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UW-Madison will commemorate its 150th anniversary and 15 decades of service to Wisconsin and its citizens starting next month. Read More
Do your holiday shopping on campus
Ten gift ideas from UW–Madison that can make your holiday shopping easier and less aggravating. All are unique to the University and sales benefit campus academic, outreach and social programs. Read More
Former mayor to discuss Milwaukee’s German legacy
A former mayor of Milwaukee, Frank P. Zeidler, will visit UW–Madison Dec. 10 to give a talk on German influences in Wisconsin politics. Read More
Badger fans get ready for Rose Bowl
Badger fans are eagerly anticipating their football team's appearance in the Rose Bowl. Read More
Monograph explores the role of scholarship and teaching
The Coalition for Education in the Life Sciences (CELS), a UW–Madison-based national alliance of professional biology societies, is taking aim at undergraduate biology education. Read More
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The wisdom behind WISE
A program at Elizabeth Waters Hall is countering a national trend that has seen more than half of all young women who begin pursuing a career in science or engineering change majors in the first two years. Read More
Like greenhouse gases, landscape changes may alter climate
Greenhouse gases, the long-standing villains of climate change, may have a significant new partner in crime: wholesale changes to the world's landscapes by humans. Read More
Celebrate UW sesquicentennial with music
Tickets to the 150th Anniversary Concert commemorating UW's first classes in 1849 will go on sale Wednesday, Dec. 9 at the Kohl Center and all Ticketmaster outlets. Read More
Local poet to be published by UW–Madison library
The first publication of the newly created Parallel Press, an imprint of the UW–Madison General Library System, is a collection of poems by award-winning local poet Andrea Potos titled "The Perfect Day." Read More
New campus gallery showcases undergraduate artists
The Class of 1973 Gallery on the newly remodeled Red Gym's second floor will show the work of primarily undergraduates. Opened in November, the new space is a welcome addition to campus exhibition space available to students. Read More
Research Highlights
With 110 faculty affiliates across more than 40 departments, UW–Madison’s Institute on Aging is developing a composite picture of aging in America. A… Read More
Sesquicentennial breakfast series features Soglin
The next UW–Madison sesquicentennial breakfast features Paul Soglin, former mayor of Madison and UW alum, who will discuss town-gown relations. Read More
Art, technology join forces in UW student festival
Students in UW–Madison's Interarts and Technology (IATECH) program will take over Lathrop Hall Monday, Dec. 7 for a festival of their original works. Read More
Researchers to test methods for helping smokers quit
The UW Medical School is launching two large new studies aimed particularly at those cigaratte smokers who have tried -- and perhaps tried again -- to quit. Read More
Two named to National Academy of Education
Two members of the UW–Madison faculty, Thomas Romberg in curriculum and instruction and Robert Hauser in sociology, have been elected to the National Academy of Education. Read More
Public forum on reaccreditation
Interested citizens and members of the UW–Madison campus community are invited to comment on the university's reaccreditation process during a public forum Tuesday (Dec. 8). Read More
Volleyball hosts NCAA first-round tonight
The Badger volleyball team will play host to first and second-round matches of the NCAA tournament on Friday and Saturday in the UW Field House. Read More
UW students laud teacher education reform
As a new curriculum in the School of Education's secondary teacher education nears its two-year anniversary, payoffs are proceeding from a decision made long ago by UW–Madison planners: To transform, instead of tinker. Read More
UW researcher reports kidney transplant finding
Kidney transplants between siblings with slightly different tissue types are as much as 28 percent more likely to survive long-term when maternal tissue types are used to determine the donor, a new study from the UW Medical School suggests. Read More