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By design, camps for students with disabilities take anxiety out of step to college
"I know what you're all thinking, 'What the heck?'" says 16-year-old Adam Proue, waving his hands and holding up his own presentation. "But this is going to make sense eventually."
UW Organic Ag Field Day looks at vegetable varieties, research
Organic vegetables will be the focus when the University of Wisconsin–Madison holds its fourth annual Organic Agriculture Field Day on Wednesday, July 28, at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station.
Science for the family: Mini-workshops, short lectures explore scientific topics
Family Science Exploration Nite, part of the popular series Wednesday Nite at the Lab, will be held Wednesday, July 14 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Genetics-Biotechnology Center, 425 Henry Mall.
TIP/High school students get hands-on with CSI science
Students from five Madison high schools are getting a first-hand view of cutting-edge forensic science and its high-tech tools this week on the campus of…
Summer program offers intensive study of Baltic area languages
UW-Madison is an international leader in foreign languages, offering instruction in more than 80 modern and ancient languages, from Akan-Twi to Zulu. The campus also houses 11 area-studies centers, the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages and the National African Language Resource Center.
Biology “boot camp” to help incoming students through maze of UW–Madison biology
Incoming biology students at University of Wisconsin–Madison will get extensive new help navigating the tricky transition from high school to a university that has 31 different majors related to biology, funded by a $1.4 million undergraduate science education grant announced today by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Odyssey Project offers a promising journey of hope, transformation
The walls of Emily Auerbach’s office are crowded with photos that show the outcomes of hard-fought success.
Recent sightings: Study space
Rebecca Stern, right, a first-year undergraduate, studies using in the Wisconsin Historical Society library reading room on April 12, 2010. The library space…
It’s a small world (for small people) after all
Lab-coated and goggled, Troy Dassler's 15 third graders are itching to power up their digital optical microscopes.
Kindergartners stump a professor, learn about college
How many clowns are there in the world? How do slugs pull their eyes into their bodies? What’s the meaning of life?
Phi Beta Kappa welcomes 173 new members
The Alpha Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, recently welcomed its 2010 initiates in a ceremony held at the…
Recent sightings: Hands-on healthy
Students in Counseling Psychology 105: Health, Community and Action, a course taught by Margaret Nellis, a lecturer in the School of Education, participate in…
Major gift, choice of architect propel Nursing Science Center campaign
A $500,000 gift from Barbara D. and M. Keith Weikel ('62 MS PHM, '66 PhD BUS) has provided further momentum to the campaign for a new University of Wisconsin–Madison Nursing Science Center.