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Tucker for Senior CLASS Award
Vote for men’s basketball team captian Alando Tucker in the Lowe’s CLASS Award, presented each year to an outstanding senior student athlete.
Mercury contamination of fish warrants worldwide public warning
The health risks posed by mercury-contaminated fish is sufficient to warrant issuing a worldwide general warning to the public-especially children and women of childbearing age-to be careful about how much and which fish they eat.
Applications for beginning dairy, livestock farmers school due April 1
Prospective dairy and livestock farmers have until April 1 to apply for admission to the Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Vet medicine student publishes award-winning novel
Publication of her first novel has been exciting but also stressful for Sara Greenslit, currently in her third year at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine.
Alums to provide home-cooked meal to UW students; with a side of networking
Dinners On Wisconsin! (DOW!) provides UW?Madison undergraduates a chance to learn more about their career field of interest by inviting them into the homes of UW graduates to discuss and explore their particular career choice over dinner.
Media effects on public attitudes toward nanotechnology
As the emerging field of nanotechnology enters the public consciousness, mass media play an important role in shaping public attitudes about the new science. But newspapers, the Internet and television do so in significantly different ways, says Dietram Scheufele, a professor of life sciences communication at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Online lakeshore map wins national award
An online, interactive Web site that helps decipher the Lakeshore Nature Preserve has won an award that puts the University of Wisconsin–Madison student-driven project at the forefront of map design in the United States.
March 24 speaker to address Katrina response and race
Michael Eric Dyson, author of "Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster," will keynote the second annual "Creating Institutional Change" (CIC) conference March 23-25, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Domestic-partner benefits forum planned for March 13
Members of the UW–Madison campus community are invited to a forum designed to provide updates and information on the status of domestic-partner health insurance benefits.
First UW Women’s Leadership Conference to take place on March 16
The first-ever student-organized Women's Leadership Conference, titled "Modern Women's Bootcamp: From Backpack to Briefcase," will take place from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 16, in Grainger Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
UW researcher and spinoff company to receive MIT technology awards
The MIT Club of Wisconsin, a state association for alumni of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is recognizing a University of Wisconsin–Madison influenza researcher and a bioscience spinoff company on Friday at its annual Technology Achievement Awards banquet.
Gene sequencing advance bolsters biofuels potential
A collaborative research project between the U.S. Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) and the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute has advanced the quest for efficient conversion of plant biomass to fuels and chemicals.
Six UW–Madison faculty receive Kellett Mid-Career Awards
Six midcareer University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty have been recognized for their research accomplishments through conferral of Kellett Mid-Career Awards.
Romnes Awards support UW–Madison’s emerging stars
Five of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's emerging faculty stars have been named as recipients of the 2007 Romnes Awards.
Letter from Law School Dean Kenneth Davis
This February 22 letter, written by UW Law School Dean Kenneth Davis to the law school community, addresses the controversial classroom comments of law Professor Leonard Kaplan and resulting anger that occurred.
Kaplan letter offers context on controversial remarks
A March 5 letter from UW–Madison Law School Professor Leonard Kaplan to Law School Dean Kenneth Davis provided further context and clarification of Kapan’s controversial comments about Hmong Americans in his Feb. 15 law course.
CALS to celebrate National Landmark Status of old dairy barn
The public is invited to a program on March 28, 2007 at 7:15 p.m. to celebrate the designation of the UW–Madison’s 109-year-old dairy barn as a National Historic Landmark.
Speaker series kicks off with athlete Suzy Favor Hamilton
Olympic athlete and University of Wisconsin–Madison track star Suzy Favor Hamilton will be the featured speaker at the "Perspectives for Success Breakfast Series" on Wednesday, March 14 at the Memorial Union.