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Latest Badger Poll results to be released
The results of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Badger Poll will be released this week and will examine the views of Wisconsin residents on state and national government, politics and economics, as well as the differences among urban, rural and suburban areas of Wisconsin.
Climate change reducing ocean’s carbon dioxide uptake
How deep is the ocean’s capacity to buffer against climate change?
New human ecology building will have new name
When the School of Human Ecology opens its doors on its new and renovated building on Linden Drive in 2012, it will have a new name.
Financial advice sessions for employees focus on strategies when income drops
The Employee Assistance Office and the Office of Human Resource Development (OHRD) will host “Financial Strategies When Your Income Drops.” This presentations — set…
Chancellor Martin’s proposal would shield some students from tuition hikes
Chancellor Biddy Martin, in a move to protect some low- and middle-income UW–Madison students from a proposed tuition hike, is asking to use $2.3 million from the increases for need-based financial aid.
Rural Wisconsin high school students learn with stem cells, top UW–Madison researchers
Twenty top science students from rural Wisconsin high schools have earned the opportunity to hone their laboratory skills and work alongside top researchers from the…
Landscape change leads to increased insecticide use in the Midwest
The continued growth of cropland and loss of natural habitat have increasingly simplified agricultural landscapes in the Midwest.
Expert available to media on NFL lockout
The lockout in the National Football League continues, as the teams’ owners continue talks with players over salaries and health care, putting the 2011 season…
UW-Madison scientists played role in potato genome project
University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists are part of an international consortium that has successfully sequenced and analyzed the potato genome.
Police seek information on University Avenue attacks
Police are investigating a pair of recent violent incidents against women walking on University Avenue near the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. MPD has…
Indoor air pollution linked to cardiovascular risk
An estimated two billion people in the developing world heat and cook with a biomass fuel such as wood, but the practice exposes people - especially women - to large doses of small-particle air pollution, which can cause premature death and lung disease.
Study suggests financial aid enhances college success among the most unlikely graduates
Results from an ongoing random assignment study of a private grant program in Wisconsin indicate that low-income students who receive Pell Grants and are unlikely to finish college get a sizeable boost in college persistence from additional financial aid. The findings suggest that directing aid to serve the neediest students may be the most equitable and cost-effective approach.
Old and new insect pests begin bugging Wisconsin
The mosquitoes are back, the Japanese beetles are starting to devour the 300 species of plants they call “food,” and a flock of invasive insects…
Retired Cargill CEO elected chair of private, nonprofit Morgridge Institute for Research
Ernest Micek has been elected chair of the board of trustees for the Morgridge Institute for Research.