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Recent sightings: Play ball!

May 7, 2013

UW softball player Maggie Strange prepares to catch the ball during the first game of a double-header between UW–Madison Badgers and Michigan State Spartans at the Goodman Softball Complex on May 5. Read More

Parking rates to increase for 2013-14

May 7, 2013

Parking rates on campus will increase beginning Sept. 1, 2013. UW Transportation Services is making the change to ensure revenue streams can maintain the current levels of transit, transportation and parking options available. Read More

CLS interpreters break down language barriers

May 7, 2013

On an early spring morning, about 10 Spanish-speaking UW–Madison employees are having a lively discussion around a table in the Gordon Dining and Event Center. In the center of the group are Carmen Romero González, training officer supervisor, and Blanca García, training officer with the Office of Human Resource Development’s Cultural Linguistic Services (CLS) unit. Read More

New book examines young people’s overlooked views on politics

May 7, 2013

They’re too young to vote but not too young to care. That’s part of the message in “Teenage Citizens: The Political Theories of the Young,” a new book by Constance Flanagan. Read More

Momentum builds for campus research computing

May 7, 2013

Faced with computing infrastructure limitations that might stymie researchers elsewhere, UW–Madison scientists and investigators have always found ways to do more with less. Read More

Updated Statement by Chancellor Ward on UW Fund Balances

May 6, 2013

I have appreciated the discussion I have heard on campus regarding the fund balances carried by University of Wisconsin System schools. As I wrote in the April 25 email on this subject, the funds in these accounts are used to help UW–Madison succeed in its academic and research missions. I am following up to give you more specifics about the funds, and to clarify some points about them. Read More

UW-Madison student competes in ‘Jeopardy!’ College Championship

May 6, 2013

When the "Jeopardy!" College Championship was filmed at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in April 2008, Julia Sprangers sat in the Kohl Center audience to watch then-senior Suchita Shah compete. Read More

Shakhashiri receives prestigious award for public education

May 3, 2013

Bassam Shakhashiri, a chemistry professor and William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has received the 2013 Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science. Read More

Unique engineering shop looks to another challenge of 21st century physics

May 3, 2013

Sequestered in the farmland near Stoughton, an unusual University of Wisconsin–Madison facility - part machine shop, part design lab, part physics outpost - continues to make machines, equipment and detectors for the world's most advanced experiments. Read More

Adult cells transformed into early-stage nerve cells, bypassing the pluripotent stem cell stage

May 2, 2013

A University of Wisconsin–Madison research group has converted skin cells from people and monkeys into a cell that can form a wide variety of nervous-system cells - without passing through the do-it-all stage called the induced pluripotent stem cell, or iPSC. Read More

With heart cells, middle schoolers learn the hard lessons of science

May 2, 2013

The drug trial is not off to an auspicious start. The cells are not cooperating. Read More

Public invited to UW Family Gardening Day

May 2, 2013

Whether your garden sprawls across an acre or fits into a pot on your balcony, this year's UW Family Gardening Day, May 11 on the UW–Madison campus, will provide tips for making it your best one ever. Read More

16th annual Jazzin’ benefit supports campus child care

May 2, 2013

The campus community is invited to enjoy an evening of great jazz music while supporting campus early childhood education and care and programs at UW–Madison. Read More

Three vie to lead RecSports

May 2, 2013

Three finalists have been selected in the search for a new director of recreational sports at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Darrell Bazzell announced today. Read More

Administrative Excellence forum May 10

May 2, 2013

A campus forum on the progress of Administrative Excellence (AE) projects will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Friday, May 10, in Varsity Hall at Union South. Read More

Author Galeano coming to UW for Havens Center honor

May 1, 2013

Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano will receive the University of Wisconsin–Madison A. E. Havens Center's Award for Lifetime Contribution to Critical Scholarship on May 9 during a rare trip to the United States. Read More

UW flu expert elected to National Academy of Sciences

May 1, 2013

Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a professor of pathobiological sciences in the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine and leading expert on influenza, has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Read More

Go Big Read selects ‘A Tale for the Time Being’ for its 5th year

May 1, 2013

“A Tale for the Time Being,” a new novel from critically acclaimed and best-selling author Ruth Ozeki, is the selection for the fifth year of Go Big Read, UW–Madison’s common-reading program. Read More

International urban movement conference celebrates 10th anniversary

April 30, 2013

A decade of urban dance movement evolution will be marked as competitors from around the world converge on UW–Madison May 1-5 for 10th Annual International Festival of Urban Movement. Read More