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Geoheritage and groundwater focus of twin Badger Talks during Wisconsin Science Festival
Layers of cobblestones at Parfrey’s Glen State Scientific Area show material deposited during turbulent water flow in storm-tossed water, while the fine-grained sedimentary…
Regents approve new undergraduate major in Data Science
Students majoring in data science will learn to apply computational, statistical, and mathematical methods to data in order to solve real-world problems.
Entangled in plastic: New Madison exhibit highlights marine debris
To raise awareness about the complex cultural and material nexus that is “plastic,” Wisconsin Sea Grant has collaborated with the Chazen Museum of Art, which is presenting an exhibit titled “Plastic Entanglements: Ecology, Aesthetics, Materials.”
Hard work makes Wisconsin basketball dreams come true for Samad Qawi
Samad Qawi, in white, is shown at the men’s basketball team practice. As a senior, Qawi made the team in a tryout.
Beefed-up Badger Talks brings UW–Madison to your neighborhood
A program that brings knowledge from the state’s flagship campus to localities statewide is adding dozens of experts from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of Extension to its Badger Talk roster.
WARF provides $15 million gift for School of Veterinary Medicine building project
Design for the building project has begun and construction is expected to begin in the summer of 2021, with projected completion of the addition in 2023 and renovations to the existing building in 2024.
Taking a shot for Alzheimer’s health
A UW–Madison pharmacy professor has developed a partnership with Hayat Pharmacies to begin an initiative designed to increase immunization rates among patients with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers in Milwaukee.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin takes in ‘locally sourced science’ at Morgridge Institute
Forward-thinking science and childhood memories came full circle on Wednesday for U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who visited a lab at the Morgridge Institute for Research that is carrying on the inspired legacy of her grandfather, David E. Green.
Search for new secretary of the faculty underway
“This position is an important one,” search-and-screen committee chairman Terry Warfield says. “The secretary of the faculty not only supports effective faculty participation in shared governance, but ... also advances broader campus shared governance.
Science journalist Christie Aschwanden visits as UW–Madison Science Writer in Residence
Aschwanden, who for years was lead science writer for FiveThirtyEight, will be on campus Oct. 14 through 18 visiting students and faculty and participating in a panel discussion.
University of Wisconsin Press enters a new chapter
The Press is now back on campus in a cost-saving move that also renders staff experts more readily accessible to campus partners.
UW–Madison suspends Sigma Chi fraternity
The student-led Committee on Student Organizations found the chapter violated the Student Organization Code of Conduct by holding an event at which alcohol was served while the chapter was on probation with alcohol restriction (meaning the organization is not allowed to host events where alcohol is served).
Brand New Badger: Moved by boy’s sacrifice, graduate student launches scholarship in his honor
Shayan intends to return to Pakistan to put his education into practice.. “I realized that, long-term, public policy was the way I could best address social issues."
Quiz: Test your knowledge of UW–Madison
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Homecoming traditions of yesterday and today
Some homecoming traditions, such as the homecoming parade on State Street and planting flamingos on Bascom Hall, have a long history and are still celebrated today. Others have fallen by the wayside.
Go Big Read book ‘The Poison Squad’ offers food for thought
Would you like a little cinnamon with your brick dust? Wait. You didn’t know you were eating brick dust? Such was the case before the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act, banning adulterated or misbranded food and drugs. You can thank Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley, a man you likely haven’t heard of.
Science Festival panels examine science and society
Two panels at the Wisconsin Science Festival will closely examine the relationship between science and society, as part of the statewide festival that runs Oct. 17 through 20.
They’ve got hops — with UW Extension’s help
Brothers Bob and Jim Conant didn’t know the first thing about hops when they started their now thriving hops farm in Tomah. So they turned to their Monroe County Agriculture Educator from what is now the UW–Madison Division of Extension.
Coming home: First Wave’s new director was transformed by the program as a student
Sofía Snow, a member of the 2007 inaugural cohort of UW–Madison’s groundbreaking First Wave hip-hop scholarship program, is returning to campus to lead the program she says changed her life.
Extension strengthens link between field and campus
When the Conant brothers started a hops farm, they knew practically nothing about hops. So they turned to their county ag educator from UW Extension, which is now part of UW–Madison. The agent drew upon UW researchers’ unbiased scientific expertise.