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Conference brings science into focus for visually impaired
A conference titled Independent Laboratory Access for the Blind Conference on Teaching, Learning and Practicing Science for Students with Visual Impairments has been scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 16, at UW–Madison. Read More
PEOPLE students to be celebrated
The University of Wisconsin–Madison will celebrate one of its most important diversity "pipeline" programs Friday, Aug. 1. Read More
UW-Madison Day at the State Fair
The University of Wisconsin–Madison's legacy of service and outreach to the state of Wisconsin will be celebrated at the Wisconsin State Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 6. Read More
Coalition spreads the word in Wisconsin about free, low-cost health insurance
Although more than 90 percent of Wisconsin residents have some form of private or public health insurance, that is little consolation to the estimated 500,000 who find themselves without coverage. Read More
Transportation researchers evaluate Madison Metro service
University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering transportation researchers are compiling the results of ridership surveys conducted in March and April on board Madison Metro buses. Read More
Theory meets practice in second annual Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
This week (July 20-25), the Wisconsin School of Business will direct the second annual Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Bootcamp (WEB) for graduate students in chemistry, biology, law and engineering, among others. Read More
Recent sightings: Stem cell summer science camp
Jose Zepeda, of Ellsworth, Wis., peers into a microscope while participating in a summer science camp hosted at the WiCell Research Institute at… Read More
Families create special memories at Grandparents University
Grandparents and grandchildren are sharing a campus experience as they learn together at Grandparents University. Read More
Faculty expertise central to Grandparents University success
Before strip malls and subdivisions cropped up around Madison, University of Wisconsin–Madison students often earned extra money in the summer by plucking fat, green worms from tobacco plants in nearby Sun Prairie. Read More
UW-Madison scanner program to benefit local retailers
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is partnering with a group of downtown businesses in a high-tech effort to combat underage drinking. Read More
Working to bring individuals with large-animal interest into veterinary medicine
There has been much publicity lately about changes in the agricultural industry, accompanied by speculation that there will be fewer large-animal veterinarians. Read More
UW-Madison students restore New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward bayou
A group of UW–Madison students are working to help restore the Bayou Bienvenue, an urban wetland in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans, to ecological health. Read More
Summer conference services uphold university ideal
With the spring semester coming to a close, the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus prepares for a transition from predominantly undergraduate students to a highly diverse summer population. For University Housing Conference Services Program Director Sharon Seagren, June, July and August are the busiest months of the year. Read More
A voice nearly silenced teaches art of storytelling
Moji Olaniyan, an assistant dean in the College of Letters and Science, heads the African Storytelling on Wheels project, which prepares UW–Madison students of African origin to tell stories of their native countries to third-, fourth- and fifth-graders in racially nondiverse elementary schools in eastern and northern Wisconsin. Olaniyan, herself a storyteller, recently regained her voice — and her storytelling — after a bout with voice problems. Read More
UW-Madison, Sertoma Club provide hearing aids to qualified recipients
A program through the Department of Communicative Disorders and the Sertoma Club of Madison turns used hearing aids into credits to purchase new hearing aids for qualified recipients. Read More
Institute sponsors symposium to explore integration of math, biology
The Morgridge Institute for Research and the Graduate School are sponsoring a two-day symposium open to faculty and academic staff interested in exploring the interfaces connecting the mathematic, computational and biological sciences, and the major impact of these evolving interactions on research, education, training and discovery. Read More
Latest Badger Poll results to be released this week
More results from the latest University of Wisconsin–Madison Badger Poll, a survey of Wisconsin residents' views on timely topics, will be released this week. Read More
Using street theater to channel the lessons of molecules
A novel project by a collaboration of scientists and educators from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Madison Area Technical College (MATC) is making molecules and atoms the stars of a project to use theater to teach children the basics of science. Read More
Chancellor’s statement on the passing of Madison education leader Milton McPike
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. Read More