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Slide show: 2011 in review
University Communications’ photographers have culled through hundreds of options for favorite images from 2011 that capture the campus through four seasons, major building projects and initiatives, transitions in leadership, learning inside and outside the classroom, research in progress, the Wisconsin Idea in practice, and Badger spirit in its many forms. Read More
Thomas Hoover, former registrar, dies at 92
Co-workers remembered former University of Wisconsin–Madison registrar Thomas Hoover as a kind and cheery fellow who loved the outdoors and Gummi bears. Read More
Degree coordinators help students move forward
Days before winter commencement ceremonies, a student worker sits amidst teetering stacks of red diploma covers. None contain diplomas. Still, each one needs a plastic insert and an informational sheet, so the student must wade through the stacks one at a time. Read More
Has there ever been a semester without a major snowstorm?
With memories of blizzards and snow days fresh in our heads, Inside UW–Madison wondered about the relative lack of snowfall this month and whether a fall semester has ever gone by without accumulating snow. Madison currently stands at a paltry 1.6 inches. Read More
Your top 10 Inside UW–Madison stories of the semester
Inside UW–Madison, UW–Madison’s new faculty and staff e-newsletter, has been publishing twice weekly since Aug. 23. Read More
UW study: Mothers of tiny babies suffer, too
Babies born at very low birth weights struggle in their early years and a new study by University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers suggests that their mothers do, too. Read More
Dogs on Call helps lower stress during finals week
For almost a year, Pet Partner teams from Dogs on Call, Inc., a local nonprofit organization made up of volunteers and their pets, have visited UW–Madison students in their residence halls during finals week. Read More
Students in four design classes collaborate on adaptive reuse of historic school
An open house at the historic White School in Spring Green will showcase the work of University of Wisconsin–Madison interior design students assigned to adapt the building for use as apartments and a studio. Read More
Public panel explores why Occupy movement matters
Beyond a slogan - "We are the 99 percent!" - and a seemingly organic urge to come together, what's the Occupy Wall Street movement all about? Does it have goals? Leaders? A single, unifying demand for change? How has it spread, and how does it connect to events such as The Arab Spring and the Wisconsin protests? Read More
Three UW–Madison faculty members honored as AAAS fellows
Three University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Read More
Wisconsin Innocence Project screens cases with an open mind
The first innocence case Tricia Bushnell, a staff attorney for the Wisconsin Innocence Project, ever worked on involved an inmate who had been convicted of murder after being found driving the victim’s car with her blood on his socks. Read More
Parliamentarian provides 25 years of meeting guidance
Elaine Staley, academic staff parliamentarian at UW–Madison, will retire after 25 years of service to the academic staff assembly. Read More
Study challenges conventional wisdom about gender and math performance
A major study of recent international data on school mathematics performance casts doubt on some common assumptions about gender and math achievement - in particular, the idea that girls and women have less ability due to a difference in biology. Read More
Public humanities project proves literacy isn’t limited to the page
The American teenager, once shy, bubbles over with questions for a young Senegalese classmate. Why did his mother leave him? Did he ever see her again? As the young man responds, the two begin using each other's first names. Read More
Time running out for 2011 graduates to get Morgridge match on gifts
The clock is ticking. University of Wisconsin–Madison Class of 2011 graduates can see their gifts to support the university doubled, but only through Saturday, Dec. 31. Read More
Research may yield more compact antennas for military use
While tall, bulky antennas seem like relics in an era of sleek, modern smartphones, they're still an unfortunate necessity for American soldiers. Read More
CAVE of wonders: Exhibit pushes the boundaries of art, collaboration
In the year since the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery opened at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, its resident researchers have gotten comfortable in their innovative new spaces. Read More