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Recent sightings: Butterfly exhibit

April 8, 2009

From left to right, visitors Shae Monson, 10, and Bree Monson, 8, observe a Caligo eurilochus butterfly, common to Central and South… Read More

Earth Day conference explores Wisconsin’s energy future

April 7, 2009

The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies will hold its third annual Earth Day Conference on Wednesday, April 22. Read More

Gallup Center for Muslim Studies executive director to visit Madison

April 7, 2009

Dalia Mogahed, senior analyst and executive director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, will speak at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Grainger Hall on Tuesday, April 14. Read More

WAA’s Employment Essentials developed to help weather stormy economy

April 7, 2009

With the economy showing no signs of stabilizing any time soon, the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) has responded by packaging a suite of online career tools. Read More

Interplay of Islam, science to be focus of UW–Madison lecture

April 6, 2009

The interplay of Islam and science will be the focus of a free public lecture to be held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 9, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More

Four communicators honored for achievement, leadership

April 6, 2009

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist will be among the communications professionals honored by the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication at its annual awards dinner on Friday, April 17. Read More

UW-Madison recognized as a bicycle-friendly campus

April 6, 2009

The League of American Bicyclists has named the University of Wisconsin–Madison a silver award winner in its Bicycle Friendly Business program. Read More

Recent sightings: Hammering together

April 3, 2009

Students and volunteers work to build garage walls for a house during the Hammering for Habitat fundraising event on Library Mall on April 2,… Read More

OK Go to headline free All-Campus Party concert

April 2, 2009

The Wisconsin Alumni Student Board (WASB) welcomes the energetic and electric stylings of OK Go for its 2009 Badger Blowout Concert presented by the UW Credit Union. Read More

Find local food with the 2009 Southern Wisconsin Farm Fresh Atlas

April 2, 2009

Whether you are cooking at home or enjoying a meal out on the town, the 2009 Southern Wisconsin Farm Fresh Atlas can steer you to local, sustainably grown food. The 2009 edition will be available for free in Madison and across southern Wisconsin beginning April 18. Read More

Campaign to focus on alcohol, consent, sexual assault

April 2, 2009

A new, student-designed public awareness ad campaign will promote the importance of gaining consent from sexual partners, particularly when alcohol is involved. Read More

Researcher uses GPS to find asthma causes

April 2, 2009

David Van Sickle is looking for a few pioneering asthmatics. He wants to attach a GPS device to their inhalers before they boldly go out into a spring world filled with allergens. Read More

Table tennis club thrives at UW–Madison

April 2, 2009

When talking with Andrew Knips, team captain and coach of the UW–Madison Table Tennis Club, try not to confuse the sport of with the mere game of "pingpong." Read More

Engineering students use EPA funding to conserve water at medical school complex

April 2, 2009

A group of University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering and science students are working to drastically reduce the amount of water used on the grounds of one of the university's latest building projects, and they've received funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to do it. Read More

Historian, Army officer hired to teach military history at UW–Madison

April 1, 2009

John Hall, a gifted historian and an active-duty career U.S. Army officer, has been named the Ambrose-Hesseltine Professor in U.S. Military History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More

Graduate student conference targets communications research

April 1, 2009

"Communications Crossroads," a daylong conference showcasing original graduate student research in communications will be held at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's School of Journalism and Mass Communication on Friday, April 3. Read More

Law School, Thompson to host health care summit

April 1, 2009

On Tuesday, April 7, the Law School and one of its prominent alumni — former Wisconsin governor and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson — will host “Summit Conversations on American Health Care for the 21st Century” at the Edgewater Hotel. Read More

Campaign to focus on alcohol, consent, sexual assault

April 1, 2009

A new, student-designed public awareness ad campaign will promote the importance of gaining consent from sexual partners, particularly when alcohol is involved. Read More

Former governor featured on ‘Reflections’

April 1, 2009

Former Wisconsin governor and secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson will be the special guest at the taping of a new episode of “Wisconsin Reflections” at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 7, at the Wisconsin Public Television studios in Vilas Hall. Read More

Survey shows high interest in biofuels

April 1, 2009

Most Americans want to know more about biofuels, according to a new survey fielded by researchers in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More