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‘Enrique’s Journey’ chosen for Go Big Read program
University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin has selected "Enrique's Journey" by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sonia Nazario as the book for the third year of Go Big Read, the university's common reading program. Read More
Recent sightings: Ice cream social
As the temperature soared into the 90s on June 7, 2011, hundreds of people beat the heat by enjoying servings of Babcock Dairy ice… Read More
Badgers vote to carry on tradition with The Red Shirt, fourth edition
Alumni, students, fans and friends of the University of Wisconsin–Madison cast nearly 7,000 votes to select a spirited design for the next The Red Shirt, now in its fourth edition. Read More
Science teachers to get opportunity to explore evolution
Science teachers will have a unique opportunity to get inside evolution at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, which has a long history of evolutionary researchers. Read More
SOAR returns home to new Union South
For the first time since 2008, the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Student Orientation, Advising and Registration (SOAR) will take place in Union South, returning the program's original, but greatly enhanced, home base. Read More
Big scoop: Employee Appreciation Ice Cream Social set for today, June 7
Mark your calendar for the annual Employee Appreciation Ice Cream Social, which is scheduled for Tuesday, June 7, at 1:30 p.m. on Bascom Hill. Read More
Campus architects gather at UW–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison's 933 acres of campus will serve as both host and laboratory when university architects from across the U.S. and Canada descend on Wisconsin. Read More
Bike to Work Week is underway
UW Transportation Services is once again partnering with the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin to promote various Bike to Work Week events throughout town. Check… Read More
Hilliard named Multicultural Student Center director
The Division of Student Life has appointed Donte Hilliard as new director of the Multicultural Student Center (MSC). Hilliard has served as the MSC’s interim… Read More
Chancellor Martin: UW budget proposal a “promising first step”
Dear members of the UW–Madison community, I am pleased to report that key state lawmakers, with input from UW–Madison and UW System, have reached… Read More
School of Business dean finalists to visit campus
The three finalists for the position of Albert O. Nicholas Dean of the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will be on campus in coming days. Read More
‘Virus hunter’ to speak at UW–Madison event
Nathan Wolfe, an epidemiologist leading an effort to catch the next pandemic disease before it hits, will give the public a window into the big thinkers speaking at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Big Learning Event. Read More
Saturday Science at Discovery: June focus on ice cream
You start with milk, but then what? Get the scoop from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, June 4, in the Town Center of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. Read More
Award will help children with brain injuries
On rotation at 2 a.m. at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, Joshua Medow was a junior resident when he saw yet another child come into the emergency room after the shunt designed to remove excess fluid from his brain malfunctioned. Read More
Census shows significant increase in Wisconsin’s single-father households
The number of single-father households in Wisconsin is increasing, according to Census 2010 figures released in mid-May. Read More
Patz to lead campuswide global-health effort
How did pesticide spraying for malaria in Borneo lead to a Typhus fever epidemic? Why did drilling wells for cleaner water lead to widespread arsenic-related skin cancer in Bangladesh? Read More
Children of divorce fall behind peers in math, social skills
Divorce is a drag on the academic and emotional development of young children, but only once the breakup is under way, according to a study of elementary school students and their families. Read More