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UWPD reports Lot 46 break-ins, protect your valuables
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. Read More
Student memorial set for Thursday
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. Read More
“On, Wisconsin!” video contest winners announced
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." Read More
Hip-hop workshop focuses on teaching tools
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. Read More
Public meeting set on Charter Street Heating Plant renovation
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. Read More
New scholarships boost environmental studies, community service
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. Read More
UW education scholar wins early-career award for new study of college choice
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. Read More
Poverty institute hosts talks on globalization’s impact on Midwest, economic inequalities
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. Read More
Recent sightings: Kindergarten Prof
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… Read More
Veteran journalist Tom Bier wins UW’s first journalism ethics award
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. Read More
NIH reapproves WiCell’s H9 and three other Wisconsin stem cell lines for federally funded research
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. Read More
First Transportation Services open forum creates dialogue, more sessions set
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… Read More
Human Ecology to break ground on new building
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. Read More
The plight of working-poor families: Low-wage labor and weak safety net
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. Read More
TIP/Film symposium
The UW–Madison Department of Communication Arts will come to the rescue of film buffs hungry for more following the recent Wisconsin Film Festival. Read More
UW-Madison undergraduates win prestigious national scholarships
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. Read More
Going to Mifflin this weekend? Stay safe
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… Read More
Coming up on the Big Ten Network
The following UW–Madison programming is scheduled for the Big Ten Network in the coming weeks. Read More