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Registrar finalists to visit campus
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has scheduled campus visits later this month for four finalists for the position of university registrar. An open forum with each…
Madison police seek info on weekend incidents
The Madison Police Department is seeking information two unrelated downtown incidents. In the first, a UW–Madison student was robbed at knifepoint in the 1200 block…
Zimmerman wins UW System teaching award
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,”…
Agronomy chair named interim CALS dean
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.
Home-Field Advantage
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…
Chancellor conducts TelePresence meeting from China
As part of her trip to China and Taiwan, Chancellor Biddy Martin helped to inaugurate a cutting-edge videoconferencing device now available to the greater UW–Madison campus community.
Search and screen panel named for WID director
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.
Two faculty chosen for national medical honor society
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.
Mississippi Valley Freight Coalition now the Mid-America Freight Coalition
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.
Long-term lake study suggests ecological mechanism may control destructive crayfish
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.
Madison police seek info on Mifflin Street robbery
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…
Work-flow project positions UW for HRS success
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.
Researcher examines sensory disorders
Many people suffer from certain smells, sights, touches, tastes and sounds that most others find pleasant, at best, or mildly irritating, at worst.
Major 20th century sculpture collection goes to Chazen
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.
Forums address New Badger Partnership
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.