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Zimmerman wins UW System teaching award

November 8, 2010

David Zimmerman, a UW–Madison English professor, is among four recipients of the UW System’s 2010 Alliant Energy Underkofler Awards for Excellence in Teaching. “I’m humbled,”… Read More

Agronomy chair named interim CALS dean

November 8, 2010

Agronomy professor and department chair William F. Tracy has been named interim dean of the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Read More

Home-Field Advantage

November 5, 2010

The minivan is dwarfed by the loading dock at Gordon Commons, so it pulls up several feet short of where trailer trucks routinely make deliveries… Read More

Search and screen panel named for WID director

November 5, 2010

A search and screen committee has been named to find the first permanent director for the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. Martin Cadwallader, vice chancellor for research and dean of the Graduate School, says the committee is accepting nominations and hopes to have a candidate selected by late spring. Read More

Two faculty chosen for national medical honor society

November 5, 2010

Cynthia Haq and John Harting, faculty leaders at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, have been elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society. Read More

Mississippi Valley Freight Coalition now the Mid-America Freight Coalition

November 4, 2010

An organization that focuses on planning, operating, preserving and improving freight transportation infrastructure and networks throughout the Midwest has a new name, although its mission remains the same. Read More

Long-term lake study suggests ecological mechanism may control destructive crayfish

November 4, 2010

Just a few years ago, scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's research station in Boulder Junction, Wis., were growing sick of a crustacean delicacy - the rusty crayfish. Roughly 90,000 of the animals had been caught during an intensive trapping program at the nearby Sparkling Lake. Read More

Madison police seek info on Mifflin Street robbery

November 3, 2010

The Madison Police Department is seeking information about a robbery of four UW–Madison students during the early morning hours of Wednesday, Nov. 3 
in the… Read More

Doors to Education Reopen

November 3, 2010

Work-flow project positions UW for HRS success

November 3, 2010

When the UW System’s new human resources system is implemented this spring, a cross-campus collaborative effort will have prepared UW–Madison academic and administrative units to take full advantage of the new software. Read More

Researcher examines sensory disorders

November 3, 2010

Many people suffer from certain smells, sights, touches, tastes and sounds that most others find pleasant, at best, or mildly irritating, at worst. Read More

Major 20th century sculpture collection goes to Chazen

November 3, 2010

A major private collection of 20th century sculpture will be made accessible to the public in its new home at the Chazen Museum of Art. Read More

Forums address New Badger Partnership

November 3, 2010

Better access to classes, more students graduating in four years, more tenure-track faculty in the classroom. Those are just a few of the ways UW–Madison would benefit in the coming years if the university were granted broader flexibility, Chancellor Biddy Martin told a campus audience at Grainger Hall Oct. 19. Read More

Food drive unites campus against hunger

November 3, 2010

For several years, the Office of Visitor & Information Programs (VIP) has coordinated an NBC15 Share Your Holidays food drive for families in need. Read More

UWPD: Don’t leave personal items unattended

November 3, 2010

The UW Police Department is reporting a recent increase in thefts of unattended personal items such as laptop computers, backpacks and purses. Read More