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UW-Madison furlough day set for Nov. 27

November 24, 2009

The University of Wisconsin–Madison will close on Thursday, Nov. 26, for the Thanksgiving holiday and on Friday, Nov. 27, as a mandated furlough day for most of its employees. Read More

New UW–Madison ‘Ants and Agriculture’ exhibit opens

November 24, 2009

University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists are putting the finishing touches on a new "Ants and Agriculture" display in Microbe Place, an outreach facility in the lobby of the Microbial Sciences Building. Read More

Learning community teaches spirit of entrepreneurship

November 24, 2009

In high school, computer programmer Tim McGowan enrolled in advanced-placement Latin. When it came time to study for the big exam, he was ready to admit that languages weren't his thing. Read More

Go Big Read seeks book nominations for 2010-11

November 23, 2009

If you want to nominate a book for next year’s Go Big Read, UW–Madison’s common-reading program, you have until Monday, Nov. 30. The Go Big… Read More

Exhibit explores state of science at time of Darwin’s book

November 23, 2009

“Science Circa 1859: On the Eve of Darwin’s Origin of Species,” opening Monday, Nov. 23, in the Department of Special Collections at Memorial Library, explores the state of science before Charles Darwin’s groundbreaking book arrived on the scene 150 years ago. Read More

Student-athlete leads Red and White Hunger Fight

November 23, 2009

In the weeks before Thanksgiving, most college students anxiously count down the days and midterms standing between them and a big meal at home with family and friends. Read More

Slide show: Rail Jam at Memorial Union

November 21, 2009

More than 30 local skiers and snowboarders competed for fun and prizes on 20 tons of man-made snow during the Hoofer Ski and Snow Board Club's first Hoofer Rail Jam at the Memorial Union Terrace on Nov. 19, 2009. Read More

Study focuses on “balanced parenting” as weight control strategy

November 20, 2009

After mastodons and mammoths, a transformed landscape

November 19, 2009

Roughly 15,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, North America's vast assemblage of large animals - including such iconic creatures as mammoths, mastodons, camels, horses, ground sloths and giant beavers - began their precipitous slide to extinction. Read More

Evolution institute named for pioneering UW–Madison geneticist

November 19, 2009

A few days before the 150th anniversary of the "Origin of Species," Charles Darwin's epochal book on evolution, plans for a new evolution institute moved closer to final approval at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More

UW-Madison receives $9.5 million Gates Foundation grant

November 19, 2009

The University of Wisconsin–Madison has received a five-year, $9.5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to identify virus mutations that would serve as early warnings of potential pandemic influenza viruses. Read More

Post-9/11 GI Bill advances available to students

November 18, 2009

The Post-9/11 GI Bill is a new education benefit that will provide tuition and financial support to veterans attending institutions of higher education. Due to… Read More

Engineers Without Borders at UW–Madison wins United Nations award

November 18, 2009

Work on a project to provide a Haitian community with hydroelectric power has won the University of Wisconsin–Madison's chapter of Engineers Without Borders a prestigious United Nations engineering award. Read More

Police urge pedestrians to heed construction warnings

November 18, 2009

University police are asking employees, students and campus visitors to heed the messages on construction signs and fences and resist that temptation to take shortcuts through those areas. Read More

Tour de Touchdown raises funds for American Family Children’s Hospital

November 17, 2009

The brothers of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity are aiming to raise $12,500 for the American Family Children's Hospital as part of a benefit bike ride that begins this week. Read More

New research tower honored by Midwest Construction magazine

November 17, 2009

The Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research (WIMR) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has been named the higher education research project of the year by Midwest Construction magazine. Read More

Early voting option can decrease turnout, research shows

November 17, 2009

Although states are moving quickly to put in place election procedures that allow for early voting, allowing people to cast ballots ahead of Election Day often results in lower turnout, according to research from a team of University of Wisconsin–Madison political scientists. Read More

UW-Madison in top 10 in national study-abroad ranking

November 17, 2009

Record numbers of University of Wisconsin–Madison students are earning some of their academic credit abroad, with a participation rate that far exceeds the national average. What is more, they are increasingly choosing to study in previously non-traditional destinations such as China and India. Read More

Thanksgiving tips for heart health

November 16, 2009

Foundation funds fellowship, research of faculty members

November 16, 2009

Two La Follette School of Public Affairs faculty members at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have received honors from the William T. Grant Foundation to advance the well-being of families and children. Read More