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UWPD launches bicycle education and enforcement campaign
During the next month, the University Police Department will be conducting concentrated bicycle education and enforcement throughout the campus.
Badger Volunteers signup deadline approaches
The deadline to sign up to join the Badger Volunteers is on Tuesday, Sept. 14.
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.
Join Engineers Without Borders to design Lake Wingra biofiltration garden
Students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) are inviting Madison community members to join them the morning of Saturday, Aug. 21, to help design a biofiltration garden that will clean the Vilas Beach area of Lake Wingra.
UW-Madison repeats as a major contributor to Teach For America
Year after year, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has produced top numbers of Peace Corps members, working to extend understanding around the world. But recent graduates also continue to make a measurable impact on educational equity here in the United States.
Atlanta middle-school students join Wisconsin peers at science camp
This summer, there's no cooler place to be than in the lab for two dozen scientifically minded middle-school students.
Latest Badger Poll results to be released
The results of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's 30th Badger Poll will be released this week.
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.
Grandparents University celebrates 10 years at UW–Madison
This summer marks the 10th anniversary of Grandparents University at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and nearly 900 grandparents and grandchildren will be on campus as alumni bring a new generation to experience college life through two days of interactive, hands-on learning.
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.
Hip-hop workshop focuses on teaching tools
Now celebrating its fifth year, the Hip-Hop Educator and Community Leader Training Institute will be held on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus from July 7-11.
From spinning atoms to blazing stars, Science Expeditions covers all bases
If there is any way to take in the full depth and breadth of the science being practiced and developed at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the eighth annual Science Expeditions celebration is the way to do it.
University community continues Haitian relief efforts
Events across the UW–Madison campus continue to provide support for Haitian earthquake relief. Thousands of dollars worth of donations have poured in already, as the university community responds to the devastation in the impoverished Caribbean nation.
Public-private venture wins grant to extend Internet links to underserved areas
A broad partnership of Madison-area education, health, government and nonprofit organizations, including the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been awarded $5.1 million in federal stimulus funding to expand access to computer networks for underserved communities and local agencies.
Major changes shape Morgridge Center present, future
Since it was founded in 1996, the Morgridge Center for Public Service at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has gained wide campus and community recognition for its leadership and advocacy role in promoting civic engagement, volunteerism and service learning.
Open mic night part of ‘On, Wisconsin!’ contest
Are you eager to enter the "On, Wisconsin!" YouTube competition and win a trip to Las Vegas? Are you holding back because you don't want to deal with videotaping, uploading and other technical details?
Seminars will make teachers climate-change ambassadors
The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will join the Madison Metropolitan School District in a three-year project to prepare science teachers to be climate-literacy ambassadors in their schools and communities.
Students use computing skills to hasten Haiti relief efforts
"I have this bumper sticker that says, 'Python will save the world. I don't know how, but it will,'" says Nicholas Preston, a University of Wisconsin–Madison postdoctoral researcher.