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Professional development tools offered at institute for academic staff
Academic staff members will have opportunities to brush up on important issues, learn new skills and techniques, and learn about organizations and programs available to them during this year’s academic staff institute.
Education Building serves as model for green projects
In addition to providing a contemporary home for the School of Education, the Education Building Renovation and Addition Project has become a learning laboratory for how to do environmentally sound capital projects.
Molecular biologist receives Stephen Jay Gould Prize
Sean Carroll, a University of Wisconsin–Madison molecular biologist and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, has been named the recipient of the 2010 Stephen Jay Gould Prize, an award given in recognition of exemplary efforts to advance public understanding of evolutionary science.
UW-Madison is key to Madison’s push for Google Fiber project
Madison and dozens of other cities are rolling out their red carpets this spring for Google, hoping that the technology giant will select them as the test site for its high-speed broadband network.
Second Badger Family Spring Visit draws families to campus
The Parent Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is taking over the month of April and inviting families of students to stop by campus to welcome spring.
Conference, concert, exhibits mark 40th anniversary of Earth Day
Environmental advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., bestselling author Margaret Atwood and SC Johnson chair and CEO Fisk Johnson will be among the notables to speak at what promises to be among the nation's biggest Earth Day celebrations, to be held Tuesday-Wednesday, April 20-21, in Madison.
49-year-old Renaissance man wants to make surgery his new career
What else can a former carpenter, landscaper, magazine editor, beekeeper and chicken farmer possibly do with his life?
Study explores link between sunlight, multiple sclerosis
For more than 30 years, scientists have known that multiple sclerosis (MS) is much more common in higher latitudes than in the tropics. Because sunlight is more abundant near the equator, many researchers have wondered if the high levels of vitamin D engendered by sunlight could explain this unusual pattern of prevalence.
Professional development tools offered at institute for academic staff
Academic staff members will have opportunities to brush up on important issues, learn new skills and techniques, and learn about organizations and programs available to them during this year’s academic staff institute.
Showcase will offer approaches for addressing complex issues
Helping each other find ways to address complex issues that travel across traditional campus boundaries will be a primary focus of Showcase 2010.
Grant to establish undergraduate Russian Flagship Center
The University of Wisconsin–Madison will continue to be a national leader in language learning with the recent award of nearly $1 million from the National Security Education Program to establish an undergraduate Russian Flagship Center.
Twenty-year study yields precise model of tectonic-plate movements
A new model of the Earth, 20 years in the making, describes a dynamic three-dimensional puzzle of planetary proportions.
Dean reminds students of personal safety following second incident on Langdon Street
University of Wisconsin–Madison Dean of Students Lori Berquam is asking students to take increased safety measures in the wake of a groping incident on Langdon…
Recent sightings: Whoooo goes there?
A baby great horned owl perches in a tree in the Lakeshore Nature Preserve near Goodnight Hall on March 18, 2010. Great horned…
Engineers revolutionizing Third World housing and infrastructure featured at WARF Gilson event
The recent earthquake in Haiti graphically demonstrated to the world how the impact of a natural disaster is magnified by poorly constructed housing and unplanned infrastructure.
UW Marching Band delivers food and music to local seniors
The UW Marching Band is spicing up the Meals on Wheels again this spring with its "March for Meals" program.
Chancellor names business dean to advancement post
University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin has announced a title change for Michael Knetter, dean of the Wisconsin School of Business, from special liaison for long-term strategy and development to a working title of vice chancellor for advancement.
Zimmermann family thanks campus, seeks reward fund contributions
The family of the late University of Wisconsin–Madison student Brittany Zimmermann is thanking the campus community for its continued support ahead of the second anniversary of her death.