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Darwin’s Day: Making the case for evolution
Just in time for Charles Darwin's 197th birthday, an eminent group of UW–Madison faculty have joined forces to make the case on Feb. 11 for the iconographic scientist and what they consider to be biology's prevailing central idea: Evolution. Read More
Wiley: UW–Madison supports free expression
The University of Wisconsin–Madison supports the right of individuals to express their personal and political views on university premises, as long as the manner of that expression does not impede the rights of others who feel differently. Read More
AIDS course explores ‘perfect ecology’ of a killer
A new course at UW–Madison is exploring the AIDS pandemic from all of these varied points of view. Global AIDS: Interdisciplinary Perspectives has attracted undergraduate students from biology and medicine, political science, foreign language and history who are looking for a bigger-picture understanding of the disease. Read More
Campus invited to meet provost finalists
The campus community will be able to meet the two finalists for provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at a pair of receptions scheduled this month. Read More
Second branding forum slated for Feb. 2
The second in a series of programs examining branding principles and their application to UW–Madison, its schools and its colleges will be held from 1-2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2, at the Fluno Center. Read More
Conference to examine student-life issues
This year’s Student Personnel Association conference, “The Changing Face of Our Campuses: Recognizing the Past and Preparing for the Future.”will offer strategies, innovative thoughts and ideas for the many challenges facing higher education professionals. Read More
UW-Madison student loan repayment rates high
UW-Madison students have one of the highest loan repayment rates in the nation, according to an analysis by the Office of Student Financial Service (OSFS). Read More
Magazine nominates three for ‘Educator of the Year’
A national magazine of arts lifestyles has nominated three professors to receive the first-ever Arts Educator of the Year Award. In all, the magazine is selecting from 173 candidates for the award. Read More
UW Health program celebrates 1,000th transplant
The UW Health cardiothoracic (heart and lung) transplant program has reached a milestone that only 10 hospitals in the nation have reached. Read More
Bike Annex opens for spring
The UW Bike Annex will open its doors from 12:30-3:30 p.m. on Mondays throughout the remainder of winter to students and staff interested in fixing or maintaining their bicycles. Read More
Darwin’s Day: Evolution and the evidence for it gets an airing
An eminent group of UW–Madison faculty will present evidence for the theory of evolution at Darwin Day, a daylong public symposium on Saturday, Feb. 11 (the day before Darwin’s 197th birthday), on the UW–Madison campus. Read More
For the record
Teaching Academy seeks fellow and future faculty partner nominations The UW–Madison Teaching Academy is seeking nominations to select scholar-teachers as fellows. Nominees may… Read More
Like their pregnant mates, primate dads-to-be pack on pounds
Confirming what many have long suspected, scientists have found that male monkeys of two different species get heavier when their mates are pregnant. Read More
Business professor launches corporate reporting study
Lori Holder-Webb, an assistant professor of accounting and information systems at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business, is part of a four-person research team recently awarded a grant to research corporate reporting. Read More
Evidence unearthed of earliest African slaves in New World
Digging in a colonial era graveyard in one of the oldest European cities in Mexico, archaeologists have found what they believe are the oldest remains of slaves brought from Africa to the New World. The remains date between the late-16th century and the mid-17th century, not long after Columbus first set foot in the Americas. Read More
Book Smart
In all likelihood, you view the world and its controversies as you do by watching how people in movies or on television handled things. Read More
Social Work graduate program makes diversity, community its mission
By increasing diversity and equity within its own program, the School of Social Work’s graduate program has been succeeding in the campuswide mission to create community. The key lies within the soul of social work, which is change. Read More
Five Questions With…
Greg Burnham is a research assistant for the Center for Meat Process Validation (CMPV), and he’s also a graduate student in the Department of Food Science. The center provides support to Wisconsin meat processors through UW-Extension. Read More
Humor, flow characterize art at research center
Lynn Lau grew up on an oil palm plantation in tropical Malaysia. “I’m finally getting the hang of winter,” she says, having graduated from UW–Madison in 2001 with a degree in communication arts. Read More