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Mother-of-pearl’s genesis identified in mineral’s transformation
How nature makes its biominerals - things like teeth, bone and seashells - is a playbook scientists have long been trying to read.
Recent sightings: They filled the hill
Hundreds of plastic pink flamingos adorn Bascom Hill for the annual "Fill the Hill" event Oct. 7. The event, which is part of the UW's Annual Campaign, places a pink flamingo on Bascom Hill for each donation pledged.
Faculty Senate approves academic calendar changes
The Faculty Senate has approved revisions to the Academic Calendar for academic years 2016 through 2021, including a fixed date for spring commencement and adding a new summer session.
Credit where credit is due: Rankings may miss up to 60 percent of UW–Madison publications
As automated rankings gain influence in the public view of universities, the computers may be missing a significant proportion of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's intellectual output, says Jocelyn Milner, associate provost for academic planning and institutional research. "Our full name is 'University of Wisconsin–Madison,' and articles can be missed if authors list something else, or only a particular institute or center with no further attribution," Milner says.
App from UW–Madison spinoff puts live help for apartment search in your hand
A Madison startup created in 2012 soon after two Wisconsin natives graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison is introducing the first free "personal assistant" to aid renters in the difficult search for a new apartment.
New social network aims to keep Wisconsin seniors in their homes longer
Wisconsin's elderly population is expected to double by 2040, and a significant challenge facing communities - and families - across the state is how to keep seniors in their own homes longer.
UW-Madison researcher chosen to lead Ecological Society of America
Monica Turner has made a career of studying ecosystem resilience in the face of ecological challenges, from severe forest fires and bark beetle outbreaks in Greater Yellowstone and the northern Rockies to climate and land use change in Wisconsin.
Scenes from Homecoming 2015
UW-Madison students, alumni and fans celebrated Homecoming 2015, highlighted by the traditional parade down State Street on Friday night.
WARF wins patent infringement lawsuit against Apple
A federal jury has found that Apple infringed a patent owned by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation for an invention that significantly improves the efficiency…
Slideshow: Scenes from Homecoming 2015
UW-Madison students, alumni and fans celebrated Homecoming 2015, highlighted by the traditional parade down State Street on Friday night. It was one of many Homecoming week activities sponsored by the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA).
Study questions dates for cataclysms on early moon, Earth
Phenomenally durable crystals called zircons are used to date some of the earliest and most dramatic cataclysms of the solar system. One is the super-duty collision that ejected material from Earth to form the moon roughly 50 million years after Earth formed. Another is the late heavy bombardment, a wave of impacts that may have created hellish surface conditions on the young Earth, about 4 billion years ago.
UW kicks off comprehensive campaign at Kohl Center event
With the pomp of a chancellor’s address and the enthusiasm of a Homecoming crowd, the campaign for the University of Wisconsin–Madison kicked off at the Kohl Center Thursday night. Titled “All Ways Forward,” the campaign is an effort to increase private support for the university.
UW–Madison mathematician wins prestigious Packard Fellowship
Melanie Matchett Wood, a University of Wisconsin–Madison assistant professor of mathematics whose research takes new approaches to classic questions of number theory, is one of 18 early career scientists from around the United States named a Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering.
Recent sightings: Paddling pumpkins
In a quirky celebration of the fall harvest, participants paddled on Lake Mendota in massive, hollowed-out pumpkins made buoyant by inflated inner tubes in the annual Hoofer Sailing Club Pumpkin Regatta Oct. 10. The event is organized by UW–Madison horticulture professors Irwin Goldman and Jim Nienhuis.
Recent sightings: Family Weekend
From grandparents to siblings, Family Weekend Oct. 9-11 gave the whole family a chance to see UW–Madison through the eyes of their student.
UW-Madison housing finder service puts apartment search on laptops, phones
The Campus and Visitor Relations office at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has enhanced its apartment-finding service with technology from a UW–Madison spinoff business that simplifies housing searches for students, faculty, staff and the public.
All Ways Forward: Faculty excellence
Our accomplished faculty members are the key factor in advancing the university’s groundbreaking research and exceptional student development. Attracting the best, most talented faculty helps us perpetuate the cycle that drives UW–Madison to be one of the top universities in the nation for innovation, achievement, and astonishing outcomes.
Badgers, UW–Madison partner on ‘It’s On Us’ campaign
UW–Madison has joined the national “It’s on Us” campaign to stop sexual assault and will showcase an “It’s On Us” video during the Homecoming football game Oct. 17.
All Ways Forward: Educational experience
The UW–Madison experience encompasses far more than just intellectual challenge. Together, our faculty, students, and staff create an environment that makes learning, teaching, and pushing the boundaries of our knowledge vastly more rich and rewarding.