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Kohl’s Department Stores supports retail excellence with $3 million gift

May 19, 2008

Kohl's Department Stores announced today a $3 million gift to the University of Wisconsin–Madison to establish the Kohl's Department Stores Center for Retailing Excellence.

Notable graduates: Spring 2008 commencement

May 15, 2008

Approximately 5,000 students will receive degrees from UW–Madison during spring commencement ceremonies May 16-18. Following are stories of some individual students who have done remarkable work while on campus.

‘Wisconsin Votes’ explores lively history of state voting behavior

May 14, 2008

Growing up in a politically divided house — with a Democratic mother and a Republican father — may have been one of the best things that could have happened to Robert Booth Fowler.

Geography students put local foods on the map

May 14, 2008

As temperatures warm, farm fields begin to green and outdoor farmers' markets get under way, the time is ripe for thinking about local foods. For Madison residents, finding locally produced foods is now just a mouse click away.

UW-Madison builds new entrepreneurship learning community

May 13, 2008

The University of Wisconsin–Madison will launch a new living and learning community next fall for students interested in entrepreneurship.

Notable graduates: Leann Barden — Research leads to help for dysphagia sufferers

May 13, 2008

UW-Madison food science graduate Leann Barden made a commitment to the field when she began researching and developing beverages suitable for people diagnosed with dysphagia, a swallowing disorder that affects nearly 18 million adults and children and is currently the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.

Recent sightings: Sidewalk math

May 13, 2008

Mathematics teaching assistant Sam Eckels works with students from his second-semester calculus class during a “Sidewalk Math” session held May 13,…

Engineering senior turns her hobby into cash

May 12, 2008

It started off pretty simply. Danielle McIntosh, a University of Wisconsin–Madison senior graduating in biological systems engineering, was intrigued by a friend who brought his hula hoop over to her apartment. She and her roommates would try out practicing with the hoop, and she found herself thinking about it even when her friend wasn’t around.

Alumni ‘fired up’ about latest innovation

May 8, 2008

After selling the first company he founded for more than $1 million, University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering alum Chad Sorenson wasn't sure what to do next.

Virus mimics human protein to hijack cell division machinery

May 8, 2008

Viruses are masters of deception, duping their host's cells into helping them grow and spread. A new study has found that human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) can mimic a common regulatory protein to hijack normal cell growth machinery, disrupting a cell's primary anti-cancer mechanism.

Biocore program turns 40

May 7, 2008

An innovative undergraduate biology program on campus is celebrating its 40th birthday.

Students embrace Arabic in new International Learning Community

May 1, 2008

Arabic script runs along the dormitory hall of the third floor in Adams Hall. To an outsider it looks like an intricate design flowing among the plaster, but to the residents it provides direction and introductions to their fellow floormates.

Wisconsin biomedical engineering students design meaningful medical solutions

April 30, 2008

When University of Wisconsin–Madison junior Claire Flanagan graduates in May 2009 with bachelor's degrees in biomedical engineering (BME) and biochemistry, she might display her diploma next to an equally prestigious document: a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

UW-Madison students again rise to the entrepreneurial challenge

April 29, 2008

For the second straight year, students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison flexed their entrepreneurial muscle as they turned surplus materials into new creations.

With cell as muse, art fuels scientist’s quest

April 28, 2008

For Ahna Skop, the tipping point to a career in science was a dance and a food fight.

Facility gives geology department new dimension

April 28, 2008

A geoscience visualization lab that opened last week in Weeks Hall will add a new dimension to geology research and education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Everyone’s invited to attend UW during Day on Campus

April 28, 2008

It's a dream of many to learn on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. The Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) again this spring offers the opportunity to turn those dreams into reality for those who lived the dream years ago, or for anyone wants a campus experience.