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Recent sightings: Stairway study

March 4, 2009

As students stream out of a class session below him, freshman Brian Preiser studies on the stairway landing between the second and third floors… Read More

100-Hour Challenge winners represent campus creativity, ingenuity

March 2, 2009

Where else at the University of Wisconsin–Madison would someone find high fashion, conservation initiatives, die-hard partiers and fish in the same competition? Read More

UW Commuter Solutions eases commuter headaches

March 2, 2009

University of Wisconsin–Madison Transportation Services has a new name for its time-tested alternative transportation program: UW Commuter Solutions. Read More

Biotech pioneer presents ‘From Research to Commercial Reality, in the New World’

March 2, 2009

Famed chemist, biotech pioneer and Harvard University professor George M. Whitesides will present "From Research to Commercial Reality, in the New World" at 5 p.m. on Monday, March 9, at the Fluno Center, 601 University Ave. Read More

Top regional high school students to participate in international science fair

March 2, 2009

Two Madison high school students earned top honors in the third annual Capital Science and Engineering Fair, held Feb. 28 on the University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering campus. Read More

Winners of 100-Hour Challenge to be announced March 2

February 27, 2009

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Office of Corporate Relations will announce the winners of this year's 100-Hour Wiscontrepreneur Challenge at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, March 2, at Engineering Hall, 1415 Engineering Drive. Read More

Israel Film Festival presented at UW–Madison

February 26, 2009

Cinematic visions of Tel Aviv will be the focus of the 2009 Israel Film Festival, which kicks off at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Sunday, March 1. Read More

Chancellor invites campus to participate in reading project

February 26, 2009

Chancellor Carolyn "Biddy" Martin recently invited students, faculty, staff and the community to take part in a common book project. Read More

Going green, one moped at a time

February 26, 2009

Sixteen UW–Madison engineering students spent last fall figuring out how to make the Vespa scooter more green. Read More

Chemistry meets biology at screening center

February 26, 2009

When University of Wisconsin–Madison bacteriologist Nancy Keller and her team managed to genetically trick fungi into making metabolic byproducts that are notoriously difficult for scientists to get at, she wondered if the substances might have any clinically useful properties. Read More

Wisconsin Dance Marathon kicks off this weekend

February 25, 2009

The Wisconsin Dance Marathon is a two-day dance marathon organized by UW–Madison students to benefit the American Family Children’s Hospital. Read More

Models present new view of nanoscale friction

February 25, 2009

To understand friction on a very small scale, a team of University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers had to think big. Read More

Comments sought as part of UW–Madison reaccreditation

February 25, 2009

As part of its reaccreditation process, the University of Wisconsin–Madison is seeking written public comments on the quality of the university and its academic programs. Read More

IceCube building goals exceeded at South Pole

February 25, 2009

As the 2008-09 Antarctic drilling season concludes, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory is on track to be finished as planned in 2011. Read More

Delving into the murky metrics of financial risk

February 25, 2009

The way J. Michael Collins sees it, United States consumers aren’t necessarily less informed about financial risk than consumers from other industrialized nations. What Americans do have, however, are an abundance of ways to screw up. Read More

Nine professors receive 2009 Romnes Faculty Fellowships

February 25, 2009

Nine faculty have been honored with Romnes Faculty Fellowships. Read More

Kellett Mid-Career Awards given to eight faculty members

February 25, 2009

Eight faculty have received Kellett Mid-Career Awards for their research. Read More

Recent sightings: Up, up and away

February 25, 2009

Hanging on to a control bar while catching some air, kite skier Mike Bares enjoys the fresh snow on frozen Lake Mendota. Photo:… Read More

Concert will showcase student choreography

February 25, 2009

Students in the Dance Program will get their dance on in the Spring Student Concert, to be held at 8 p.m. Thursday–Saturday, Feb. 26–28, in the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space at Lathrop Hall. Read More

Japanese public TV films Innovation Day inventors at UW–Madison

February 24, 2009

A film crew representing a Japanese public broadcast station will be on the College of Engineering campus on Thursday and Friday, Feb. 26-27, to interview participants from Innovation Day, the University of Wisconsin–Madison's annual invention competition. Read More