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Event focuses on entrepreneurship
UW-Madison alumni will discuss “Money, Marketing and Mentors” during a panel discussion on entrepreneurship. Read More
Getting in: The not-so-secret admissions process
As any high school senior can attest, the college search process is complicated these days. Woven among the entrance exams and the application forms and the deadlines are myths about who gets in and who doesn’t—and why. On Wisconsin, the university’s alumni magazine, talks to the people who make those decisions every day and learns that numbers are only part of the equation. Read More
Major grant advances UW’s clinical and translational research enterprise
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the University of Wisconsin–Madison's new Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) one of the largest grants in the history of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, making UW–Madison a key player in an ambitious NIH plan to transform the country's clinical and translational research enterprise. Read More
Constitution Day 2007
Memo from Provost Patrick Farrell about Consistution Day Web site. Read More
Survey studies South Madison housing trends
A recent University of Wisconsin–Madison-based survey found that residents of Madison's Park Street corridor enjoy their neighborhoods and want to remain there, but affordable housing remains a key obstacle. Read More
Wisconsin MBA ranked 32nd by Wall Street Journal
The Wisconsin MBA program of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business was ranked 32nd in the regional category in this year's Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive ranking of MBA programs. Read More
Wisconsin prairie to be named for botany Professor Hugh Iltis
A prairie in Marquette County will soon be named for Hugh Iltis, a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor emeritus of botany and former director of the UW–Madison Herbarium. Read More
Microbial Sciences Building designed for discovery, collaboration
As the doors swung open at the new Microbial Sciences Building at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, students and researchers found a facility designed to spark exchanges of ideas aimed at answering biological questions of unprecedented complexity and importance. Read More
Research and instruction in the Microbial Sciences Building
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Microbial Sciences Building will be home to a wide range of departments, programs and researc h centers. Read More
Coach Bielema asks fans to wear red to Camp Randall
Starting with this Saturday’s football game against The Citadel, and continuing throughout the season, Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema is asking fans to wear red this week and every week at Camp Randall Stadium. Read More
Ten students named as Big Ten Network interns
Ten University of Wisconsin–Madison students have been named to the Big Ten Network On-Campus Internship Program, which will provide them challenging, real-world experiences with the new television network. Read More
Study abroad fair quickly approaching
Where in the world do you want to go? Over 1,000 UW–Madison students study abroad each year, on every continent except Antarctica! Read More
Hmong contributions highlighted at diversity forum
UW-Madison is highlighting the presence and contributions of Hmong Americans within the university and in the larger community. Read More
Video library broadens School of Medicine’s reach
A new Web site with free video content is bringing the resources of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health to a global audience of health information consumers. Read More
Recent sightings: Breathing space
Using seating on the main floor, undergraduate Megan Kaiser studies as sunlight streams in the six-story main atrium of the… Read More
Concrete Canoe team victorious in the Netherlands
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Concrete Canoe Team dominated the 30th annual Dutch Concrete Canoe Challenge this weekend in the Netherlands. The team took first place overall, with victories in five out of the six race categories. The team's 20-foot, 176-pound canoe, Descendent, also won the construction and innovation categories for its design and use of environmentally sound concrete. Read More
Major donor underwrites Equine Veterinary Referral Center
The new Morrie Waud Equine Center, a facility designed to train veterinary medicine students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is now officially open for business. Read More