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Blank responds to legislative action on UW budget

June 2, 2015

Statement of Chancellor Rebecca Blank on Joint Finance vote

May 29, 2015

Community of practice helps faculty and staff step into role of online learner

May 14, 2015

This past year, more than 20 faculty and instructional staff received another chance at being a student — a role reversal that allowed each of them to explore the opportunities and challenges facing today’s online learners and instructors.

Awards honor employees for achieving administrative improvements

May 12, 2015

Three teams and one individual have been selected to receive the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s 2015 Administrative Improvement Awards.

Bochsler chosen to lead Veterinary Diagnostic Lab

May 12, 2015

Philip Bochsler, chief of pathology at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (WVDL), has been selected as the lab’s next director. Bochsler will assume his new duties Monday, July 6.

Committee names finalists for education dean

May 11, 2015

Committee names finalists for education dean

More than 150 students recognized with awards

May 6, 2015

From studying the linguistics of Wisconsin dialects to the after-effects of traumatic brain injury, the dozens of students honored at Monday’s Chancellor’s Undergraduate Awards Ceremony encompassed the principles of teaching, research, outreach and public service that underlie the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s mission.

Live stream of Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s Moynihan Prize Lecture “What Drives American Competitiveness?”

May 6, 2015

A live stream will be available at 1:30 p.m. central time Thursday of University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank delivering the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Lecture on Social Science and Public Policy at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The lecture is given each year by the winner of the Moynihan Prize, which is awarded by the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

Chancellor Blank message on Nepal earthquake

April 26, 2015

To our UW–Madison students and employees, For those of you from Nepal and neighboring countries, I wanted to take a moment to let you know…

Go Big Read selects ‘Just Mercy’ for 2015-16

April 16, 2015

Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls Bryan Stevenson “America’s Mandela.” Stevenson has spent his career fighting for racial justice and wants his fellow Americans to realize that something is inherently wrong with the land of the free and the home of the brave having the highest incarceration rate in the world.

Finalists chosen in search for Graduate School dean

April 16, 2015

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a step closer to choosing a Graduate School dean.

UW–Madison’s economic impact to Wisconsin $15 billion annually, study says

April 14, 2015

The University of Wisconsin–Madison continues to be one of the state of Wisconsin’s greatest economic engines, accounting for $15 billion in economic impact statewide according to a new report.

National leaders visit for ideas to rescue biomedical research

April 3, 2015

From Howard Temin's Nobel Prize-winning discovery of reverse transcriptase to James Thomson's isolation of viable human stem cells, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has long enjoyed distinction as a biomedical research powerhouse.

Final Four brings together research powerhouses

April 2, 2015

The university communities of UW–Madison, Duke, Kentucky and Michigan State may have basketball foremost on their minds this weekend, but year-round those minds are performing extraordinary research.

Campus reacts to shooting, underlying issues

March 9, 2015

The fatal shooting by Madison police of a black teenager on the city’s East Side Friday is leading to calls for renewed action on social justice on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.

Faculty Senate urges study of public authority, preservation of shared governance

March 3, 2015

Faculty Senate passes resolutions on public authority, shared governance

Open house offers warm welcome for South Madison Partnership

February 13, 2015

The word "joy" came up often during the grand opening of the UW South Madison Partnership.

Employees hear effects of proposed budget cuts at late-night forum

February 12, 2015

A standing-room-only crowd of more than 350 employees packed the auditorium at the Health Sciences Learning Center late Wednesday night to hear information on how the state budget would impact UW–Madison.

Campus community invited to forums on UW and state budget

February 10, 2015

Chancellor Rebecca Blank invites the campus community to be part of a discussion about the proposed budget for the University of Wisconsin–Madison in a series of forums starting next week.

Governance groups meet jointly on budget proposals

February 10, 2015

Speaking to a joint meeting of employee governance groups Monday, UW–Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank said proposed cuts to state support would impact educational quality and jeopardize generations of taxpayer investment that have made the school a world-class university.