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UWPD reports Lot 46 break-ins, protect your valuables

May 3, 2010

Several vehicle break-ins have occurred in Lot 46 in recent weeks and some have taken place during daylight hours. Locked vehicles were among those targeted.

Student memorial set for Thursday

May 3, 2010

The Offices of the Dean of Students will remember UW–Madison students who passed away during the 2009-10 academic year during a brief ceremony at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 6 at the Carillon Tower.

New Lakeshore Nature Preserve bench results from collaboration

April 30, 2010

Medical students to honor deceased for contributions to education

April 30, 2010

“On, Wisconsin!” video contest winners announced

April 30, 2010

Four members of UW Hip Hop have won the grand prize in the university's "On, Wisconsin!" YouTube video contest for their entry "On Wisconsin Remix Song."

Hip-hop workshop focuses on teaching tools

April 30, 2010

Now celebrating its fifth year, the Hip-Hop Educator and Community Leader Training Institute will be held on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus from July 7-11.

Public meeting set on Charter Street Heating Plant renovation

April 29, 2010

A public meeting to detail plans to renovate the Charter Street Heating Plant and present the findings of a draft environmental impact statement on the project will be held Wednesday, May 5.

New scholarships boost environmental studies, community service

April 29, 2010

Seventeen undergraduate students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are the first recipients of new need-based scholarships in environmental studies that promote community service.

UW education scholar wins early-career award for new study of college choice

April 29, 2010

The William T. Grant Foundation has appointed a UW–Madison education professor to the 2010 class of William T. Grant Scholars, an elite group of early-career researchers studying ways to improve the lives of youth.

Poverty institute hosts talks on globalization’s impact on Midwest, economic inequalities

April 29, 2010

The Institute for Research on Poverty will welcome two important figures to the University of Wisconsin–Madison in May to present seminars on economic issues that affect everyone but which hit the poor especially hard.

Recent sightings: Kindergarten Prof

April 28, 2010

Students in Josh Reineking’s kindergarten class at Glenn Stephens Elementary School in Madison, Wisconsin, visit a lecture during Political Science 104: Introduction to American…

Veteran journalist Tom Bier wins UW’s first journalism ethics award

April 28, 2010

The Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will honor television broadcaster Tom Bier, vice president and station manager of WISC-TV and Channel 3000.com, with its first "Wisconsin Commitment to Journalism Ethics Award" on Friday, April 30.

NIH reapproves WiCell’s H9 and three other Wisconsin stem cell lines for federally funded research

April 27, 2010

Today the National Institutes of Health reapproved the WiCell Research Institute's H9 (WA09) human embryonic stem (ES) cell line, the most used and cited in scientific research, for ongoing use in federally funded research.

First Transportation Services open forum creates dialogue, more sessions set

April 27, 2010

UW Transportation Services continues its series of open forums in May to gather feedback about program changes now being evaluated. The first session, held at…

Human Ecology to break ground on new building

April 27, 2010

University Preschool children in hardhats will assist at the School of Human Ecology groundbreaking at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 30, at 1300 Linden Drive.

The plight of working-poor families: Low-wage labor and weak safety net

April 27, 2010

In their new book from the University of Chicago Press titled "Both Hands Tied: Welfare Reform and the Race to the Bottom of the Low-Wage Labor Market," co-authors Jane L. Collins and Victoria Mayer present their analysis of the political and structural forces that shaped the lives of working-poor families by examining the experiences of 33 women living in Milwaukee and Racine, Wis.

TIP/Film symposium

April 27, 2010

The UW–Madison Department of Communication Arts will come to the rescue of film buffs hungry for more following the recent Wisconsin Film Festival.

UW-Madison undergraduates win prestigious national scholarships

April 27, 2010

University of Wisconsin–Madison juniors Asad L. Asad and Nicholas Lillios have recently been awarded $30,000 each for graduate study. Asad was recently announced as one of only 20 undergraduates in the U.S. to be selected as a 2010 Beinecke Scholar, and Lillios was recently announced as one of only 60 to be selected as a 2010 Truman Scholar.

Going to Mifflin this weekend? Stay safe

April 27, 2010

If you plan to attend the Mifflin Street Block Party on Saturday, May 1, the Offices of the Dean of Students (ODOS) offers the following…

Coming up on the Big Ten Network

April 27, 2010

The following UW–Madison programming is scheduled for the Big Ten Network in the coming weeks.

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