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DPI, UW–Madison School of Education project receive federal grant

September 28, 2011

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, on behalf of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Education’s World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA), has received a $10.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to build a technology-based assessment system for English learners. Read More

New Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house to be dedicated

September 28, 2011

The new Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house will be dedicated at 237 Langdon St. this week, nearly three years after a fire destroyed the original historic building on the same lot. Read More

Camp Randall FanCam appears at Nebraska game

September 28, 2011

More than 80,000 Badger football fans will have a chance to prove they were present when Wisconsin takes on Nebraska this Saturday, Oct. 1 in the first of many Big Ten rivalry matchups, by participating in the “Camp Randall FanCam.” Read More

Stuff ‘n’ food: Can collectible toys overcome fascination with fast food?

September 28, 2011

Every parent seems to know what McDonald's knows: Food and toys outsell food alone. But could toys be used to promote the sale of healthy food as well as calorie-rich fast food? Read More

UW–Madison Diversity Forum set for Oct. 6

September 28, 2011

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Office of the Vice Provost for Diversity and Climate will host the annual Diversity Forum from 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6, at Union South. Read More

UW–Madison program provides reconditioned hearing aids

September 28, 2011

A hearing aid recycling program that helps provide services to low-income individuals is under way, led by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Communicative Disorders. Read More

Extended hours planned for Badgerville for Saturday’s Nebraska game

September 27, 2011

To celebrate the start of the Big Ten season, Badgerville, the official tailgate party of Wisconsin Athletics will open at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1, prior to the UW vs. Nebraska game which starts at 7 p.m. Read More

Employee flu shot clinics start Oct. 3

September 27, 2011

This year’s employee flu shot clinics will start Oct. 3 and will run into mid-November. Read More

MIU awards 15 new undergraduate academic and career advisers

September 27, 2011

UW–Madison awarded six schools and colleges 15 new academic and career advising positions last week through the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates (MIU). Read More

Sociologist celebrates 50 years of teaching at UW–Madison

September 27, 2011

Longtime professor Joe Elder is being honored for his 50 years of teaching. Read More

Business professor Carpenter passes away

September 27, 2011

Mason A. Carpenter, beloved professor of strategic management, M. Keith Weikel Professor in Leadership and associate dean of evening and executive master of business administration programs in the Wisconsin School of Business, passed away on Sept. 22 after a battle with cancer. Read More

Excitement builds as environmental studies major opens to students

September 26, 2011

The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s new environmental studies major was mentioned in a U.S. News and World Report article that spotlighted nine “hot college majors” from around the nation. The mention of the new major came as students began signing up for the new undergraduate major in environmental studies at UW–Madison. Read More

Jumping gene enabled key step in corn domestication

September 25, 2011

In seeking to better understand how teosinte gave rise to corn, a scientific team has pinpointed one of the key genetic changes that paved the way for corn's domestication. Read More

DOE upgrades UW–Madison nuclear facilities, funds new projects

September 23, 2011

With more than $2 million in U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funding, University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering physics researchers will work with teams at other U.S. universities to develop the next generation of nuclear energy technologies. Read More

New faculty eager to make their mark

September 23, 2011

Some come directly from graduate school; some come from established careers at major universities. All of the new faculty members at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are excited to get to work. Read More

Bike valet parking service available at football games

September 23, 2011

University of Wisconsin–Madison Transportation Services and the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin will offer free bike valet parking at all Badger football games this season. Read More

Study: Advantages of single-sex schooling a myth

September 22, 2011

As Madison deals with a proposal to establish a single-sex charter school, a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of psychology is one author of an article that calls the scientific case for single-sex schools "pseudoscience." Read More

UW–Madison botanist plucks new flower from Isle Royale

September 22, 2011

One of the world's newest sunflower species, discovered by a University of Wisconsin–Madison botanist, has carved out a very small but safe niche on an island in Lake Superior. Read More

Tony Award-winning director, playwright to speak at UW–Madison

September 22, 2011

Chicago theater luminary Mary Zimmerman will give a public lecture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6, in Room L160 of the Chazen Museum of Art. Read More