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UW-Madison student writes about real effects of drunk driving
January 27, 2011When University of Wisconsin–Madison journalism student Sammy Ganz met the family of 6-year-old Treyton Kilar in the weeks after his death at the hands of… Read More
Stan Temple: A life saving threatened species
January 27, 2011As a UW–Madison wildlife professor, Stan Temple is heir to the outsized legacy of Aldo Leopold and, until his retirement, held the chair occupied by Leopold and his intrepid successor, Joe Hickey, the wildlife biologist whose work helped put the nails in the coffin of the insecticide DDT. Read More
Share your Wisconsin experience as a guide for Visitor and Information Programs
January 27, 2011Visitor and Information Programs is looking for outgoing and enthusiastic students to represent UW–Madison as information guides and tour guides beginning this spring and summer. Read More
Education historian Diane Ravitch to speak
January 26, 2011Diane Ravitch, regarded by many as the nation's leading education historian today, will offer an informed analysis of the current state of American education -- what's broken and how can it be fixed -- at a free, public presentation sponsored by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education, and the Wisconsin Center on Education Research, with support from the Wisconsin Education Association Council and the UW–Madison Lectures Committee. Read More
New program opens doors around campus for students seeking support
January 25, 2011University Health Services (UHS) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison announced the launch of Let's Talk, a program that lets UW–Madison students chat informally with staff from UHS Counseling and Consultation Services at drop-in centers around campus. Read More
Microscope allows research to go where it never has
January 25, 2011IRENI, funded with a $1 million award from the National Science Foundation, produces infrared images with previously impossible to see detail and whose reach will be far ranging. Read More
WARF debuts Gilson Bootstrapping Series at Discovery Town Center on Jan. 25
January 24, 2011Allen Dines of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Office of Corporate Relations will be the first speaker featured in WARF's new Gilson Bootstrapping Series. He will discuss the wide variety of resources available to new entrepreneurs, or to those just thinking about starting a business, at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 25. Read More
Experts on horse first aid to speak at UW–Madison
January 24, 2011The University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine Continuing Education program will host the 22nd annual seminar "First Aid for Horses: When to Call the Vet and What to do Before Help Arrives" on Saturday, Feb. 19. Read More
White House honors UW–Madison engineering physics professor
January 24, 2011President Barack Obama has named a University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering physics professor as one of 15 recipients of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM), the highest federal award for mentoring in the country. Read More
Chinese Champions to be featured on Big Ten Network
January 21, 2011A new television feature show produced by the University of Wisconsin–Madison will showcase the success of the Chinese Champions Program for a Big Ten Network audience. Read More
Admissions, McBurney complete office moves to 702 W. Johnson St.
January 21, 2011The Office of Admissions and Recruitment and the McBurney Disability Resource Center have completed their moves into new space at 702 W. Johnson… Read More
Fund established for severely injured student
January 21, 2011The friends and family of a UW–Madison graduate student who was injured in a New Year’s Day attack in Puerto Rico have set up a… Read More
Center helps identify economic impact of traffic on truck-borne freight
January 21, 2011The 2010 Urban Mobility Report, the most accurate picture of traffic congestion in 439 U.S. urban areas, now includes information about truck delay and the economic impact of congestion specific to trucking. Read More
Professor to present first Selig Distinguished Lecture in Sport and Society
January 21, 2011Adrian Burgos, professor of history in the Department of African American, Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Latino/a Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will present the first Selig Distinguished Lecture in Sport and Society at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Thursday, Jan. 27. Read More
Wisconsin stem cell pioneer wins Faisal International Prize
January 21, 2011James Thomson, director of regenerative biology at the Morgridge Institute for Research and a University of Wisconsin–Madison researcher since 1994, learned this week that he is this year's co-winner of the prestigious King Faisal International Prize in Medicine. Read More
UW-Madison remembers student who died in car accident
January 20, 2011University of Wisconsin–Madison junior Anna Shoemaker is being remembered as a student with a bright future in the field of international environmental policy. Shoemaker, 20,… Read More
Spring Career and Internship Fair set for Jan. 25
January 20, 2011Defying the flagging economy, a mix of corporations, non-profits, and government agencies will converge on the Kohl Center for the semester’s largest career fair Tuesday,… Read More
Designer aims to improve student-centered learning in engineering
January 19, 2011When an exam comes back with an “A” grade, most students are thrilled, and rightfully so. Yet all too often, it doesn’t take long for the information students diligently crammed to fade as they prepare for another exam, creating a cycle, for some, of studying for tests rather than actually learning. Read More
UW-Madison provost joins nuclear safety study
January 19, 2011An effort to gauge the cancer risk to people living near nuclear power plants will include Paul M. DeLuca Jr., medical physics professor and… Read More