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Chancellor’s message on state budget lapses
Interim Chancellor David Ward delivers a message about 2011-13 budget lapses. Read More
Recent sightings: Personal Journeys
Both doing their best to wipe and laugh away a few tears, Odyssey Program student Beatriz Mairena-Kellman, left, shares a personal story with Pulitzer… Read More
Stew brings passion, energy to classroom
Stew - just Stew - walks into the classroom in black clothes, red sneakers and a battered straw hat. He carries a guitar case, as if arriving at a coffee shop stage instead of a lecture. Read More
Employee information regarding the state compensation plan
Here are three messages regarding the state compensation plan. The first is from Robert Lavigna, UW–Madison director of human resources. The others include a message from Michael Huebsch, secretary of the state Department of Administration, and another is from state Office of State Employment Relations Gregory Gracz. Read More
CD released with work of music professor
“C’e la Luna Questa Sera?”, a work by Laura Schwendinger, professor of Composition in the School of Music, is featured on a newly released Cedille CD, “Notable Women,” with the Lincoln Trio. Read More
Fair-trade apparel company finds success at University Book Store
One year after Alta Gracia, the largest fair-trade apparel company on campus, began selling University of Wisconsin–Madison apparel at the University Book Store, consumers continue to show their support for the brand and its fair-trade practices. Read More
Microscope will give UW researchers powerful view of molecular structures
A successful campus-wide partnership will bring to the University of Wisconsin–Madison a powerful new electron microscope equipped to produce high-resolution, three-dimensional images of a wide range of biological samples. Read More
Bascom Hill the site of two graves dating to the 1830s
Since it’s nearly Halloween, here’s something worth knowing: Though most people are unaware of their presence, two graves are located atop Bascom Hill near the statue of Abraham Lincoln. Read More
Fungus causes deadly bat disease: last doubts removed
Scientists have proven that the fungus Geomyces destructans causes white-nose syndrome, a fast-spreading and highly lethal disease of bats. Read More
Top investigative reporter, national business editor to visit campus
A Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and a national business editor who has guided coverage of the financial crisis will visit campus this fall as writers in residence. Read More
Dean Underwood column on ALEC published in The Nation
Dean Julie Underwood contributed to the Aug. 1-8, 2011 edition of The Nation as part of its special "ALEC Exposed" series. Read More
Badger Ballroom to host first competition at UW–Madison
When Anna Nadon came to University of Wisconsin–Madison as a freshman she wanted to try something new. Finding Badger Ballroom Dance Team meant trying a new activity for Nadon, but it also meant finding an instant community. Read More
Police probe burglaries near campus
Madison police are investigating three dozen residential burglaries that occurred both north and south of Regent Street since Sept. 1. Read More
Gregory Hedden explored the possibilities of sustainable mining in the Great Lakes
Gregory Dexter Hedden, with the Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program, provided advisory and technical support to the nascent Great Lakes mining industry spawned by those discoveries. Hedden died on Monday, Oct. 17, in Madison at age 92. Read More
Treasured campus murals conserved for future generations
Art conservators are painstakingly preserving a set of historic, wall-size John Steuart Curry works surrounded by the gutted and rebuilt Biochemistry Building on Henry Mall. Read More
Global Health Institute awards seed grants, celebrates merger
Eight research projects ranging from human and animal disease to agriculture to economic growth will move forward with start-up funding as part of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s focus on global health. Read More
Forum on Oct. 27 engages campus on Administrative Excellence
A campuswide conversation about being effective stewards of the university’s resources continues in the first Administrative Excellence forum on Thursday, Oct. 27 at Union South. Read More