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Dean of students, police urge vigilance after downtown robberies
In the wake of several robberies in the Madison community, the University of Wisconsin Police Department (UWPD), the Offices of the Dean of Students and Madison Police Department (MPD) are again reminding students to watch out for one another, especially at night. Read More
Music and spoken-word festival to feature international artists
The fifth annual Passing the Mic Series, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI), will bring internationally renowned musical and spoken-word artists from Central America and across the United States to the Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium from Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 8-10. Read More
First Wave wins state arts award
A top Wisconsin arts honor - the 2009 Governor's Award in Support of the Arts - has been given to the University of Wisconsin–Madison Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI), which oversees the First Wave Learning Community. Read More
Two new dance faculty introduced in showcase
The Dance Program has added four new faculty members to its roster during the past two years, adding depth to the program’s instruction in current dance scholarship as well as dance history and the ongoing and evolving cultural fusion of dance around the globe. Read More
We Conserve director inspires environmental spirit
In 2006, when Faramarz Vakili proposed the goal of reducing UW–Madison’s energy consumption by 20 percent by 2010, he was met with doubt Read More
Session added to town-hall meetings on research and graduate education
UW–Madison has consistently demonstrated national leadership in research and graduate education. As one indicator, UW–Madison is the only institution, public or private (other than Johns Hopkins), that has remained in the top five in research expenditures for more than 20 years. That success is a tribute to the quality of faculty and staff, supported by the Graduate School. Read More
Interdisciplinary conference asks ‘What is human?’
A conference addressing the issue "What is Human?" will be held on campus this week. Read More
Federal grants power research on computer games and learning
A research team at the University of Wisconsin–Madison recently won $4.5 million in federal grants to study computer games and learning. Read More
Was mighty T. rex ‘Sue’ felled by a lowly parasite?
A new study, published today (Sept. 29) in the online journal Public Library of Science One, provides evidence that ‘Sue,’ the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex whose fossilized remains are a star attraction of the Field Museum in Chicago, was felled by a lowly parasite that still afflicts modern birds. Read More
Recent sightings: Blustery Monday
Harnessing the power of a windy day — 15 mph with occasional gusts to 40 mph — Hoofer Sailing Club instructor Andy Evenson windsurfs… Read More
New Wisconsin Center of Excellence in Genomics Science established
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health today (Sept. 28) announced an $8 million, three-year grant to establish a Wisconsin Center of Excellence in Genomics Science. Read More
Entrepreneurship nurtured with seed grants at UW–Madison
Entrepreneurship is thriving across the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, and four student-run businesses captured that spirit and have been awarded seed grants to nurture their startups. Read More
Emergency text messages available to faculty, staff
More than 20,000 members of the UW–Madison community are subscribed to WiscAlerts-Text, the university’s emergency text messaging service. Read More
UW Foundation President Andrew A. “Sandy” Wilcox to retire
After 21 years as president of the University of Wisconsin Foundation, Andrew A. "Sandy" Wilcox has announced plans to retire at the end of 2010. Read More
Football Saturday traffic advisory
Motorists on campus on Saturday, Sept. 26 should be aware of a pair of street closures. Linden Drive will be closed to eastbound traffic between… Read More
ASM hosting Madison Initiative forum
The Associated Students of Madison (ASM), in partnership with the Offices of the Dean of Students, will host a town hall forum on… Read More
WARF, GLBRC join forces on homegrown clean technologies
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) have joined forces to promote "clean" technologies invented at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More
Domestic partner health insurance information now available
Detailed enrollment information for domestic partner health insurance is now available to UW–Madison faculty and staff. Read More
Recent sightings: Bascom Hill repeats
Undergraduates Luke Justinger (green shorts) and Matt Kvalo run a series of wind sprints up a Bascom Hill walkway on Sept. 23, 2009. When… Read More