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Insurance veteran to direct risk management
Richard Gibbs, risk manager at the University of Wisconsin System, has been selected as the new director of risk management at UW–Madison in the Division of Business Services. Read More
Reading the fine print: Can conservation easements allow adaptive management?
As conservation easements gain popularity for protecting privately owned land, a University of Wisconsin–Madison scientist is trying to unravel a difficult question: In the face of environmental change, how well can these easements satisfy their conservation goals? Read More
Frequently asked questions about the WiscNet contract
After a week of ongoing discussions with UW System Administration and Regent leadership, a decision was reached on June 25, 2013 that to avoid uncertainty in the delivery of critical services to UW–Madison and other UW System campuses, we needed to withdraw the award and transition to operating our own network. Read More
Journalism grad Luhmann embarks on trip of a lifetime
In February, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof selected UW–Madison journalism graduate student Erin Luhmann as the winner of this year's “Win a Trip with Nick Kristof” contest. Her application was picked from among 700 entries. Read More
New catalyst could cut cost of making hydrogen fuel
A discovery at the University of Wisconsin–Madison may represent a significant advance in the quest to create a "hydrogen economy" that would use this abundant element to store and transfer energy. Read More
Greenfield Summer Institute explores Jewish dissidence and rebellion
Participants in the 14th annual Greenfield Summer Institute will explore Jewish dissent and rebellion in a five-day event on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. Read More
In a sea of data, Bioinformatics Resource Center rides genomic wave
In July 2012, the UW–Madison Bioinformatics Resource Center opened for business, providing one-stop shopping for genetic sequencing, genome assembly, analysis and a host of services to help UW–Madison faculty and others make sense of the sea of data generated by new technologies that have put the secrets of human, plant, animal and microbial genomes within tantalizing reach. Read More
Photographer is named Master of the Profession
The University Photographers’ Association of America (UPAA), a national organization of visual communicators, has selected Jeff Miller, senior photographer in University Communications, a recipient of a 2013 Master of the Profession award. Read More
A Jeff Miller portfolio
Competition photos by University Communications photographer Jeff Miller. Read More
Archeologists return to mysterious Aztalan site in Jefferson County
Research groups from three Midwestern universities are digging yet again at Aztalan, a state park near Lake Mills, Wis., hoping to unravel the history of a walled outpost that was once thought to be related to the Aztec culture in Mexico. Read More
Vice provost Damon Williams to leave UW
Damon A. Williams, UW–Madison's vice provost and chief diversity officer, has announced that he will leave the university on August 2. Read More
Ecologists map the benefits of our ecosystems
Two ecologists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison report this week (July 1) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences a novel approach to analyzing the production and location of 10 different ecosystem services across a landscape, opening the door to being able to identify factors governing their synergies and tradeoffs. Read More
Whose ER response is better? Medical faculty, residents compete in ‘Sim Wars’
In one room of the simulated emergency department, Assistant Professor of Medicine Mary Westergaard futilely applies chest compressions to a child manikin. The script says the boy hasn’t had a pulse since he arrived in the Med Flight helicopter and that gray matter leaking from his brain indicates a severe head injury. Read More
Information sessions will address latest HR Design developments
Four information sessions are set for July to update the campus community on the HR Design project. Read More
Diamond catalyst shows promise in breaching age-old barrier
In the world, there are a lot of small molecules people would like to get rid of, or at least convert to something useful, according to University of Wisconsin–Madison chemist Robert J. Hamers. Read More
UW–Madison withdraws WiscNet network services award
After consultation with the University of Wisconsin System Administration and the Board of Regents, UW–Madison has withdrawn its award to WiscNet for advanced research and educational network services for its campus and other UW System schools. Read More
Nothing But the Truth
Falsely convicted of murder and imprisoned for 12 years, meet the man who survived this ordeal and the Innocence Project that help free him. A… Read More
SPOT-Bot
A team of UW–Madison engineering students create a robot that gives a paralyzed surgeon the chance to return to the operating room..
Recent sightings: Blank on the planks
Bucky Badger is pictured with (left to right) incoming UW–Madison chancellor Rebecca Blank, Wisconsin Alumni Association president Paula Bonner, and lead donors Mary Sue Goodspeed Shannon and Michael Shannon. Read More