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Veterinary students host symposium
More than 1,500 students from across the United States will descend on Madison from March 11-13 as the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine becomes the latest university to host the SAVMA Symposium. Read More
Where the invasive things are — and where they could be
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Center for Limnology have launched a new Web site to help assess the threat of aquatic invasive species in Wisconsin's lakes. Read More
WiCell marks stem cell anniversary with WISC Bank expansion
A year after President Barack Obama issued a landmark executive order to remove eight years of limitations on U.S. federal funding of stem cell research, the WiCell Research Institute has expanded the number of cell lines available through its WISC Bank to 33. Read More
Students awarded scholarships for entrepreneurship
Jeffrey Vinokur knows a thing or two about being self-taught. Read More
Celebrating 25 years at UW–Madison’s Biotechnology Center
On Wednesday, March 10, the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus community and guests will join in celebrating 25 years of operation at the UW–Madison Biotechnology Center. Read More
World Languages Day expands with special community event
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has always been a leader in language instruction and study abroad activities. Community members will now have a chance to experience what thousands of Wisconsin high school students have learned over the past decade: language and culture add meaning to our lives. Read More
Weather Guys get new platform at Why Files Web site
The Weather Guys - two University of Wisconsin–Madison professors of atmospheric sciences - will now appear at The Why Files, a Web site that covers science behind the headlines. Read More
Dance party to benefit child care center
“The Beatles & The Beetles” combines a live concert dance party and some creepy, crawly fun in a benefit for Bernie’s Place Child Care Center,… Read More
Wisconsin teen poetry slam team selected, members get ready to go national
The six top-scoring competitors from last week's Wisconsin Youth Poetry Slam Team finals are gearing up to compete at the Brave New Voices spoken-word international competition in Los Angeles in July. Read More
Remarkable new images show a 4-D view of the heart
What does the racing heart of someone in love - or on a fast treadmill - really look like? Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) now have pictures that are better than anything that's come before. Read More
Chancellor signs partnership linking UW–Madison with Kazakhstan
A newly created partnership will increase cooperation between the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a new university in Kazakhstan. Read More
Obama nominates UW–Madison professor to National Board for Education Sciences
President Barack Obama has announced that he will nominate Adam Gamoran as a member of the National Board for Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education. Read More
New book explores widespread, troubling legacy of synthetic chemicals
Environmental historian Nancy Langston started her latest book planning to highlight the lasting legacy of manufactured chemicals that touched the lives of millions of Americans in the 1950s and 1960s. Read More
Campus urged to beware of new phishing scams
The Office of Campus Information Security (OCIS) is aware of two new phishing emails targeting UW's NetID login service. Read More
Nano-foundry technique yields ultra-durable probes from diamond
When a team of university and industry researchers tried a novel, foundry-style mold-filling technique to make nanoscale devices, they realized they had discovered a gem. Read More
Geography professor hired to study Hmong and other Southeast Asian uplands groups
Ian Baird will join the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Department of Geography this fall as a tenure-track professor specializing in Hmong and other highland groups of mainland Southeast Asia. Read More
Public-private venture wins grant to extend Internet links to underserved areas
A broad partnership of Madison-area education, health, government and nonprofit organizations, including the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been awarded $5.1 million in federal stimulus funding to expand access to computer networks for underserved communities and local agencies. Read More
Gift of $16 million pharmaceutical facility benefits Morgridge Institute
Mentor Worldwide LLC's donation of a $16 million manufacturing facility to the new Morgridge Institute for Research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will help fuel the nonprofit's mission of accelerating biomedical discoveries to delivery as treatments and cures. Read More