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Morgridge Center awards $300,000 in grants to engaged scholarship projects
May 13, 2013The Morgridge Center for Public Service has awarded eight matching grants totaling $301,737 to support service learning and community-based research by UW–Madison faculty and researchers in the areas of education, environment, health, civic journalism, and law. Read More
Update: UW–Madison welcomes largest group of new Wis. freshmen since 2005
May 9, 2013With official enrollment numbers in, UW–Madison’s entering class of new students is a talented group, with the largest new freshman class ever (6,279 students) and the largest number of new freshmen from Wisconsin since 2005 (3,515 students). Read More
Free bike repairs, bagels at Discovery building May 13
May 9, 2013Participants in this year’s Bike to Work Week will find free bike repairs, bagels and coffee at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery building on Monday, May 13, from 7 to 9:45 a.m. Read More
Chancellor to honor distinguished undergraduates
May 8, 2013This year’s Chancellor’s Undergraduate Awards ceremony will recognize 135 UW–Madison winners of the Hilldale Fellowship, the Herfurth and Kubly Awards, the Holstrom Environmental Scholarship and the University Book Store Awards, as well as winners of the national Goldwater, Udall and Truman scholarships and more. Read More
Dictionary of American Regional English gets financial reprieve
May 8, 2013Last month, the financial picture looked bleak for the Dictionary of American Regional English. Read More
Journalism students create strategic campaign for new company
May 8, 2013The TV show “The Apprentice” comes to mind when students in Deb Pierce’s capstone journalism course describe their semester. Twenty-five seniors in the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication had signed up to apply everything they’d learned, over four years of classes and internships, to an actual client. Read More
New project will adapt dairying to climate change
May 7, 2013Agricultural scientists from across the nation are embarking on a new five-year, $10 million, USDA-funded effort to identify dairy production practices that minimize the emission of greenhouse gasses (GHG) and will be more resilient to the effects of a changing climate. Read More
Update: Prescribed burns in nature preserve to begin Wednesday
May 7, 2013Prescribed burns will begin taking place this Wednesday in the Lakeshore Nature Preserve near the western edge of the UW–Madison campus. Read More
2013 Phi Beta Kappa initiates chosen
May 7, 2013The University of Wisconsin–Madison recently announced the 2013 initiates for the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society. Read More
Advanced manufacturing focus of June 10-14 conference
May 7, 2013Featuring a broad swath of leading-edge research from around the world, an advanced manufacturing research conference June 10-14, 2013, will draw nearly 500 academic, industrial and governmental participants to the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison. Read More
Updated Statement by Chancellor Ward on UW Fund Balances
May 6, 2013I have appreciated the discussion I have heard on campus regarding the fund balances carried by University of Wisconsin System schools. As I wrote in the April 25 email on this subject, the funds in these accounts are used to help UW–Madison succeed in its academic and research missions. I am following up to give you more specifics about the funds, and to clarify some points about them. Read More
UW-Madison student competes in ‘Jeopardy!’ College Championship
May 6, 2013When the "Jeopardy!" College Championship was filmed at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in April 2008, Julia Sprangers sat in the Kohl Center audience to watch then-senior Suchita Shah compete. Read More
Shakhashiri receives prestigious award for public education
May 3, 2013Bassam Shakhashiri, a chemistry professor and William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has received the 2013 Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science. Read More
Adult cells transformed into early-stage nerve cells, bypassing the pluripotent stem cell stage
May 2, 2013A University of Wisconsin–Madison research group has converted skin cells from people and monkeys into a cell that can form a wide variety of nervous-system cells - without passing through the do-it-all stage called the induced pluripotent stem cell, or iPSC. Read More
Public invited to UW Family Gardening Day
May 2, 2013Whether your garden sprawls across an acre or fits into a pot on your balcony, this year's UW Family Gardening Day, May 11 on the UW–Madison campus, will provide tips for making it your best one ever. Read More
UW flu expert elected to National Academy of Sciences
May 1, 2013Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a professor of pathobiological sciences in the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine and leading expert on influenza, has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Read More
Go Big Read selects ‘A Tale for the Time Being’ for its 5th year
May 1, 2013“A Tale for the Time Being,” a new novel from critically acclaimed and best-selling author Ruth Ozeki, is the selection for the fifth year of Go Big Read, UW–Madison’s common-reading program. Read More
Burrill Business Plan Competition fosters student entrepreneurship
April 30, 2013UW-Madison students will put their entrepreneurial skills to the test Friday in the G. Steven Burrill Business Plan Competition. Read More
Blooms are behind in late spring at the Arboretum
April 30, 2013Deep into what is shaping up as the latest spring on record at the UW Arboretum, small victories over winter are important. Even if they don’t count. Read More
An NBA player comes out and a UW sociology professor retools her lecture
April 30, 2013On Monday, Washington Wizards center Jason Collins became the first active professional athlete from one of the four major U.S. professional sports — baseball, basketball, football and hockey — to come out as gay. Read More