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UW-Madison students can explore international opportunities at Study Abroad Fair
Where in the world do you want to go? What do you want to see, learn and experience?
Four honored as UW–Madison’s 2012 Outstanding Women of Color
Four women deeply rooted in the community through social justice work, service, research and community building have been named recipients of UW–Madison’s Outstanding Women of Color Awards.
UW-Madison wins high rankings from two magazines
A pair of magazines has scored the University of Wisconsin–Madison highly in separate rankings.
UW scientists probe, attack late blight in potatoes
As the annual potato harvest begins, Wisconsin farmers continue to check their fields for late blight, the ferocious plant disease that caused the 1848 Irish potato famine and fueled massive emigration from Ireland.
Recent Sightings: The adventure begins
Going up? A Badger Buddy volunteer (right) holds the elevator door as students and family members move belongings into Ogg Residence Hall.
UW students go mobile, portable and functional with their computing
As their computing devices become smaller, UW–Madison students are raising their online expectations. Internet-ready handheld devices and tablet computers are growing in popularity on campus, and students want more from them in terms of features, apps and tools for learning and communicating.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.