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Industry helps create new potato breeding professorship
June 14, 2013Advances in biotechnology such as DNA sequencing have helped speed the pace of plant breeding in many food crops, but applying these tools to the potato, which has an extra set of chromosomes, has been a bit more difficult. Read More
Researchers unearth bioenergy potential in leaf-cutter ant communities
June 13, 2013As spring warms up Wisconsin, humans aren't the only ones tending their gardens. Read More
Professional degree a new tool for conservation leaders
June 11, 2013In the face of unprecedented environmental challenges that demand novel solutions, the University of Wisconsin–Madison will soon begin accepting applications for a model graduate degree program to train tomorrow's conservation leaders. Read More
Bugher to retire after guiding University Research Park growth, success
June 11, 2013Mark Bugher, who helped to mold UW–Madison’s University Research Park into an economic and technology transfer force admired nationally, plans to retire in October. Read More
Brick-and-mortar teaching meets high-tech innovation: Sparks fly
June 11, 2013For fifteen years, the UW Teaching and Learning Symposium has been the go-to place for UW instructors to share their findings and learn new teaching strategies. Read More
Awards celebrate community partnerships and Billups legacy
June 11, 2013Mary Rouse is one of several honorees who will be recognized at the Community-University Partnership Awards on Wednesday, June 12 at Olin House. Read More
With Ceres back in orbit, Planet Trek blasts off for the bike season
June 10, 2013The Rodney Dangerfield of celestial bodies is back. Read More
City changes property tax payment schedule in wake of La Follette analysis
June 7, 2013Madison taxpayers can now pay their property taxes in four installments due to an ordinance change adopted by the city council June 5, a couple years after a La Follette School analysis found that property owners are less likely to be late with tax payments if they can make three installment payments a year instead of two. Read More
New signs to encourage lake safety
June 7, 2013New signs have been installed along the Lake Mendota shoreline on the UW–Madison campus in an effort to draw more attention to lake safety. Read More
Perkins Loan repayment rate among highest in nation
June 6, 2013UW-Madison students during the past two years have been among the top colleges in the nation in repaying many of their student loans, particularly federal loans given through the university, federal data shows. Read More
Ward: Update on state budget
June 6, 2013The following message was distributed to the campus community on Thursday, June 6 from Interim Chancellor David Ward. Read More
University reaffirms support for investigative journalism
June 5, 2013In an early-morning action, the Joint Finance Committee of the Wisconsin Legislature voted to adopt a motion that would separate the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism from its collaboration with the students and staff of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Read More
History professor documents GI conduct in WWII France
June 5, 2013On June 6, 1944, a massive military force arrived on the beaches of Normandy in a surprise invasion intended to overthrow Nazi Germany. The story of brave Allied forces splashing ashore under heavy fire has been immortalized in novels, memoirs, documentary films, and blockbuster movies - with American GIs cast as the unequivocal heroes of the day. Read More
Baldwin grants to fund public engagement
June 5, 2013Ten projects ranging from expanding higher learning opportunities for low-income residents of Madison to designing and constructing a biogas system in Uganda have been chosen as spring 2013 recipients of Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment grants. Read More
UW service-learning project wins United Nations award
June 4, 2013An award from the United Nations is honoring the work of Araceli Alonso, a senior lecturer in Gender and Women's Studies and a faculty associate at the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More
Summer gas prices: UW experts weigh in
June 4, 2013$3.93 per gallon. 16-gallon tank. $62.88 to fill up. This is all-too-familiar math for drivers who are grudgingly footing their gas bills. Many will direct their frustration at station owners, oil companies or the government. But what factors cause these summer price spikes? Read More
UW–Madison students receive Fulbright fellowships
June 3, 2013Eleven University of Wisconsin–Madison students have received 2013-14 fellowships from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the country's flagship program for international exchange. Read More
Study finds no “skills gap” in Wisconsin labor market
May 30, 2013Wisconsin's labor market shows no evidence of an existing or impending general "skills gaps," according to a new analysis by a team of graduate students at UW–Madison's La Follette School of Public Affairs. Read More
Badgers Vote for the “Moon” as The Red Shirt, Sixth Edition
May 30, 2013MADISON, Wis. - Alumni, students, fans and friends of the University of Wisconsin–Madison cast a record number of nearly 8,000 votes to select a design for the Sixth Edition of The Red Shirt™. Read More