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UW-Madison mourns the loss of First Wave Scholar John “Vietnam” Nguyen
The University of Wisconsin–Madison community is mourning the loss of John "Vietnam" Nguyen, who died in an apparent drowning in Lake Mendota this morning (Aug. 30). Read More
Multidisciplinary team maps costs of participating in Health Information Exchange
Following the Supreme Court's recent decision to uphold the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, health care systems around the country are looking more closely at participating in Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) - networks that share patients' medical data across multiple hospitals and clinics, and improve coordination of care regardless of where patients receive it. Read More
Resistance in the ghettoes: New explanation focuses on history, political experience
What drives some people to succumb to oppression while others fight back? Is it culture, willpower, luck or experience? In a new study of Jewish resistance to Nazi genocide in Poland and the Soviet Union, Evgeny Finkel roots the answer in experience. Read More
Summer’s no snooze on campus
Campus is not dormant during the summer. Though they may not quite match the hustle and bustle of the fall and spring semesters, the summer months are filled with activity at UW–Madison. Read More
Horn named interim director of Rec Sports
John Horn has been named interim director of the Division of Recreational Sports, Vice Chancellor for Administration Darrell Bazzell announced Wednesday. Read More
Lakeshore Nature Preserve benefits from Days of Caring volunteers
Last week, 27 volunteers participating in the 20th annual United Way of Dane County Days of Caring helped remove invasive buckthorn plants at Picnic Point, working side by side with employees from the Lakeshore Nature Preserve. Read More
MPD seeks information on campus-area incidents
Madison police are investigating two recent incidents in the area of North Brooks Street and are seeking information from the campus community. Read More
Bodies of Wonder
Madison wouldn’t be Madison without its five nearby lakes that offer an abundance of choices — from quiet locations for contemplation to vast playgrounds during… Read More
First-year student beats cancer to lend voice to hip-hop, law
Taniesha Broadway of Chicago, is no stranger to meeting a journey head-on. At 13 she became a cancer survivor, having battled nasopharyngeal carcinoma — a rare form of cancer that only seven in every 1 million people are expected to develop. Read More
Graduate School’s Knickmeyer dies unexpectedly
James F. Knickmeyer, the UW–Madison Graduate School associate dean for administration, died unexpectedly early Monday, Aug. 27 at his Madison home. He was 61. Read More
Ceremony celebrates Memorial Union groundbreaking
With a backdrop of sailboats and the UW Alumni Band playing “On, Wisconsin,” the campus community celebrated the Memorial Union Reinvestment Project at a groundbreaking ceremony Monday, Aug. 27. Read More
Neuro reunion shows off progress
They were brought together by some of the worst moments of their lives – but you’d never know, if you witnessed the hugs and snapshots and, yes, laughter, at the first-ever reunion of patients from UW Hospital’s Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit. Read More
Transportation Services highlights campus changes
Transportation Services would like to remind the campus community of several recent and upcoming changes to bus routes, auto parking, moped parking and the Safe Ride program. Read More
Campus prepares for residence hall move-in
The bulk of more than 7,100 students will be moving into university residence halls on campus on Wednesday, Aug. 29, and Thursday, Aug. 30. Read More
Report highlights UW economic impact, retention and grad rates
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
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
"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
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
On a wall in a darkened room, a single word flashed: divide. Read More