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Rock your holidays with fossils, minerals at Geology Museum sale today and Saturday

December 2, 2011

For the third year, the UW Geology Museum will be decking out the lobby with holiday cheer and hosting the Friends of the Geology Museum annual holiday sale. Read More

Team Rubicon co-founder to speak at Dec. 18 commencement

December 2, 2011

Jake Wood, president of Team Rubicon, a nonprofit veterans' service organization that he co-founded following the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, will speak at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's 2011 mid-year commencement. Read More

350 tons of e-waste recycled by UW–Madison

December 1, 2011

More than 350 tons of computers, monitors, and peripheral equipment have been recycled by UW–Madison between July 2010 and June 2011, according to recent tallies. Read More

UW–Madison Air Force ROTC wins national award

December 1, 2011

The Air Force ROTC at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is officially one of the best in the nation after the cadre won the national Right of Line award for best small detachment in the nation. Read More

Exhibition celebrates the music, art and culture of Ghana

November 30, 2011

"In Ghana, textiles are absolutely integrated into every part of life," says Mary Hark. "You're bombarded with music and textile, color and pattern, while walking down the street." Read More

Discovery building marks first anniversary with Gold LEED

November 30, 2011

When the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery celebrates its first birthday this Friday, Dec. 2 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, visitors can learn a new "first" about the building while taking a behind-the-scenes "green" tour or sharing locally sourced cake with Bucky. Read More

Poster sales help keep doors to learning open

November 30, 2011

The entryways to some of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's most iconic buildings - the bannered Bascom Hall, the archway to Camp Randall and the imposing wood-and-iron doors to the Red Gym - are among the photos featured on a poster benefiting need-based scholarships. Read More

Verona students take the stage with UW–Madison’s Wind Ensemble

November 29, 2011

For some Verona Area High School students, their next concert may offer a taste of their future. Read More

A farewell to the card catalog

November 29, 2011

It will be the end of an era when the public card catalog is removed from its home in room 224 of Memorial Library on the UW–Madison campus. Read More

MEDiC student-run clinics receive national recognition

November 25, 2011

The MEDiC program, which provides seven free health clinics in Madison, has received the President's Volunteer Service Award for its work in the community. Read More

Partners in Giving update from the chancellor and provost

November 23, 2011

As we break to celebrate Thanksgiving — we cannot say "thank you" enough, both to those who have given and to all of you who might consider still doing so. Your support brings hope to so many. Read More

Students: Help fight hunger through donations and social media at #WIFightHunger

November 23, 2011

In an effort to add social media energy to the fight against hunger, VIP and #UWSocial are giving away seats in a private box at the Kohl Center for the Dec. 31 Badgers men’s basketball game versus Iowa in exchange for food donations and social media exposure. Read More

Psychopaths’ brains show difference in structure, function

November 22, 2011

Images of prisoners' brains show important differences between those who are diagnosed as psychopaths and those who aren't, according to a new study led by University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers. Read More

Hydrogen peroxide provides clues to immunity, wound healing, tumor biology

November 22, 2011

Hydrogen peroxide isn't just that bottled colorless liquid in the back of the medicine cabinet that's used occasionally for cleaning scraped knees and cut fingers. It's also a natural chemical in the body that rallies at wound sites, jump-starting immune cells into a series of events. Read More

UW–Madison to issue voter IDs to students who require them

November 21, 2011

University of Wisconsin–Madison students who do not have valid Wisconsin IDs will be issued a free supplemental identification card for voting purposes only, Vice Chancellor for Administration Darrell Bazzell has announced. Read More

Implanted neurons, grown in the lab, take charge of brain circuitry

November 21, 2011

Among the many hurdles to be cleared before human embryonic stem cells can achieve their therapeutic potential is determining whether or not transplanted cells can functionally integrate into target organs or tissues. Read More

Alan Fish named vice president at Johns Hopkins University

November 18, 2011

Alan Fish, associate vice chancellor for facilities at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has accepted the job of vice president of real estate and campus services at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Read More

Christmas Lecture, a Madison holiday tradition, returns

November 17, 2011

Chemistry Professor Bassam Z. Shakhashiri will celebrate a 42-year tradition with his holiday demonstration, “Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri.” Read More

Global commission delivers food security policy recommendations

November 16, 2011

A new report published by an independent global commission of eminent scientists states that the world's food system needs an immediate transformation to meet current and future threats to food security and environmental sustainability. Read More

Schoenfield composition highlights second Pro Arte Quartet concert

November 15, 2011

Google the word “freilach” and you will find that it means “happy” or “joyful,” especially in relationship to music. American composer Paul Schoenfield says the Yiddish word also describes his recently composed “Three Rhapsodies for Piano Quintet,” commissioned by the UW Pro Arte Quartet as part of its 100-year anniversary celebration currently underway. Read More