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Seasonal flu shots available for faculty, staff through Dec. 11

December 7, 2009

Injectable seasonal flu shots will be offered to faculty and staff at a number of campus locations next week, Dec. 7-11.

Badger fans travel with WAA to the Champs Sports Bowl

December 7, 2009

The Wisconsin Badgers are headed to the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando, Fla., on Tuesday, Dec. 29, and loyal fans will follow the team as part of the official Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) bowl tour.

Web chat to answer housing questions

December 7, 2009

Questions about housing for next year? We have answers!

Recent sightings: H1N1 vaccinations

December 4, 2009

Student Kemi Olarinde (left) receives an H1N1 influenza vaccination from University Health Services nurse Marsha Steffen (right) during the H1N1 FlashVax clinic held…

UW-Madison addresses Nike-Honduras issues

December 4, 2009

Chancellor Biddy Martin is asking Nike to act during the next four months to remedy troubling reports of workers' rights abuses at the factories of two of the company’s subcontractors in Honduras.

Event celebrates Park Street businesses, culture

December 4, 2009

Celebrate the Park Street corridor on Wednesday, Dec. 9, as part of the first-ever "Celebrate Park Street" event from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Space Place in Villager Mall, 2300 S. Park St.

Greenhouse gas carbon dioxide ramps up aspen growth

December 4, 2009

The rising level of atmospheric carbon dioxide may be fueling more than climate change. It could also be making some trees grow like crazy.

Trees and skis: wintry weather coincides with campus events

December 4, 2009

With fresh snow blanketing campus, a pair of weekend events, a Christmas tree sale and a ski and snowboard resale, seem especially well-timed. Beginning on…

UW-Madison graduate wins Marshall Scholarship

December 4, 2009

A UW–Madison alumna has been named one of 35 Marshall Scholars.

40th Christmas chemistry lecture to air on public TV stations

December 3, 2009

This holiday season brings the 40th incarnation of University of Wisconsin–Madison chemistry professor Bassam Shakhashiri's wildly popular Christmas lecture, "Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri."

Outstanding alumni chapters award scholarships to UW–Madison students

December 3, 2009

Chapters of the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) have awarded $617,000 in scholarships to University of Wisconsin–Madison students this year.

UW-Madison soil science professor receives national teaching award

December 3, 2009

Teresa Balser, associate professor of soil science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has received the 2009 National Teaching Award from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU).

TIP/Climate change experts

December 3, 2009

Dec. 3, 2009 TO: Editors, news directors FROM: Jenny Price, University Communications, 608-262-8296 RE: TIP/CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE Representatives of more than 190 nations…

UW-Madison students: Get an H1N1 shot Dec. 4

December 2, 2009

University of Wisconsin–Madison students aged 24 and under are encouraged to come to the Southeast Recreational Facility (SERF) on Friday, Dec. 4, to get a free H1N1 flu shot in a flash.

Rocks, crystals, fossils headline sale at Geology Museum

December 2, 2009

Unique gifts for people fascinated by the beauty of nature will be on sale at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Geology Museum for one day only, Friday, Dec. 4.

Badger Yearbook celebrates 125th edition

December 2, 2009

In 1884, a group of University of Wisconsin–Madison juniors pulled out their typewriters and dedicated "The Trochos," the Latin word for "badger," to "the ladies of '85, in testimony of our high appreciation and esteem."

Giant collider back in gear, sets record for collision intensity

December 2, 2009

On Nov. 30, the world's largest scientific instrument, the Large Hadron Collider, set a record when it smashed one stream of protons against another and then accelerated the beams to 1.18 trillion electron volts, exceeding the record held by Fermilab in Illinois since 2001.

New WiscMail launched to campus

December 2, 2009

UW-Madison launched its new WiscMail Web mail client this week. Based on feedback from campus, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) created the new interface…

UW Hospital’s HIV clinic brings AIDS Memorial Quilt to Madison

December 1, 2009

Twenty-one panels, each one 144 feet square. Each of the 21 panels tells eight human stories, in colorful thread, of the lives of loved ones…