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Achoo! Pollen counter measures what’s making you sneeze
At 8 a.m. four days a week, from March to November, Rose Vrtis hikes up four flights of stairs to the roof of the Clinical Science Center.
Junior receives society’s inaugural scholarship
As the inaugural recipient of the Bascom Hill Society Scholarship, Sara Sadek knows she has a lot of high expectations awaiting her. But a look at her academic and personal achievements suggests she’ll exceed any benchmarks that are set.
Spotlight: Wisconsin Welcome
Photos by Michael Forster Rothbart New faculty members, including (left to right) Lisa Alexander, Christina Ewig and…
Music fest set to bring the world to the Union
The third annual World Music Festival will be held at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Friday-Sunday, Sept. 21-23.
Computing security grows on UW–Madison students
When it comes to safe computing practices, students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison need some improvement.
Nighttime is the right time for Arts Night Out!
A string quartet will play with fire, ceramics will get smoking hot and dancers will burn up the floor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's "Arts Night Out!" on Saturday, Sept. 30.
Wisconsin students have new way to learn to be leaders
Undergraduate business and engineering students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison who aim to be leaders in their careers and communities now have a new way to reach that goal.
Anticipation plays a powerful role in human memory
Psychologists have long known that memories of disturbing emotional events — such as an act of violence or the unexpected death of a loved one — are more vivid and deeply imprinted in the brain than mundane recollections of everyday matters. Probing deeper into how such memories form, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have found that the mere anticipation of a fearful situation can fire up two memory-forming regions of the brain — even before the event has occurred.
Multicultural Orientation Reception marks 25 years
One of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's longest-running and most successful student orientation programs is marking its 25th anniversary.
Study shows heavy-smoking college students have more mental-health problems
A study just published in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research revealed that students who were heavy smokers and were seeking treatment at a university counseling facility had substantially more mental health problems than those who were nonsmokers or light smokers.
Recent Sightings
Eye on the weather Tim Olander, a research scientist with UW–Madison’s Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, is portrayed with…
Book Smart
Dick Ringler and “Beowulf” go back a long time — maybe not the entire 1,000-plus years of the epic poem’s existence, but a substantial…
Innovative course helps hip hop into the classroom
On Wall Street, maybe, it’s better to let the game come to you. In other settings, it might be best to go right in after the game.
Concerts, events mark Johansen centennial year
Johansen joined the UW–Madison faculty in 1939 as the nation’s first musical artist-in-residence. This year marks the centennial of Johansen’s birth in Denmark, and the School of Music will commemorate the occasion with a weekend of events honoring Johansen’s memory and achievements.
Photographer probes relationship between land, people
Growth and change, the seasons, the topography and the human influence on the land is the stuff of photographer Gregory Connif’s new exhibition at the Chazen Museum of Art.
Exhibition resolves tension between sustainability, fashion
Sustainability and disposable design will come together in a new show at the Gallery of Design in the School of Human Ecology (SoHE), beginning Sept. 6.
Cultures of India showcased
The wide array of cultures found in the subcontinent of India will find a showcase in Madison on India Day, this year Saturday, Sept. 9, on Library Mall.
Four short plays celebrate Beckett centennial
Playwright Samuel Beckett marks 100 years this year, and University Theatre offers four plays, all of them examples of Beckett’s “Theatre of the Absurd,”to celebrate.
Society commemorates 40 years
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Writer’s Choice
From Mexico to Finland, from Brazil to Zanzibar, from Turkey to Sicily, artists from around the globe and down the street will offer salient insights into international culture at the third annual World Music Festival