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With Ceres back in orbit, Planet Trek blasts off for the bike season

June 10, 2013

The Rodney Dangerfield of celestial bodies is back.

With heart cells, middle schoolers learn the hard lessons of science

May 2, 2013

The drug trial is not off to an auspicious start. The cells are not cooperating.

Public invited to UW Family Gardening Day

May 2, 2013

Whether your garden sprawls across an acre or fits into a pot on your balcony, this year's UW Family Gardening Day, May 11 on the UW–Madison campus, will provide tips for making it your best one ever.

UW physicist works with young Rube Goldbergs at Madison elementary school

April 25, 2013

The rules are simple, explains Mike Randall, a University of Wisconsin–Madison physicist, who is leading the Rube Goldberg lab tonight at Emerson School in Madison. "Make a contraption that starts by dropping a marble and ends by ringing a bell."

Classes in the park unite middle schoolers with college students, nature

April 23, 2013

Trish O'Kane had reached a dead end. It was her first day teaching a capstone course in environmental studies at the Nelson Institute, and she was ready to forge ahead with a two-hour "college-style" lesson plan.

UW Day at the Capitol showcases research, innovation

April 5, 2013

Thursday, April 4 was the annual UW–Madison, UW-Extension and UW Colleges Day at the Capitol. The event presented to legislators and the public the many ways that the innovation and research at the UW makes an impact all across Wisconsin.

TED creativity guru headlines science fest, Year of Innovation

September 25, 2012

If Sir Ken Robinson has said it once, he's said it millions of times: "If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original."

Madison students create book trailers for film festival

July 31, 2012

As part of the Read On Wisconsin program, students from Madison's Whitehorse Middle School have dedicated their summer vacation to reading and discussing books for grades six through eight.

Slideshow: The campus is abuzz with warm-weather learning

July 24, 2012

Think the UW campus slows down during the summer? Well, think again: The university is a mighty busy place well into August.

Recent sightings: Fireworks for pediatrics patients

July 1, 2012

More than 250 pediatrics patients and their families were invited to the Pyle Center Rooftop Terrace and lakeside Alumni Lounge on campus for a…

A new resource for campus biology educators

March 13, 2012

The UW–Madison campus has always been an active setting for innovation in biology education. Now, a new resource is available to campus biology educators through the Institute for Biology Education.

‘Saturday Science at Discovery’ explores science at the South Pole

September 1, 2011

This month, "Saturday Science at Discovery" invites the public to "be cool and go polar" with a bilingual learning journey focused on the extreme science of the South Pole.

UW Law School students start off first year with community service

August 30, 2011

This week, the class of 2014 at the University of Wisconsin Law School will put aside their textbooks for a day of community service.