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Report highlights UW economic impact, retention and grad rates

August 27, 2012

The University of Wisconsin–Madison has a freshman-sophomore retention rate of nearly 94 percent, and a six-year graduation rate of nearly 83 percent, according to the findings of an annual accountability report received by the UW System Board of Regents last week. Read More

UW plans new research and teaching facilities to support dairy, meat and poultry processors

August 27, 2012

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is moving ahead with a $75-million initiative to upgrade research and teaching facilities to support the industries that make some of the state's most iconic agricultural products. Read More

Visual art: Exhibit explores the science behind the beauty

August 27, 2012

"About Seeing," an innovative exhibit focusing on the interaction between vision science and visual art, opens Aug. 31 at the James Watrous Gallery at the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison. Read More

UW–Madison researchers expanding study on human resilience

August 27, 2012

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Institute on Aging are studying how adults overcome social and economic challenges and whether it matters for their health, with a special focus on human resilience in the face of adversity. Read More

‘Hacking’ to bridge a divide

August 23, 2012

On a wall in a darkened room, a single word flashed: divide. Read More

West Nile’s ‘super spreader:’ How about the American robin?

August 23, 2012

The 2012 outbreak of West Nile virus, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, promises to be the largest since the disease was first detected in the United States 13 years ago. Read More

Morgridge Institute’s Velten named a top young innovator

August 22, 2012

Andreas Velten, an associate scientist with the Morgridge Institute for Research, has been recognized by MIT’s Technology Review as a TR35 honoree for 2012. Read More

Compounds shown to thwart stubborn pathogen’s social propensity

August 21, 2012

Acinetobacter baumanni, a pathogenic bacterium that is a poster child of deadly hospital acquired infections, is one tough customer. Read More

Eight faculty named to WARF professorships

August 21, 2012

Eight members of the UW–Madison faculty have been appointed to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation named professorships in 2012. Read More

Industrial and systems engineering professor Ben-Tzion “Bentzi” Karsh dies

August 21, 2012

Ben-Tzion “Bentzi” Karsh, a professor of industrial and systems engineering who also earned three degrees from UW–Madison, died Aug. 18 after an 18-month battle with cancer. Read More

Roundtable discussion features SBA official Winslow Sargeant

August 20, 2012

Winslow Sargeant, chief counsel for advocacy at the Small Business Administration and a UW–Madison engineering graduate, will discuss the most pressing issues confronting technology ventures in Wisconsin and beyond at a free roundtable discussion on Wednesday, Aug. 22. Read More

CALS departments go in range of directions

August 16, 2012

After Brad Barham finished his term as chair of the University Committee, he looked around the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and realized someone needed to help advance the college’s engagement with the chancellor’s initiative on Educational Innovation. Read More

In second year, Educational Innovation focused on making change

August 16, 2012

If you want to get a master’s degree in economics at UW–Madison, the only way to do that right now is to start a doctorate in the subject, but opt not to complete it. That will change starting next fall, as the department moves to offer a master’s degree program to help students with nontraditional backgrounds get started on the road to a doctoral program. Read More

New building drives changes at School of Nursing

August 16, 2012

The School of Nursing is always in the process of evolution, but bigger changes – including a new building – are driving a more comprehensive redesign of its curriculum. Read More

Engineering moving classroom into digital age

August 16, 2012

The Internet has profoundly affected the lives of those born into an information-saturated world, the “digital natives.” It has shaped nearly all of their expectations of the world, including what they expect from an institution of higher learning. Read More

Sunflowers inspire more efficient solar power system

August 15, 2012

A field of young sunflowers will slowly rotate from east to west during the course of a sunny day, each leaf seeking out as much sunlight as possible as the sun moves across the sky through an adaptation called heliotropism. Read More

UW-Madison ranked 19th among world’s universities

August 15, 2012

For the second year in a row, the University of Wisconsin–Madison was ranked 19th among world universities in an annual survey done by Shanghai’s Jiao Tong University. Read More