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Journalist discusses human rights, international criminal tribunals Nov. 3
You’ve seen the headlines concerning accusations of genocide and war crimes in Rwanda, Cambodia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sierra Leone and countless other places. How are perpetrators of…
Online map allows visitors, naturalists to share Arboretum experience
If the UW Arboretum were just a pretty place to take a walk, its new Interactive Map wouldn't need much more than crisscrossing trails, grey blobs for parking lots and symbols marking the restrooms.
Expanding croplands chipping away at world’s carbon stocks
Nature's capacity to store carbon, the element at the heart of global climate woes, is steadily eroding as the world's farmers expand croplands at the expense of native ecosystem such as forests.
UW-Madison chancellor returning to Greater China
University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin is leading a delegation of UW–Madison faculty and staff to Greater China, with stops in Beijing, Hong Kong and Taipei.
Campus road construction winds down
The 2010 summer construction season on campus is drawing to a close after more than five months of traffic detours and delays. The work on…
Curiosities: Why do stars appear to twinkle in the night sky?
Courtesy European Space Agency (ESA/Hubble). Stars twinkle because we view them through our atmosphere, says James Lattis, director of University of Wisconsin–Madison…
Chemists concoct new agents to easily study critical cell proteins
They are the portals to the cell, gateways through which critical signals and chemicals are exchanged between living cells and their environments.
Students move future of transportation forward
Alumni and a student from the University of Wisconsin–Madison's La Follette School of Public Affairs are advancing discussion of transportation options that use less energy, and emit fewer pollutants and greenhouse gases by helping to organize the Energy Hub conference Friday, Nov. 5.
Jahn to step down as UW–Madison ag and life sciences dean
University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin and Provost Paul M. DeLuca Jr. today (Oct. 28) announced that Molly Jahn, who has led UW–Madison's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences since 2006, will step down as dean of the college, effective Jan. 1.
Carpooling arrangements available for Ellefson memorial services
The Division of Student Life is assisting students with carpool arrangements to memorial services for Dylan Ellefson, a UW–Madison student killed in an Oct. 24 car accident.
American Education Week program to celebrate Education Building reopening
The University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education will host a special American Education Week (AEW) program Nov. 15-16 to celebrate the grand reopening of the revamped Education Building on Bascom Hill.
Law School teams with Asian universities to award executive master’s degrees
The East China University of Political Science and Law and the University of Wisconsin Law School are working together to offer a program to award executive master's degrees in law.
New technique shows 50-year history of toxic algae in Lake Wingra
As public health officials worry about rising concentrations of cyanobacteria - often called blue-green algae - in lakes, scientists are concerned that a warming climate will stimulate the growth of cyanobacteria.
UW-Madison earns an “A” for sustainability efforts
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has received the highest possible grade, an A, in a national college sustainability ranking released today.
UW-Madison Multicultural Student Coalition to host Collegiate Poetry Slam
The Multicultural Student Coalition at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will hold its fourth annual Collegiate Poetry Slam on Nov. 14 at the Wisconsin Union Theater.
Finalists selected for university registrar
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has announced four finalists for the position of university registrar. The finalists are: –Tammy L. Aagard, university registrar and interim director…
Major 20th century sculpture collection goes to Chazen Museum of Art
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 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Recent sightings: Go Big Read
Rebecca Skloot, author of the book “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” speaks to a large crowd during a Go Big Read lecture at…
Ground broken for cleaner, coal-free Charter Street Heating Plant
The first shovels full of renewable fuel were symbolically hefted Monday in the transformation of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Charter Street Heating Plant from coal to biomass.