A new research center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison promotes child and family well-being through interdisciplinary research and enhanced collaboration and communication among the researchers, policymakers and practitioners seeking best practices in preventing child maltreatment.
Two dazzling new gathering places on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus will share the spotlight on Wednesday, April 20 as joint venues for the Nelson Institute’s fifth annual Earth Day Conference, and the public is invited.
This year’s Romnes Faculty Fellowships recognize a baker’s dozen of talented, up-and-coming faculty from across campus.
Honors go to professors five to 20 years past first tenured position
On Tuesday, March 29, University of Wisconsin-Madison psychology professor Charles Snowdon will discuss his decades of research on a small new-world monkey called the cotton-top tamarin.
Noted University of Wisconsin-Madison limnologist Stephen Carpenter has been awarded the 2011 Stockholm Water Prize, the world’s most prestigious award for water-related activities, it was announced in Stockholm, Sweden today (Tuesday, March 22).
Al Jazeera’s chief strategic adviser in the Americas will be the keynote speaker at the third journalism ethics conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Friday, April 15.
Celebrating 50 years of the Peace Corps and the state of Wisconsin’s history of volunteerism and public service, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host a variety of free and public programs featuring stories, film, poetry and some well-known former Peace Corps volunteers on Friday and Saturday, March 25-26, as part of “Peace Corps and Africa: 50 Years,” an event honoring and assessing a half-century of volunteer service.
Hundreds are confirmed dead and thousands without shelter or power after an earthquake of 8.9 magnitude, and resulting tsunami, near the Japanese island of Honshu. These University of Wisconsin-Madison experts can provide context and analysis for interested media. Harold Tobin, a marine geophysicist at UW-Madison, is an expert on large underwater earthquake processes and the …
In response to student requests, a talk by Charles Snowdon, University of Wisconsin-Madison psychology professor, entitled “The Cotton-top Tamarin: Research for Conservation and Understanding Human Behavior,” has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 29. The talk had been set for spring break.
Humans aren’t the only ones who grow old gracefully, says a new study of primate aging patterns.
University of Wisconsin-Madison alumnus Carl Djerassi – an award-winning chemist, novelist, playwright and art collector – will appear on campus Monday-Tuesday, March 28-29, as part of the yearlong celebration ILLUMINATE: UW-Madison Year of the Arts, the Arts Institute announced.
Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., will give the annual Nellie Y. McKay Lecture in the Humanities at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 24
Years of research show black patients getting less treatment in the American health care system than their white counterparts, but a new study suggests that a quick dose of empathy helps close racial gaps in pain treatment.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Dance Department and Arts Institute announce the Sunlight Project and Symposium, a series of 10 events related to Pulitzer Prize-winner David Maraniss’ “They Marched into Sunlight.”
Ivan Preston, Journal Communications/Warren Heyse Bascom Professor Emeritus in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication, passed away on Tuesday, March 1 at age 79.
When pianist Paul Badura-Skoda plays recitals in Madison, they represent more than just world-class performance. As an artist-in-residence during the 1960s, his presence played a part in the renaissance of the School of Music. “It’s a bright spot in the history of this school,” says Todd Welbourne, professor of piano. “We’ve always had pianists on …
A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of chemistry has received a grant to develop “green” techniques to produce compounds for the pharmaceutical industry.
Watch yourself around Kandis Elliot’s art, because it may be smuggling things into your brain.