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Campus Area Housing Office warns students about subletting scams
The Visitor and Information Program's Campus Area Housing Office is warning students about a recent upsurge in rental scams in Madison, saying students trying to sublet their apartments are especially vulnerable. The office has provided a number of tips to help identify scams and suggests that students forward suspicious e-mails to them. Read More
Optimum running speed is stride toward understanding human body form
Runners, listen up: If your body is telling you that your pace feels a little too fast or a little too slow, it may be right. Read More
Teeth of Columbus’s crew flesh out tale of new world discovery
The adage that dead men tell no tales has long been disproved by archaeology. Read More
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center joins second annual NanoDays
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) on Nanostructured Interfaces presents NanoDays 2009, part of the second annual nationwide festival of educational programs about nanoscale science and engineering and its potential impact on the future. Read More
Leading religious scholar to speak on campus
Professor Alan Wolfe, founding director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College, will deliver a plenary address, "Who's Afraid of American Religion," as part of the conference on "Religion and the State." Read More
Forward under 40 Awards honor outstanding UW–Madison alumni
They range from a leading magazine publisher and engineers at the forefront of innovation to dedicated international volunteers and grassroots leaders, and they're all under age 40. Read More
Semiannual book sale planned for March 25-28
The spring book sale, organized by the Friends of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries, takes place Wednesday, March 25-Saturday, March 28. The sale is open to the public and is held in 116 Memorial Library, 728 State St. Read More
U.S. Airways co-pilot to be Crazylegs grand marshal on April 25
Jeffrey Skiles, the co-pilot of the U.S. Airways plane that made a successful emergency landing in New York City’s Hudson River on Jan. 15, will serve as the grand marshal of the 2009 Crazylegs Classic on Saturday, April 25. Read More
UW System ties with Harvard for most CEOs among graduates
The University of Wisconsin System tied with Harvard University for educating the most chief executive officers of major companies in 2008, according to one report. Read More
Five questions with Anthony David Adams
Anthony David Adams came to Madison in 2003 to play Ultimate Frisbee and work on a masters degree in Urban Planning at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was also executive director at United Council of UW Students. He left that job to start his own business in Madison, CreditCovers, which are designer credit card skins that grabbed national media attention. Read More
Recent sightings: Spring cleaning
On March 16, Don Johnston, groundskeeper with environmental services in the Division of Facilities Planning and Management, uses a modified rototiller to sweep sand… Read More
Arthur D. Code, pioneering space astronomer, dies
Arthur D. Code, whose lifelong love of the stars and the night sky led to a meteoric career in astrophysics, died in Madison, Wis., on March 11 after a long illness. He was 85. Read More
Journalism classes combine to cover the economic crisis
The nation's economic crisis, unfolding across Wisconsin in painful and historic ways, is being examined by student journalists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More
University Health Services encourages a safe spring break
University Health Services is offering tips for students to keep in mind during spring break. Read More
Art gone buggy
Jennifer Angus, an associate professor of design studies, is featured — with video — in Art City, a blog my the Milauwkee Journal-Sentinel’s art and architecture critic. Read More
Christensen gift funds UW–Madison economics chair
Laurits (Lau) Christensen, chair of the economic and engineering consulting firm Christensen Associates of Madison, has established a named faculty chair in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Economics. Read More
Graduate School project raises profile of research integrity discussion
Researchers in any field know that ethics are a top concern. But what, exactly, does that entail? One Michigan State University poll found that as graduate students become more immersed in their program, they feel less obligated to report violations of research integrity. Read More
Annual juried student exhibition ‘Design 2009’ opens March 27
Showcasing the best of class and research projects by students in the Department of Design Studies, “Design 2009” is the latest in a series of annual exhibitions juried by professionals in the field. Read More
Dance Program: ‘Small, but mighty’
There’s no telling where a dancer may land. Rahm Emmanuel, President Obama’s point man, turned down a scholarship to the Joffrey Ballet School. Maya Angelou, poet, writer, journalist and activist, began her career on stage as a dancer. Read More