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Chancellor conducts TelePresence meeting from China
As part of her trip to China and Taiwan, Chancellor Biddy Martin helped to inaugurate a cutting-edge videoconferencing device now available to the greater UW–Madison campus community. Read More
A history of presidential visits to campus
Although President Obama’s campus visit on Tuesday is the first by a sitting president since May 14, 1950, campus hosted many other sitting presidents, past presidents and candidates who would go on to win the Oval Office. Here is a list of visits by presidents — past, sitting and future — based on a search of university archival material and the State Historical Society. Read More
Recording booth will capture memories of Sterling Hall bombing
For those who were in Madison on Aug. 24, 1970, memories of the bombing of Sterling Hall - the sounds that woke them in the middle of the night, the images of the aftermath - are indelible. Read More
Reckoning with Pinochet: The Memory Question in Democratic Chile, 1989–2006
Reckoning with Pinochet: The Memory Question in Democratic Chile, 1989–2006 (Duke University Press, 2010) Steve J. Stern, vice provost for faculty and staff programs and Alberto Flores Galindo Professor of History. Read More
The person behind the building: Lowell Evan Noland
Professor Lowell Evan Noland is remembered for the impact he had on the lives of his students and the interdisciplinary genius he brought to his UW–Madison zoology classrooms. Read More
Teach-in on Afghanistan, Pakistan set for next weekend
A group of University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty have organized a teach-in on Afghanistan and Pakistan to be held on campus next weekend, March 19 and 20. Read More
Mellon Foundation awards to fund postdoctoral fellowships
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded more than $1.8 million to the University of Wisconsin–Madison to support postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities, history and humanistic social sciences. Read More
History professor writes definitive Woodrow Wilson biography
After a meteoric rise to the nation’s highest office, a new president working to make major structural changes to government and the economy enjoys majorities in Congress, but faces an unwillingness from opponents to cooperate with him. Read More
Programs make a case for global engagement
When the Soviet Union launched its first Sputnik satellite in 1957, it effectively defeated the United States in the first round of the space race. And while the United States responded in kind with Pioneer 1, it also transformed its Cold War engagement by launching a terrestrial initiative — one that involved UW–Madison back then and does so to this day. Read More
Contest celebrates 100 years of ‘On, Wisconsin!’
It is 32 bars of hummable, toe-tapping Badger spirit and it turns 100 years old this year. Yes, the song "On, Wisconsin!" has hit the century mark, and Badger fans with spirit to spare can create their own versions of the song and submit them to a contest that will run throughout the academic year. Read More
Spooner research station marks centennial
On Tuesday, Oct. 20, the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Spooner Agricultural Research Station will celebrate its 100th birthday and commemorate a milestone in the history of Wisconsin agriculture. Read More
Celebrating 100 years of ‘On, Wisconsin!’
It is 32 bars of hummable, toe-tapping Badger spirit and it turns 100 years old this year. Yes, the song “On, Wisconsin!” has hit the century mark and gives no sign of slowing down or unclenching its hold on the hearts of all who love it. Read More
Digital reading technology makes its way into UW–Madison classrooms
Alongside music, television and the news media, books are surging into the new technology era with digital reading devices. Read More
Event marks Lincoln statue’s century on campus
For a century, the statue of President Abraham Lincoln has watched over the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Bascom Hill. Read More
Ready for his close-up: Lincoln statue gets a cleaning
One of the most photographed features of the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, Bascom Hill's statue of Abraham Lincoln, will be spruced up beginning this week. Read More
Philanthropist and UW–Madison join to develop new-generation leaders
What do American soldiers stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan do in their "spare" time? Read More
Civil War history comes to life at Camp Randall
The rich history and music of the Civil War era will revisit the grounds of historic Camp Randall on Saturday, July 25, as part of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's celebration of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth. Read More
UW-Madison’s Lincoln statue turns 100
He's sat, stone-faced, through snowstorms and student protests, and he's endured as countless graduates crawled into his lap to whisper their aspirations into his ear and, maybe, kiss his cheek. One hundred years ago today (June 22), the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Abraham Lincoln statue was unveiled atop Bascom Hill. Read More
Historian, Army officer hired to teach military history at UW–Madison
John Hall, a gifted historian and an active-duty career U.S. Army officer, has been named the Ambrose-Hesseltine Professor in U.S. Military History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More