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UW–Madison receives national recognition for community service
UW–Madison has been named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
Construction to impact traffic on Park
Utility construction will affect vehicle and pedestrian traffic along North Park Street between Johnson Street and Langdon Street for about four weeks this spring.
New art gallery to feature work of academic staff
The Office of the Secretary of the Academic Staff is an unlikely place for an art gallery. But a recent remodeling of the office left a more open room, lots of sunlight and bare white walls that called out for some color.
Mount Horeb bands to invade Humanities Building
Some 300 middle- and high-school band members from Mount Horeb, Wis., will come to the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus on Wednesday, March 17, for a morning of musical instruction and collaboration in a musical March madness.
Kaitlin Koehler: A born leader
Kaitlin Koehler was destined to become a leader with the Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD).
Directorate gives students chance to take charge
If you are one of the 14,000 people passing through the Union’s doors each day, and if while you there have enjoyed music on the Terrace, strolled through a Union art gallery, attended a performance at the Union Theater, taken a minicourse, read Illumination and Emmie magazines, learned something at a Distinguished Lecture or had a sailing lesson from Hoofers, you need to thank one of the hard-working student volunteers from WUD, the Wisconsin Union Directorate.
Celebrate Greenbush Day on March 23
Current and former residents of Madison’s historic Greenbush neighborhood and their neighbors in the university community will be gathering for the fourth annual Greenbush Day celebration on Tuesday, March 23.
For the Record
March 10–24, 2010. Wisconsin Week, the newspaper of record for UW–Madison, carries legally required notices for faculty and staff.
UW Foundation leader wins advancement award
Andrew A. “Sandy” Wilcox, president of the University of Wisconsin Foundation, is one of two widely respected professionals who have made valuable contributions to the educational foundation field who are this year's recipients of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Commonfund Institutionally Related Foundation awards.
Slide show: Lost—The Winter Episode
Is it any wonder that Wisconsinites lose possessions during our seemingly endless winter? Pay attention when walking on campus, as senior university photographer Jeff Miller did recently, and you’ll spot all sorts of lost items.
From raw biomass, chemical process produces simple, fermentable sugars
A University of Wisconsin–Madison research team has developed a promising new chemical method to liberate the sugar molecules trapped inside inedible plant biomass, a key step in the creation of cellulosic biofuels.
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.
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.
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.
Students awarded scholarships for entrepreneurship
Jeffrey Vinokur knows a thing or two about being self-taught.
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.
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.
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.