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Partners in Giving campaign raises nearly $3 million from state, campus
The latest report on the 2008 Partners in Giving campaign shows that state, UW–Madison and UW Hospital and Clinics employees have given $2,922,222 to the charity fundraising effort through their individual contributions and several special events. Read More
UW-Madison ranks sixth in Peace Corps alumni volunteers
For the ninth year in a row, UW–Madison has placed in the top tier of the Peace Corps’ top 25 list of large schools nationwide producing Peace Corps volunteers. Read More
Administrator to help lead state office
Alan Fish, associate vice chancellor for facilities, has been chosen by Gov. Jim Doyle to help lead a new state office established to efficiently move… Read More
Committee plans workshop on stalking awareness
Recent research from the U.S. Department of Justice indicates that people aged 18–24 are at highest risk for victimization by stalkers, Women are at higher risk than their male peers and the crime is often perpetrated by current and former intimatepartners. Read More
UW could be part of 2016 Olympics
If Chicago wins its bid to host the 2016 Olympics, the Madison area and UW–Madison would be the hub of cycling events. Read More
Roundtable unveils spring lineup
Wisconsin jobs, the history of television and the function of sleep will be the topics of a series of University Roundtable luncheon presentations kicking off on Wednesday, Feb. 11. Read More
Scholarship effort raises more than $1.39 million for students
In just three months, the UW Credit Union and its members gave more than $1.39 million toward need-based undergraduate scholarships at UW–Madison. Read More
WiscAlerts-Text enrolls 15,000 users
UW-Madison’s emergency text-messaging system has now enrolled more than 15,000 users. Read More
Clean air action day announced for Jan. 28
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. Read More
After 30 years, tamarins ride off into retirement
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. Read More
Global Health Certificate program welcomes new students
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.” Read More
Johnson named 2010 Olympic coach
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. Read More
Chancellor Carolyn ‘Biddy’ Martin to speak on ‘Humanities in the Public’
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. Read More
Predicting the future spread of infectious-disease vectors
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. Read More
Early childhood stress has lingering effects on health
Stressful experiences in early childhood can have long-lasting impacts on kids' health that persist well beyond the resolution of the situation. Read More
Campus, city units respond to gas, water leaks
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. Read More
UW-Madison awarded grant to address sexual assault, stalking, dating violence
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. Read More
New program aims to enhance operations of Wisconsin biotech companies
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. Read More