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Robbery reported on Langdon Street (Updated with sketch)
At approximately 11:10 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 3, a 20-year-old UW–Madison sorority member reported to Madison Police that she had been robbed at gunpoint while walking in a parking lot near her residence in the 100 block Langdon Street. Read More
UW historian’s interview with PBS canceled
William (Will) Jones, an associate professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, will be a guest on the PBS television series "Bill Moyers Journal" at 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7. Read More
Tour de Touchdown raises funds for Children’s Hospital
When University of Wisconsin football fans want to see their team play a road game, they take a car or perhaps a plane. Not so for some Sigma Phi Epsilon members when the Badgers play at Indiana on Saturday, Nov. 8. Nine representatives of the fraternity will participate in a three-day bike ride to Bloomington, Indiana as part of its 18th Annual Tour De Touchdown to raise money for American Family Children's Hospital's Child Life programs, which involve playtime activities and other events to reduce the stress of hospitalization for patients and families. Read More
Will the economy prompt greater use of generic drugs?
The expense of the daily dose of medicine is a bitter pill for many Americans. Yet, more than half of those taking prescription drugs are not taking advantage of an economical option: generic drugs. Read More
Former Monster North America president to speak about employment trends
The Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) welcomes former Monster North America President Steve Pogorzelski back to the University of Wisconsin–Madison next week for a series of lectures on the promising future of the job market in uncertain financial times. Read More
Media library offers alumni more ways to learn online
An online media library created by the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) offers University of Wisconsin–Madison graduates a new way to stay connected to the university by enjoying access to lectures by popular UW–Madison professors and alumni. Read More
Robust number of first-generation students in Class of 2012
Incoming students at UW–Madison are traditionally strong academically and very active in activities outside the classroom. But in recent years, the university is also gaining a reputation for admitting a significant group of first-generation students, or students whose parents did not earn a college degree. Among this year’s class of 5,774 new students, 1,170 carry this distinction. Read More
Practical experience for law students garners national attention
Real-world work for students has brought honors to the Law School. Read More
Curiosities: How do public health officials determine which strain of influenza to create vaccines for each year?
This year’s influenza vaccine in the United States contains three strains of the influenza virus. Last March, experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease… Read More
Research on human embryonic stem cells marks 10-year milestone
Ten years ago today (Nov. 6, 1998), the publication in the journal Science of a short paper entitled "Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Derived from Human Blastocysts" rocked biology - and the world - as the all-purpose stem cell and its possibilities were ushered into the limelight. Read More
Recent sightings: Voting on campus
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Flu shot availability begins Nov. 3
The Environment, Health and Safety Department will again offer a variety of times and locations for on-campus flu shot clinics. Read More
Union Theater: Busy with an eclectic lineup
The Wisconsin Union Theater has a knack for booking some of the hottest and most interesting performers around. That talent will be obvious in the next few weeks, as the theater is especially busy with an eclectic lineup that includes world music, tap dance, Cajun folk music, and songs and ballads with medieval and contemporary influences. Read More
Union Theater commits to ‘going green’ with new Web site
The Wisconsin Union Theater launches a new, powerful, content-rich Web site. Read More
Study: Flies may help humans make up for lost sleep
Fruit flies have been used in many kinds of medical research for years, but the joint lab of School of Medicine and Public Health psychiatrists Chiara Cirelli and Giulio Tononi was one of the first in the world to use them as a model for human sleep. Read More
Professor spends 25 years making ‘prejudice puzzle’
In the 1980s, when equal rights were becoming a cultural norm in America, many psychology researchers encountered people who would respond in interviews that they were not prejudiced, yet their actions would still reflect a bias. The pessimists in the field would conclude that they simply were lying. But UW–Madison psychology professor Patricia Devine saw things differently. Read More
School for aspiring vegetable growers set for January on campus
Aspiring fresh market vegetable growers can learn the fundamentals of the business from veteran growers and other experts at the 2009 Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers, Jan. 16-18, at UW–Madison. Read More
Conference to celebrate a decade of stem cell research
The Wisconsin Academy, along with UW–Madison and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), will host a free, two-day event to highlight the accomplishments of stem cell research in the state and to examine future stem cell issues. Read More