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Updated Statement by Chancellor Ward on UW Fund Balances
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.
UW-Madison student competes in ‘Jeopardy!’ College Championship
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.
Shakhashiri receives prestigious award for public education
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.
Unique engineering shop looks to another challenge of 21st century physics
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.
Adult cells transformed into early-stage nerve cells, bypassing the pluripotent stem cell stage
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.
With heart cells, middle schoolers learn the hard lessons of science
The drug trial is not off to an auspicious start. The cells are not cooperating.
Public invited to UW Family Gardening Day
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.
16th annual Jazzin’ benefit supports campus child care
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.
Three vie to lead RecSports
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.
Administrative Excellence forum May 10
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.
Author Galeano coming to UW for Havens Center honor
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.
UW flu expert elected to National Academy of Sciences
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).
Go Big Read selects ‘A Tale for the Time Being’ for its 5th year
“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.
International urban movement conference celebrates 10th anniversary
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.
Experience the South Pole in Madison with an exploration of sound, light and images
Deep in the Antarctic ice, more than 5,000 detector modules sit in frozen darkness, waiting for the blue bursts of radiation released by particle interactions. Optimized to detect signs of neutrinos - tiny, nearly massless particles that can travel from the edges of the universe - these basketball-sized detectors comprise the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, one of the biggest astrophysics projects in the world.
Burrill Business Plan Competition fosters student entrepreneurship
UW-Madison students will put their entrepreneurial skills to the test Friday in the G. Steven Burrill Business Plan Competition.
Madoff whistleblower to speak at UW Spring Ethics Symposium
Harry Markopolos, author of "No One Would Listen," will give the keynote address as part of the Spring Ethics Symposium, sponsored by the Howard Carver Ethics and Professionalism Program at the Wisconsin School of Business.
Blooms are behind in late spring at the Arboretum
Deep into what is shaping up as the latest spring on record at the UW Arboretum, small victories over winter are important. Even if they don’t count.
Bousquet to return to faculty; Podestá continues in interim role
Gilles Bousquet, dean of international studies and vice provost for globalization at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, will rejoin the university’s faculty in July after taking leave to serve as UW-Eau Claire’s interim chancellor during the 2012-13 academic year.