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Informational sessions will introduce employees to free tuition programs at UW–Madison
Two financial aid programs are designed to ensure that an education at the state’s flagship public university is accessible to Wisconsin students and affordable for their families.
Inclement weather guidelines for UW–Madison employees
Decisions to cancel or postpone classes or suspend some university services due to inclement weather will be based on the safety and welfare of students, faculty and staff.
Get Social: Turkeys, Badgers and weddings
It's been a busy fall, full of election ads, voting decisions and midterms.So in this week's Get Social, we explore the more simple, pleasurable aspects of campus: Fall colors, first Badger games and, well, Badgers.
Madison’s streets were named after early U.S. revolutionaries
In Philadelphia, streets at right angles to Delaware street are named after American trees. In Washington, some streets are named after the states to which they lead. In Madison, nearly every major street was named after a signer of the constitution, thanks to James Doty, a politician and land speculator.
Wiscopinion results: Most useful part of Wisconsin Experience
Last week, Wiscopinion asked which components of the Wisconsin Experience are most instrumental in preparing you for success. The answers are: …
A vote for democracy
In addition to doing homework, students were busy voting at seven campus polling places on Tuesday, Election Day. The final midterm election vote for the evening — #679 — is cast at Tripp Commons in the Memorial Union on Tuesday evening.
Elders-in-Residence Program will bring Native community leaders to campus for mentoring, support
The initiative will seek to improve the experience of American Indian and Alaskan Native students by hosting Native elders on campus for extended visits and educational exchanges.
6 steps to building the perfect college schedule
Enrollment can be an exciting time — it's a clean slate, an opportunity to explore interesting new classes, and a step closer to your ultimate academic goals. But with over 9,000 classes to choose from, it can be an overwhelming process if you're not prepared.
Wisconsin Union to hold Veterans Day event on Nov. 12
Memorial Union’s ties to service members began 90 years ago with the dedication of the building as a memorial to UW–Madison’s service members in 1928. More than 1,000 fallen university heroes’ stories can be found in the Union’s electronic Gold Star Honor Roll.
Woodland hawks flock to urban buffet
A team of Wisconsin researchers documents that woodland hawks — once in precipitous decline — have become firmly established in urban environments, thriving primarily on a diet of backyard birds.
Students step up to voting challenge
UW-Madison students streamed to the polls to vote in the midterm election on Tuesday. The campus is competing in the Big Ten Voting Challenge.
UW-Madison students make discoveries, explore Italy in archaeological expedition
Two seniors traveled to the ancient city of Agrigento on the south coast of Sicily this past summer, to develop a more accurate historical timeline.
Chalking up the vote
Students working for the Big Ten Voting Challenge chalk the ground outside the Memorial Library polling place early on Election Day morning, Nov. 6.
Randolph Ashton named SCRMC associate director
Ashton, a leading UW–Madison stem cell scientist whose lab develops novel tissue engineering methods to derive brain and spinal cord tissues from human pluripotent stem cells, will assume a leadership position with the Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center.
New Faculty Focus: Anne Ersig
"My goal with my teaching and research is to improve the health and well-being of individuals with childhood chronic health conditions."
New master’s in quantum computing offers training for a growing field
In a single calendar year, the program will catch students up on the fundamentals of quantum physics, cover the theory behind quantum computing, and teach students laboratory skills to construct the devices.
New summer program helps UW freshmen get ‘QuickStart’
CALS launched a brand new “early start” program for incoming first-year students called QuickStart, which helps them make the most of their college experience.
Study shows movement, evolutionary history of TB in China
A genetic scan of a massive number of samples taken from tuberculosis patients across China has shown a surprising genetic uniformity: just two “strains” of the tuberculosis bacterium account for 99.4 percent of all cases.
Professor takes on climate change by promoting science literacy through music, art, comics
A UW–Madison geoscience professor has come up with new ways to teach science to non-science undergraduate students, in hopes of awakening their "inner scientists."
Food processors, UW collaborate to remove guesswork from wastewater disposal
The results of a three-year study offer some support for the belief that much of the nitrogen in the wastewater from cheese-making and vegetable processing leaves the soil and harmlessly enters the atmosphere.