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Baseball Commissioner Selig endows history chair at UW–Madison
Allan H. “Bud” Selig, commissioner of Major League Baseball, has made a major gift to endow the Allan H. Selig Chair in History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Owners fund Great People Scholarship in Seligs’ honor
Three Major League Baseball owners have joined to create a Great People Scholarship at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in honor of Commissioner Allan H. “Bud” Selig and his wife, Suzanne.
Hank Aaron’s Chasing the Dream Foundation establishes scholarship at UW–Madison
As part of the Hank Aaron Chasing the Dream Foundation’s efforts at universities around the country, Major League Baseball (MLB) Hall of Famer Hank Aaron and his wife, Billye, have established an endowed “4 for 4” Scholarship in honor of MLB Commissioner Allan H. “Bud” Selig at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the commissioner’s alma mater.
Doors re-open on Bascom Hill’s renewed Education Building
The School of Education has returned to the Education Building on Bascom Hill, coming home to a much-improved facility than the place it vacated in 2008.
Union art exhibits far from pedestrian
There’s nothing more pedestrian than, well, being a pedestrian. You know: Wait for the walk light, stay in the crosswalk, keep up with the flow.
Booksmart
When Charles Wedemeyer pioneered new methods of distance education, he could not have foreseen some of the innovations available today.
Lakeshore Nature Preserve director announced
Gary Brown, director of campus planning and landscape architecture at Facilities Planning and Management, has been named director of the university’s Lakeshore Nature Preserve.
Check out the new university home page
University Communications launched a re-designed university home page on June 29.
Furloughs continue another year
We have made it through a challenging first year of state-mandated employee furloughs, which were imposed as a way for the state of Wisconsin to save money in difficult budget times.
‘Construction’ was the word this summer
From construction to Chinese athletes, campus was a busy place this summer. Here are a few stories you may have missed.
Plants give up some deep secrets of drought resistance
In a study that promises to fill in the fine details of the plant world's blueprint for surviving drought, a team of Wisconsin researchers has identified in living plants the set of proteins that help them withstand water stress.
Curiosities: Why are so many Hispanic names hyphenated?
The two surnames names are ancestral, with the father’s family name followed by the mother’s family name. In Colombia, for example, “Ernesto Escobar Vega” uses…