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Clean air action day announced for Jan. 28

January 28, 2009

As Dane County gears up for a Clean Air Action Day on Wednesday, Jan. 28, UW–Madison is taking an active role to help safeguard local air quality.

After 30 years, tamarins ride off into retirement

January 28, 2009

At an institution like UW–Madison, good research programs ebb and flow, the vagaries of funding and the involvement of the people who drive them. But sometimes ramping down a program of research presents special problems that require extraordinary actions for closure. Such was the dilemma for Chuck Snowdon, a professor of psychology who for decades has studied the behavior of the cottontop tamarin, an endangered New World primate.

Global Health Certificate program welcomes new students

January 28, 2009

Last September, some 40 students, faculty and staff gathered in a small conference room of the Health Sciences Learning Center for what Cindy Haq, director of the Center for Global Health, called “a very special occasion.”

Johnson named 2010 Olympic coach

January 27, 2009

Mark Johnson (Verona, Wis.) has been named the head coach of the 2010 U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team, it was announced today by USA Hockey.

Chancellor Carolyn ‘Biddy’ Martin to speak on ‘Humanities in the Public’

January 27, 2009

University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Carolyn 'Biddy' Martin will give the first Focus on the Humanities Distinguished Faculty Lecture of the Spring 2009 semester on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 5 p.m. in the Pyle Center Alumni Lounge.

Predicting the future spread of infectious-disease vectors

January 27, 2009

As global warming raises concerns about potential spread of infectious diseases, a team of researchers has demonstrated a way to predict the expanding range of human disease vectors in a changing world.

Early childhood stress has lingering effects on health

January 26, 2009

Stressful experiences in early childhood can have long-lasting impacts on kids' health that persist well beyond the resolution of the situation.

Slide show: The Great Snowball Fight

January 26, 2009

UW grads create Web business to save consumers cash on groceries

January 26, 2009

It doesn't take a math guru or an economist to know how to save money buying groceries. Or does it? Maybe you should ask the founders of a Web site designed to find the absolute best grocery deals for stores in Madison.

Campus, city units respond to gas, water leaks

January 22, 2009

The University of Wisconsin Police Department (UWPD) is responding to a gas leak this morning in the area around the Biochemistry Building, the Biochemistry Addition and Horticulture Hall.

UW-Madison awarded grant to address sexual assault, stalking, dating violence

January 22, 2009

The University of Wisconsin–Madison has been selected to receive a three-year, $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Office on Violence Against Women to help address the causes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking.

New program aims to enhance operations of Wisconsin biotech companies

January 22, 2009

The University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering and the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) have partnered to launch a biotechnology process improvement program, working with local firms NeoClone in Madison, Catalent in Middleton and Invitrogen in Milwaukee.

Enter ‘fairyland’ with Victorian crazy quilts

January 22, 2009

“A Fairyland of Fabrics: The Victorian Crazy Quilt” opens Wednesday, Jan. 21, at the Design Gallery, located in the School of Human Ecology. The show runs through Sunday, March 8.

Psychiatrist provides advice on seasonal affective disorder

January 22, 2009

Did you dread the start of winter? Do you feel like crawling into bed with a package of cookie dough, pulling the covers over your head, and not coming out until spring?

New Web site promotes conversation on teaching

January 22, 2009

Whether they are stumped by a classroom dilemma or inspired by a breakthrough moment with students, faculty and instructional staff will now have the opportunity to spark a broader conversation about teaching practices through a new interactive Web resource.

New magazine is a window on the diversity of life at UW–Madison

January 22, 2009

UW–Madison officials have a new tool to show prospective employees and students what it’s like to live, play, work and learn on campus and in the city of Madison.

Artist confronts those ‘now-what’ moments

January 22, 2009

If Stephanie Jutt has her way, there will be no more starving artists who sacrifice well-being to make art.

Chancellor Martin joins effort to encourage federal research investment

January 22, 2009

Chancellor Carolyn "Biddy" Martin joined nearly 50 other higher education leaders and Nobel laureates earlier this month in a letter to President-elect Barack Obama, arguing that scientific research should be an investment priority in the debate over an economic stimulus package.

National magazine honors UW historian as an emerging scholar

January 21, 2009

Ned Blackhawk, a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of history and American Indian Studies, has been recognized by "Diverse" magazine this month as one of ten emerging scholars nationally who are taking their disciplines in exciting new directions.

Graduate student wins chance to perform at the Met

January 21, 2009

Singers around the world dream of taking the stage at New York's Metropolitan Opera House. On Sunday, Feb. 15, one University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate student will do just that.

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