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UW-Madison wins Historical Society award

July 31, 2012

The Wisconsin Historical Society has awarded the University of Wisconsin–Madison a 2012 Historic Restoration Award for the exterior rehabilitation work on North Hall and South Hall. Read More

Collaborative computing, pioneered at UW–Madison, helped drive LHC analysis

July 31, 2012

When scientists at the Large Hadron Collider in Europe announced the appearance of a new particle among the pieces of smashed protons, Miron Livny saw a huge scientific success. Read More

Uhlrich to oversee campus research policy

July 31, 2012

Daniel Uhlrich, a professor of neuroscience in the School of Medicine and Public Health, has been appointed associate vice chancellor for research policy. Read More

UW Police invite kids to be Badger Watch Buddies

July 31, 2012

The UW Police Department’s award-winning Badger Watch crime prevention program, which will celebrate its tenth anniversary this coming academic year, has added a new program for children ages 5-12 called Badger Watch Buddies. Read More

New book by UW lecturer examines legacy of activist incident

July 30, 2012

Growing up in Catonsville, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore, UW–Madison lecturer Shawn Peters can't remember the first time he heard about the Catonsville Nine. He was 18 months old in May 1968, when nine people - including two brothers, both well-known activists and Catholic priests, and a former nun - removed hundreds of files from the local draft office and burned them with homemade napalm. Read More

Mathematical ecologist wins prestigious award

July 30, 2012

University of Wisconsin–Madison ecologist Anthony Ives is being recognized with the prestigious Robert H. MacArthur Award from the Ecological Society of America (ESA). Read More

PEOPLE detectives get to the bottom of mock crime

July 27, 2012

UW-Madison Provost Paul M. DeLuca Jr. says he’s willing to do almost anything to help students learn. Read More

Growing a green lawn means finding grasses that need less water

July 27, 2012

You have to give Doug Soldat credit. He picked the right year to begin a study on the drought tolerance of Wisconsin turfgrasses. Read More

Online voting continues through Thursday for lecturer nominated as “Volunteer of the Year”

July 25, 2012

Araceli Alonso’s journey to Kenya began with a letter to a pen pal. Now Alonso, senior lecturer in Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the founder of the Health by Motorbike Project, has an opportunity to bring worldwide recognition to issues faced by women in rural Kenya. Read More

DeLeire to use grant to study health care coverage, childless adults

July 24, 2012

The La Follette School is one of nine institutions nationwide to be awarded a grant to provide insights into health reform, including issues related to state-level implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act. Read More

Oral drops for dog allergies pass another hurdle

July 24, 2012

A study reported today at the World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology in Vancouver, British Columbia, shows that placing allergy drops under a dog's tongue can be as effective as allergy injections for controlling skin allergies. Read More

Grants to improve health of Wisconsin communities announced

July 24, 2012

The Transform Wisconsin Coalition today announced that 30 communities around the state are being awarded Transform Wisconsin grants in an effort to create healthier places to live, work and play. Read More

Slideshow: The campus is abuzz with warm-weather learning

July 24, 2012

Think the UW campus slows down during the summer? Well, think again: The university is a mighty busy place well into August. Read More

Parking assignments coming soon

July 24, 2012

A new parking management system has delayed parking assignments for 2012-13, however they should be ready by early August. Customers will receive an e-mail keeping them up to date on when assignments will be available. Read More

New conflict-of-interest rules take effect Aug. 24

July 24, 2012

Mandated federal conflict-of-interest rules will tighten considerably on Aug. 24, affecting thousands of faculty, staff and some students on campus. Read More

UW faculty, students aid African conservation efforts

July 24, 2012

Faculty and students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison will lend their expertise to conservation efforts in central Africa as the first university member of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership. Read More

Two UW–Madison researchers build ties with Indonesia

July 23, 2012

It took a trip halfway around the world to bring two University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists together. Read More