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Gallup Center for Muslim Studies executive director to visit Madison
Dalia Mogahed, senior analyst and executive director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, will speak at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Grainger Hall on Tuesday, April 14. Read More
WAA’s Employment Essentials developed to help weather stormy economy
With the economy showing no signs of stabilizing any time soon, the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) has responded by packaging a suite of online career tools. Read More
Study reveals potential to amass more carbon in eastern North American forests
With climate change looming, the hunt for places that can soak up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is on. Read More
Interplay of Islam, science to be focus of UW–Madison lecture
The interplay of Islam and science will be the focus of a free public lecture to be held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 9, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More
Four communicators honored for achievement, leadership
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist will be among the communications professionals honored by the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication at its annual awards dinner on Friday, April 17. Read More
UW-Madison recognized as a bicycle-friendly campus
The League of American Bicyclists has named the University of Wisconsin–Madison a silver award winner in its Bicycle Friendly Business program. Read More
Recent sightings: Hammering together
Students and volunteers work to build garage walls for a house during the Hammering for Habitat fundraising event on Library Mall on April 2,… Read More
Sleep: Spring cleaning for the brain?
If you've ever been sleep-deprived, you know the feeling that your brain is full of wool. Read More
OK Go to headline free All-Campus Party concert
The Wisconsin Alumni Student Board (WASB) welcomes the energetic and electric stylings of OK Go for its 2009 Badger Blowout Concert presented by the UW Credit Union. Read More
Find local food with the 2009 Southern Wisconsin Farm Fresh Atlas
Whether you are cooking at home or enjoying a meal out on the town, the 2009 Southern Wisconsin Farm Fresh Atlas can steer you to local, sustainably grown food. The 2009 edition will be available for free in Madison and across southern Wisconsin beginning April 18. Read More
Campaign to focus on alcohol, consent, sexual assault
A new, student-designed public awareness ad campaign will promote the importance of gaining consent from sexual partners, particularly when alcohol is involved. Read More
Researcher uses GPS to find asthma causes
David Van Sickle is looking for a few pioneering asthmatics. He wants to attach a GPS device to their inhalers before they boldly go out into a spring world filled with allergens. Read More
UW-Madison researcher uses GPS to find asthma causes
David Van Sickle is looking for a few pioneering asthmatics. Read More
Table tennis club thrives at UW–Madison
When talking with Andrew Knips, team captain and coach of the UW–Madison Table Tennis Club, try not to confuse the sport of with the mere game of "pingpong." Read More
Engineering students use EPA funding to conserve water at medical school complex
A group of University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering and science students are working to drastically reduce the amount of water used on the grounds of one of the university's latest building projects, and they've received funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to do it. Read More
Historian, Army officer hired to teach military history at UW–Madison
John Hall, a gifted historian and an active-duty career U.S. Army officer, has been named the Ambrose-Hesseltine Professor in U.S. Military History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More
Graduate student conference targets communications research
"Communications Crossroads," a daylong conference showcasing original graduate student research in communications will be held at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's School of Journalism and Mass Communication on Friday, April 3. Read More
Law School, Thompson to host health care summit
On Tuesday, April 7, the Law School and one of its prominent alumni — former Wisconsin governor and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson — will host “Summit Conversations on American Health Care for the 21st Century” at the Edgewater Hotel. Read More
Campaign to focus on alcohol, consent, sexual assault
A new, student-designed public awareness ad campaign will promote the importance of gaining consent from sexual partners, particularly when alcohol is involved. Read More
Former governor featured on ‘Reflections’
Former Wisconsin governor and secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson will be the special guest at the taping of a new episode of “Wisconsin Reflections” at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 7, at the Wisconsin Public Television studios in Vilas Hall. Read More