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Stay safe, healthy this Halloween

October 28, 2009

Madison’s Freakfest is coming up this Saturday, Oct. 31, and the Offices of the Dean of Students (ODOS) and University Health Services (UHS) are teaming up to wish students a safe and happy Halloween. Read More

University Theatre explores obsessions, love in comedy, tragedy

October 28, 2009

Class and politics, unhealthy obsessions and forbidden love are common themes explored in two productions being staged by University Theatre this semester. Read More

Street markets are this professor’s laboratory

October 28, 2009

Alfonso Morales didn’t sit in a library to do research for his graduate degrees. Instead, he worked as a vendor in Chicago’s famed Maxwell Street Market, where he saw firsthand that public markets serve as fertile ground for entrepreneurs and new businesses, gathering places for communities and an entry point into the economy and society for new arrivals to the United States. Read More

Faculty choreographers collaborate with campus colleagues in concert

October 27, 2009

The "thinking dancer," a concept long embraced by the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Dance Program, takes on new meaning in the program's Fall Faculty Concert, SPLASH!, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21, at the Wisconsin Union Theater, 800 Langdon St. Read More

UW fields and gardens help feed people in need

October 26, 2009

Food bank workers have been lining up for tons of potatoes produced at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's agricultural research stations at Rhinelander and Hancock this fall. Read More

UW-Madison students, faculty part of community news project

October 26, 2009

The debate over health care reform has dominated national headlines for most of the summer and fall. Read More

Recent sightings: Rainy day

October 23, 2009

Umbrella-toting pedestrians make their way through soggy autumn leaves and endless puddles on Library Mall on Oct. 23, 2009. Photo: Bryce Richter… Read More

Students urged to continue focus on safety

October 23, 2009

Two separate incidents from the past week are leading UWPD, Offices of the Dean of Students and Madison Police Department to again urge students to keep a focus on personal safety. Read More

Two alumni among top 10 Popular Science ‘geniuses’

October 22, 2009

The November edition of Popular Science magazine recognized two University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering alumni as two of its "Brilliant 10," the 10 young geniuses shaking up science today. Read More

UW-Madison a leader in Fulbright Fellows with top 10 ranking

October 22, 2009

Continuing the University of Wisconsin–Madison's strong tradition of global engagement, the campus is ranked once again in the top 10 of research institutions nationwide in the number of Fulbright Fellowships awarded to students. Read More

Project CRYSTAL brings middle-school students to UW–Madison lab

October 22, 2009

University of Wisconsin–Madison biochemistry professor Hazel Holden and Edgewood Campus School middle-school science teacher Daniel Toomey met for the first time because Holden's daughter was in Toomey's science class. Read More

Festival leverages power of film for community action

October 21, 2009

The Tales from Planet Earth film festival takes center stage in Madison Friday-Sunday, Nov. 6-8, with something new: a built-in call to action. Read More

Veteran political reporter to deliver talk on Obama administration record so far

October 21, 2009

TIME's Mark Halperin might be the prototype for a journalist of the future: He pulls together coverage on breaking stories while providing a quick judgment of his own on the Web and on television. Read More

Graduate School proposal aired at meetings

October 21, 2009

A proposed reorganization of the Graduate School designed to address shortfalls in the infrastructure of the university’s research environment is the focus of a series of town-hall meetings across campus. Read More

Evolution-exploration saga on short list for National Book Award

October 20, 2009

"Remarkable Creatures," by University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of genetics Sean Carroll, has been named a finalist in the nonfiction category of the National Book Award. Read More

Slide show: A Century of Song

October 19, 2009

“On, Wisconsin!” — the fight song near and dear to every Badger’s heart — turns 100 this year, and the UW Marching Band paid tribute at the Homecoming game at Camp Randall Stadium on Oct. 17. Read More

Goldman named CALS interim dean

October 19, 2009

Irwin Goldman, vice dean and associate dean for research in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, has been named the college's interim dean by Chancellor Biddy Martin. Read More

Workshop to explore global labor standards

October 19, 2009

During the past decade, efforts to improve labor standards in global supply chains have focused on encouraging retailers and manufacturing firms to adopt private voluntary codes of conduct monitored by professional auditors and non-governmental organizations. Read More

German Club to build, tear down ‘Berlin Wall’

October 19, 2009

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, the University of Wisconsin–Madison German Club will take it down again. Read More

Research expenditures jump, UW–Madison retains top ranking

October 16, 2009

According to statistics compiled by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the University of Wisconsin–Madison is the nation's third largest research university as measured by dollars spent on research. Read More