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Anderson named Big Ten Player of the Year
Wisconsin senior guard Jolene Anderson (Port Wing, Wis.) became the first Badger to be named the Big Ten Player of the Year according to a vote of the conference media.
Faculty will pitch in to increase need-based scholarships
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Faculty Senate approved a resolution on March 3 that will encourage faculty to be frontline contributors to the goal of expanding access to low-income students.
UW-Madison prepares emergency text messaging service
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is preparing an emergency text messaging service that will be able to send warnings directly to the cell phones of students, faculty and staff members in the event of a campus emergency.
Van Vleck classes canceled due to power outage
An early-morning power outage in the UW–Madison central campus area has prompted class cancellations in Van Vleck Halland hasled to some sporadic technology network problems.
UW-Madison prepares emergency text-messaging service
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is preparing an emergency text-messaging service that will be able to send warnings directly to the cell phones of students, faculty and staff members in the event of a campus emergency.
Men’s track wins eighth consecutive Big Ten indoor championship
For a record eighth consecutive time, the University of Wisconsin men’s track and field team won the Big Ten Conference Indoor Championships. The Badgers used a home-track advantage in the Camp Randall Memorial Sports Center to score 127 points. Purdue placed second with 102 points while Ohio State finished third with 82 points.
Martinů expert Aleš Březina to visit Madison
Aleš Březina, a Prague-based musicologist, composer and film collaborator, will visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison Wednesday-Sunday, April 23-27.
Van Vleck expected to reopen for Tuesday classes
Van Vleck Hall is expected to be open for work and classes Tuesday.
The Wisconsin Experience: Psychology gets undergraduate research down to science
Choices, choices. In every undergraduate major, a time comes around a student’s junior year to explore different academic specialties within a degree program, moving up the pyramid from general education to refined focus.
Madison Police seek Marino information
The Madison Police Department is asking UW–Madison students to assist the investigation of a Jan. 28 homicide near St. Mary’s Hospital on Monona Bay.
Gilson event highlights conflicts of interest in clinical trials
Paul DeLuca, associate dean for research and graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, will speak on conflicts of interest in clinical trials at 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 6.
‘Forward Under 40’ awards honor outstanding UW–Madison alumni
They are innovators in business, champions for education and dedicated international volunteers — and they're all under age 40.
Professor named first scientific director of national nuclear research facility
Idaho National Laboratory has selected University of Wisconsin–Madison nuclear fuels and materials expert Todd Allen to lead its newly created Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) National Scientific User Facility.
Campus invited to conduct rules forum
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Offices of the Dean of Students will hold a public comment forum on UW System’s proposed changes to state rules regarding student conduct and conduct on university property.
Bacteria unlock secrets that may aid cancer treatment
The murky flasks of bacteria growing in Ben Shen’s lab may change how we look at both chemistry and chemotherapy.
Festival celebrates 10 years with ‘remarkable films’
Tickets for this year’s Wisconsin Film Festival go on sale soon, and festival organizers will honor the event’s 10th year by doing what they do best: showing good films.
University will host American College Dance Festival
The Dance Program will host the American College Dance Festival Association’s (ACDFA) North–Central Regional Conference Thursday–Sunday, March 13–16.
Campaign 2008 gets warmed up with Madison visits
The flurry of campaign activity that swept across Wisconsin and blew into Madison this month, alongside record snowfalls, provided a glimpse of what life will be like here on campus in the weeks and months leading up to the November elections.
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Earlier plantings underlie yield gains in northern corn belt
U.S. farmers plant corn much earlier today than ever before and it seems to be paying off, at least in the north. Earlier plantings could account for up to half of the yield gains seen in some parts of the northern Corn Belt since the late 1970s, a new study has found.