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Coming soon: cost-transfer electronic-workflow tool
A cost-transfer tool for campus units needing to do salary and/or nonsalary cost transfers will be introduced to campus the week of May 2 upon… Read More
Registration now open for May 16 furlough day of service
People on campus who love walking, jogging and biking through the Lakeshore Nature Preserve now have an easy opportunity to help maintain it. During the… Read More
New human resources system launches
HRS, the state-of-the-art human resource system, launched this week, now managing a more than $2 billion annual payroll for UW System employees and improving how… Read More
Just two issues left
After 25 years in publication, Wisconsin Week will be retired with the May 4 issue. A new, more-frequent electronic publication for faculty and staff will… Read More
New majors build on UW–Madison’s environmental legacy
Students taking part in an ecological field experiment as part of an Ecology 460 class at the Greene Prairie site, located within the… Read More
Consultants begin UW–Madison efficiency study
Consultants have begun the work of studying the efficiency of UW–Madison under the guidance of a campus advisory board and with the help of the university community. Read More
UW-Madison to continue support of veterans
The University of Wisconsin–Madison will continue to support veterans under the Wisconsin GI Bill, Chancellor Biddy Martin said today in response to a legislator's criticism. Read More
Alumni Weekend to get Badgers in the right spirit
Badger spirit will be everywhere from April 28-May 1 as hundreds of University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni and friends return to campus for Alumni Weekend and celebrate Spirit Day across Wisconsin and the world. Read More
Archival video, new film added to Earth Day website
Several archival video clips and a new short film have been added to a website that documents the history of Earth Day. Read More
Four from UW–Madison elected to American Academy
Four University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty members are among a list of pre-eminent scholars and leaders newly elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Read More
University biomedical emphasis a big economic winner for Wisconsin
As Wisconsin struggles with unemployment and anemic growth, a group of health-related university spin-offs continues to benefit from UW–Madison's profound depth in biological sciences, medicine and engineering. Read More
Curiosities: Is anything harder than diamond?
People have made that claim, but the verdict is not in, says Don Stone, a professor of materials science and engineering at the University of… Read More
Break the Silence against bullying event planned for today
Today, University of Wisconsin–Madison students will rally with students from across the state to take a stand against the silence that often surrounds bullying in schools and universities. Read More
China’s champions welcomed to UW–Madison
Faculty, staff and members of Madison’s Chinese community joined Chancellor Biddy Martin at Olin House to welcome 15 world-class Chinese athletes, including one coach, to the campus of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More
Choral Union presents ‘Elijah’
The Madison Choral Union was established in 1893, and from the beginning its vision was to be more than a group getting together for casual sing-a-longs. The organizers had grander things in mind. Read More
Recent sightings: Undergraduate Symposium
Participants look at a poster presentation highlighting bottle biology — an outreach project aimed at K-12 education — and make takeaway samples during the… Read More
Precipitation, predators may be key in ecological regulation of infectious disease
A little information can go a surprisingly long way when it comes to understanding rodent-borne infectious disease, as shown by a new study led by John Orrock from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More
Book series explores chemistry’s panache
When chemistry’s preeminent impresario Bassam Shakhashiri mounts the dais, you know the show is about to begin. Read More
All-Campus Party for UW–Madison students celebrates end of school year
The 11th annual All-Campus Party (ACP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, hosted by the Wisconsin Alumni Student Board (WASB), kicks off today (April 14), with a Senior Party. Read More