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UW–Madison physicist awarded Packard Fellowship
Shimon Kolkowitz's research into ultra-precision atomic clocks will test Einstein's general theory of relativity.
Cross-College Advising Service announces director
Kelley Harris, an experienced scientist, teacher, advisor and administrator, will lead UW–Madison’s largest centralized academic planning and decision-making resource for students who are exploring, undecided, and in transition.
Planning for spring? Consider a Summer Finish scholarship to complete your degree
As students close to graduation register for spring courses, they can talk to their advisors about graduating in a timely manner with Summer Finish.
Partners in Giving 2019 campaign will ‘Give Hope’ to 520 charities
The annual eight-week campaign runs Oct. 7-Nov. 29, when state and UW employees in Dane County can donate to the charity or charities of their choice by cash, check, credit card or payroll deduction.
Video: We are all UW
At UW, we learn lessons best when we learn them together. We're partnering with the Student Inclusion Coalition to ensure everyone is seen, heard and valued in our community.
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.