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Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter to speak at UW–Madison about post-9/11 security

February 13, 2012

Dana Priest, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who writes about intelligence and counterterrorism, will speak at UW–Madison on Tuesday, Feb. 28, about the rise of the post-9/11 security state in the U.S. Read More

Forest and Hawks named 2012 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Faculty Fellows

February 10, 2012

Katrina Forest, professor of bacteriology, and John Hawks, associate chair of Anthropology, have been selected by the Institute for Biology Education as Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Faculty Fellows for 2012. Read More

Metabolic “breathalyzer” reveals early signs of disease

February 6, 2012

The future of disease diagnosis may lie in a "breathalyzer"-like technology currently under development at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More

Maurice Meisner, historian of modern China, dies at 80

February 2, 2012

Maurice Meisner, Harvey Goldberg Professor Emeritus of History, passed away at home in Madison on Monday, Jan. 23. He was 80. Read More

UW English professor urges environmental writers to “tell stories no one else can tell”

January 31, 2012

In his new book, "Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor," UW–Madison English professor Rob Nixon asks: how can environmental writers craft emotionally involving stories from disasters that are slow-moving and attritional, rather than explosive and spectacular? Read More

La Follette School responds to Startup America Policy Challenge

January 27, 2012

With a network of schools, scholars and problem-solvers across the country, the La Follette School is responding to the Startup America Policy Challenge. Read More

UW-Madison career fair uses smart-phone technology

January 27, 2012

UW-Madison Career Services units will use technology to benefit students and employers during the Spring Career and Internship Fair on Tuesday, Jan. 31 from 4:30-8 p.m. at the Kohl Center. Read More

New plant species named after UW botany professor

January 21, 2012

A new species has been named in honor of botany professor David Baum. Read More

New work, new audiences for innovative School of Music project

January 19, 2012

Jerry Hui could probably make his audience enjoy a root canal. Read More

Cartoonist and author Lynda Barry is spring artist in residence

January 18, 2012

Lynda Barry, acclaimed cartoonist and author, will be the University of Wisconsin–Madison's spring artist in residence, the Arts Institute and Department of Art announced today. Read More

Selig Distinguished Lecture delves into Japanese Americans’ relationship with baseball

January 17, 2012

How baseball helped Japanese Americans develop an identity and bond with America will be addressed in the Selig Distinguished Lecture in Sport and Society on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More

Program focuses on management-worker partnerships

January 13, 2012

A program to explore how management and labor can work better together for their mutual benefit will be held this month in honor of one of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's greatest economists. Read More

Four receive honors from American Physical Society

December 27, 2011

Four University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers are among 240 newly named fellows of the American Physical Society, an honor bestowed upon no more than half of one percent of the professional society’s membership. Read More

John Francis: Silent no more

December 20, 2011

Visiting professor John Francis’s journey to the front of the classroom has been filled with twists and turns. Read More

Workshop to prepare teachers to make stronger case for French language

December 19, 2011

They teach what Bloomberg Rankings has identified as the third-most-important business language in the world, after English and Mandarin. Yet, as budgets for public education continue to tighten, teachers of French are struggling to keep their programs off the chopping block in Wisconsin and across the United States. Read More

Three UW–Madison faculty members honored as AAAS fellows

December 13, 2011

Three University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Read More

For Midwesterners, more boxcars mean cleaner air

December 8, 2011

Shifting a fraction of truck-borne freight onto trains would have an outsized impact on air quality in the Midwest, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More

100 years of discovery: Celebrating South Pole research

December 8, 2011

To mark the centennial of Roald Amundsen’s expedition to the South Pole, the IceCube Research Center invites you to join them for an evening of exploration and learning on Tuesday, December 13 from 6:30–8:30 at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. Read More

Snow in the Rockies, dry summers in the Southwest?

December 6, 2011

New simulations of summer rains in the arid American Southwest show that they are influenced by the previous winter's snowpack in the Rocky Mountains. Read More

Global winds could explain record rains, tornadoes

December 5, 2011

Two talks at a scientific conference this week will propose a common root for an enormous deluge in western Tennessee in May 2010, and a historic outbreak of tornadoes centered on Alabama in April 2011. Read More