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Vets for Vets receives national honor
Student Veterans of America recently honored Vets for Vets, a registered student organization at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, as the 2011 Chapter of the Year for 2011 at its national conference.
Products for hockey, shelter win engineering design competition
Under the right circumstances, the undergraduate student teams that won a University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering design competition can either help protect a family from the elements or a hockey team from a scoring play.
Hold that thought? Scientists find sensor that may explain working memory
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers believe they now understand on the cellular level how working memory holds a piece of information — or thoughts linger.
Recent sighting: UW Mad Gaffers Holiday Glass Sale
Patrons browse a selection of glass artwork offered for sale during the annual UW Mad Gaffers Holiday Glass Sale at the glass lab at…
Recent sightings: UW produces another crop of alumni
A graduate displays a cap with a unique message during a winter commencement ceremony at the Kohl Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on…
John Francis: Silent no more
Visiting professor John Francis’s journey to the front of the classroom has been filled with twists and turns.
Message from UW System President Reilly on governor’s action to expand reporting requirements
Protecting our children is one of the most solemn moral obligations of adulthood, one we want to model for the young adults who are our university students.
Workshop to prepare teachers to make stronger case for French language
They teach what Bloomberg Rankings has identified as the third-most-important business language in the world, after English and Mandarin. Yet, as budgets for public education continue to tighten, teachers of French are struggling to keep their programs off the chopping block in Wisconsin and across the United States.
UW-Madison engineer receives Grand Challenges Point-of-Care Diagnostics Grant
A biomedical engineer at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will receive a $2.5 million Point-of-Care Diagnostics Grant through Grand Challenges in Global Health.
Share your commencement moments, photos this weekend
It's never been easier to share the joy of commencement weekend.
UW-Madison graduate wins Mitchell Scholarship
University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate Catherine Skroch is now part of a select group of Mitchell Scholars who will pursue postgraduate study in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Winners of student entrepreneurship competition, seed grants announced
Winners of the Whiteboard Challenge and Student Venture Seed Grants show that entrepreneurship is thriving among University of Wisconsin–Madison students.
Media information for winter commencement
Media advisory provides details of winter commencement coverage.
Chancellor Ward discusses fiscal matters in WisconsinEye interview
WisconsinEye reporter Steven Walters interviews Chancellor Ward on a range of issues, including budget matters.
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.
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.