympics. UW–Madison has experts on topics including large-scale athletic events, Russian history, the politics of sport, digital and social media use by Olympic viewers, and LGBT activism. Read More