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Stanley, students sing praises of reading

April 10, 2008

When Leotha Stanley was 13 years old, he played the piano at the funeral home on North Avenue in Milwaukee for some extra money.

Annual symposium celebrates undergraduate achievement

April 9, 2008

While much of the diligent work of students takes place behind the scenes, the tenth annual Undergraduate Symposium will be an opportunity for achievement to publicly shine for more than 300 students.

Student wins city management fellowship in Kansas City

April 8, 2008

Throughout her academic career at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Carissa DeCramer has been narrowing her focus. As an undergraduate, she double-majored in international relations and political science. As a graduate student at the La Follette School of Public Affairs, she followed the domestic track.

Sexual assault awareness event to address rape, racism, healing

April 8, 2008

Aishah Shahidah Simmons, an African-American feminist lesbian and award-winning documentary filmmaker, writer and activist, will visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison April 16-17 to help draw attention to the issues of sexual assault, homophobia and racism.

Students compete to promote NASA

April 2, 2008

From creating a space-based reality show called "NASA's Next" to assisting local organic farmers, the University of Wisconsin–Madison's NASA Means Business team has a slew of ideas about how to promote NASA, leaving the spaceflight agency over the moon.

New book explores Daily Cardinal’s legacy

April 1, 2008

After a decade of newspaper reporting, University of Wisconsin–Madison journalism graduate Allison Hantschel found that the most interesting story she was ever a part of was the one she experienced herself during her years on the Daily Cardinal staff.

Local alumni to host dinners for 200 UW–Madison students

April 1, 2008

The biannual Dinners On Wisconsin! program will strengthen relationships among University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni and current undergraduates when students enjoy home-cooked meals at the homes of graduates and learn about the professional world from alumni with firsthand experience.

Hundreds of high school students to participate in World Cinema Day

March 31, 2008

For the past five years, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has welcomed hundreds of Wisconsin high school students and teachers to World Cinema Day, a program of the Language Institute and the Wisconsin Film Festival to raise cultural awareness and deepen understanding of diverse perspectives through international film.

Chancellor’s statement on the passing of Madison education leader Milton McPike

March 30, 2008

Milt McPike's bedrock values of hard work, education and family made Madison a vastly richer place. We will miss his commitment to young people, his open-hearted service, and the way he inspired generations of students to achieve and succeed.

From stained glass to stem cells, science shines on campus April 5

March 27, 2008

The University of Wisconsin–Madison will offer a science smorgasbord to the public at the sixth annual Science Expeditions on Saturday, April 5.

Professor strengthens math, science education

March 26, 2008

For well over a decade, mathematics professor Terry Millar has worked to improve math and science instruction for students at all levels by bringing together the knowledge of university mathematicians and scientists with the teaching and curricular expertise of educators.

Study shows compassion meditation changes the brain

March 25, 2008

Cultivating compassion and kindness through meditation affects brain regions that can make a person more empathetic to other peoples' mental states, say researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Events celebrate nanotechnology

March 20, 2008

The public can get up close and personal with nanotechnology research during a series of free public nanotechnology events on campus during "Nano Days," Saturday, March 29-Sunday, April 6.

UW Geology Museum receives more than $100,000 in minerals

March 19, 2008

In its 160-year existence, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Geology Museum has never before received a mineral donation like the one recently given by retired UW–Madison electrical engineering Professor R.A. Greiner.

UW-Madison team ‘zaps’ competition with electric snowmobile

March 18, 2008

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Clean Snowmobile team blew the competition out of the snow at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Clean Snowmobile Challenge (CSC) in Houghton, Mich., March 10-15.

Fund for late professor lifts Engineers Without Borders into the black

March 10, 2008

Katie Simon had a lot to be nervous about in March 2007 when she became the president of the University of Wisconsin–Madison chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB), an organization that applies the knowledge of engineers to improving the quality of life for developing communities.

Lowly Icelandic midges reveal ecosystem’s tipping points

March 5, 2008

A UW–Madison zoologist describes in the journal Nature an ecosystem population dynamics model built on the flies of Iceland’s Lake Myvatn, showing how even slight human-induced changes can irreversibly alter the balance of nature.

The Wisconsin Experience: Psychology gets undergraduate research down to science

February 28, 2008

Choices, choices. In every undergraduate major, a time comes around a student’s junior year to explore different academic specialties within a degree program, moving up the pyramid from general education to refined focus.

Symposium opens world of research opportunity

February 19, 2008

With 10 years and hundreds of research projects in its history, the Undergraduate Symposium has been instrumental in showcasing undergraduates’ hard work. It’s also opened participants’ eyes to the possibilities of research — and even led some to continue the work they started with the event.

Study: Religion colors Americans’ views of nanotechnology

February 15, 2008

Addressing scientists in Boston Feb. 15 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Dietram Scheufele, a professor of life sciences communication, presented new survey results that show religion exerts far more influence on public views of technology in the United States than in Europe.