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Wisconsin Innocence Project announces charges dropped against man wrongfully incarcerated for 23 years
More than 23 years after his 1985 homicide conviction, a Milwaukee man, Robert Lee Stinson, is scheduled to appear in a Milwaukee courtroom this morning (July 27) at a hearing in which prosecutors have indicated they will drop all charges. Read More
Curiosities: Why do onions make us cry when we cut them?
Chopping onions unleashes a “chemical defense that onion plants have to protect themselves against insects and microbes,” says UW–Madison horticulture professor Irwin Goldman. We’re… Read More
Curiosities: Are there more geese in Wisconsin than there used to be?
The number of Canada geese in Wisconsin is very much on the rise, increasing exponentially since standardized bird counts began in 1966, according to… Read More
Faculty aim to strengthen technology, science education by blending them
A group of UW–Madison researchers and Thermo Fisher Scientific scientists will bring together high school students and teachers to build and use diagnostic equipment that would not be out of place in university research labs. Read More
New vice chancellor to oversee visitor, parent program areas
The University of Wisconsin–Madison will realign its Office of Admissions and Visitor and Information Programs (VIP) in anticipation of the campus's newly appointed vice chancellor for university relations. Read More
UW-Madison symposium addresses science’s holiest grail: building life from scratch
While at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, biochemist Har Gobind Khorana helped crack the genetic code, completing a set of experiments that garnered him a Nobel Prize in 1968. Read More
Software tool helps Web developers identify seizure-causing content
In 1997, an episode of the popular Pok�mon cartoon gained worldwide attention when more than 800 Japanese children with photosensitive seizure conditions were admitted to the hospital after viewing the cartoon or the subsequent news coverage of it. Read More
Do Chicago’s suburbs hold the key to understanding West Nile virus?
For a group of UW–Madison epidemiologists, the Chicago suburbs near Oak Lawn are proving to be the perfect laboratory for prying loose the secrets of West Nile virus, a pathogen carried by mosquitoes and birds that infects and sickens thousands of people each summer. Read More
Civil War history comes to life at Camp Randall
The rich history and music of the Civil War era will revisit the grounds of historic Camp Randall on Saturday, July 25, as part of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's celebration of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth. Read More
Keeping it local: UW–Madison diners get ‘homegrown’ veggies
A new local food initiative on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus is starting very close to home. Read More
Slide show: Blooming limnologists
The limnology “major”, one of 18 offered at this year’s Grandparents University, takes grandparents and their grandchildren on to Lake Mendota to collect samples and test the water for oxygen and temperature while aboard Limnos, a 28-foot research boat. Read More
Sick children affect parents’ mental health
Caring for a child with health problems profoundly affects the physical health, mental health and work attendance of parents, according to a new study by researchers at the School of Medicine and Public Health. Read More
‘Motion picture’ of past warming paves way for snapshots of future climate change
By accurately modeling Earth's last major global warming - and answering pressing questions about its causes - scientists led by University of Wisconsin–Madison and National Center for Atmospheric Research climatologists are unraveling the intricacies of the kind of abrupt climate shifts that may occur in the future. Read More
Downey chosen to lead School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Greg Downey is convinced the University of Wisconsin–Madison's School of Journalism and Mass Communication is poised for continued success even as the communications industry confronts unparalleled change and turmoil. Read More
U.S. News and World Report Ranks UW Hospital and Clinics in Top Three Percent
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics ranked in the top three percent of U.S. hospitals in five medical specialties, according to the 2009 edition of U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Hospitals" guide. Read More
UW-Madison students perform at International Youth Poetry Slam Festival
Thirteen UW–Madison students from the First Wave Hip Hop Theater Ensemble will perform in the 12th Annual Brave New Voices (BNV) International Youth Poetry Slam today (July 15) in Chicago. Read More
Alumni welcome new UW–Madison students at summer celebrations
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni in 25 U.S. cities are greeting new UW–Madison students this summer to celebrate the start of the students' college experience. Read More
Work on new content-management system progresses
In June 2008, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) and a group of early adopters began work with the RedDot content-management system, now known as the WiscWeb Content Management Service (WWCMS). Read More