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Resources for movers
Students are encouraged to donate their extra food, clothes and household items to local agencies that serve families in need, and learn how to properly discard and recycle their trash.
Drugs alter key aquatic organisms
Antibiotics also may be adversely affecting zooplankton, tiny organisms that underpin the health of all freshwater ecosystems.
UW to test for deer disease
The Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory has hired three employees and begun renovations on a dedicated testing lab for Chronic Wasting Disease.
Dean of Students finalists to visit
Finalists for the dean of students position will visit campus this month to meet with students and staff.
Shaw awards support research of health, genetics
Three young Wisconsin scientists have been selected for the Greater Milwaukee Foundation's Shaw Scientist Award.
Gene linked to how kids respond to abuse
New research identifies a genetic variation that might protect abused children from developing antisocial behavior.
Industrial fishing threatens sharks, dolphins, billfish
Industrial fishing poses a big threat to life and fin for sharks, dolphins and billfish, says a new study forecasting fishing's effects on ocean ecosystems.
Without fire, red pines could disappear, model shows
What we usually view as a foe to forests -- fire -- actually may be a key to the survival of some tree species.
Cadwallader named grad school dean
Martin T. Cadwallader has been named as dean of the Graduate School and vice chancellor for research.
Bucky sports new look
The university has unveiled new logos for Bucky Badger, the university's mascot, as well as for its sports programs.
Economists to brief business leaders
What twists and turns will affect regional, national and international economies and financial markets? UW economists have answers.
Kettl outlines security alternatives
Donald Kettl, professor of public affairs and political science, has proposed a streamlined alternative to President George Bush's proposed Department of Homeland Security.
Why a gender gap in cystic fibrosis care?
A new study of the well-established 'gender gap' in cystic fibrosis has shown, for the first time, that females are diagnosed with CF significantly later than males are - and that the difference cannot be explained by gender differences in common CF symptoms, chest X-rays or the age at which youngsters are infected with pseudomonas aeruginosa, the bacterium implicated in up to 90 percent of CF deaths.
Governor signs budget
The governor has signed a budget repair bill addressing Wisconsin's $1 billion budget deficit with measures including some cuts to UW System funding.
Re: Chancellor John Wiley statement on budget signing
University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor John Wiley issued a statement Friday, July 26, following the signing of a budget adjustment bill that fixes the state's budget shortfall for the current biennium:
Corpse flower to bloom soon
The rare 'corpse flower,' or titan arum plant native to Sumatra, is expected to bloom at the Botany Greenhouse this coming week.
Finding advances quantum computing
An advance made by university scientists could bring quantum computing out of the gee-whiz world of scientific novelty and into the practical realm.
PEOPLE celebrates results
The incoming freshmen class will include 24 graduates of the PEOPLE Program, the first group of participants to enroll at the university.
Europe looks to UW for analysis, advice
In an unusual move, the European Parliament earlier this month invited UW–Madison professor Jonathan Zeitlin to testify at a parliamentary hearing on the European Employment Strategy, a new approach to policy coordination among the European Union's member states launched in 1997.
Meeting discusses gene therapy, personalized drugs
Diagnosing and treating cardiovascular disease, the nation's number-one killer, in the near future is under the scrutiny of approximately 500 physicians and research scientists from around the world.