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Get Social: Checking off your #BuckyList items
Anyone can have a bucket list, but it takes a UW–Madison student to have a #BuckyList. It's still early this semester, but students are plenty busy checking off those unique experiences they need to get to before graduating.
Enhancement to faculty recruitment program to help diversify faculty
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is demonstrating its commitment to its faculty through an initiative designed to help recruit and retain faculty from underrepresented populations.
Faculty of Color reception
Nearly 200 people attended the Faculty of Color Reception, an annual tradition to introduce newly hired faculty and announce recently promoted faculty of color.
Wiscopinion poll: Best free campus activity
Last week's Wiscopinion asked for your favorite free campus activity, and a total of 152 students responded. Terrace After Dark received the most votes.
Go Big Read author coming to UW–Madison
In “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes, Dan Egan writes, “Like generations of the past, we know the damage we are doing to the lakes, and we know how to begin to stop it; unlike generations of the past, we aren’t doing it."
Fuzzy fur of Peru’s Alpacas serves as inspiration for alum’s new UW-branded clothing company
Eighty seven percent of the world’s alpaca population are scattered across the highlands of Peru, but when UW alum Katie Lorenz travelled there between jobs in 2014, she didn’t know that. In fact, she knew next to nothing about the country and had no conception that the trip would lead to the creation of her own brand, CAMPO, that uses the lustrous fiber of the nation’s most famous – and fuzzy – export.
Rising to the (voting) challenge
Volunteers for the City of Madison City Clerk's Office help eligible students register to vote during a National Voter Registration Day (NRVD) event held at Union South on Sept. 25. The election is Nov. 6. UW–Madison is participating in the Big Ten Voting Challenge, in which the 14 universities compete for the highest voter turnout.
New generation: Unique technology could turbocharge electrical efficiency
Mechanical engineering Professor Sage Kokjohn is developing technology roughly twice as efficient as conventional fossil fuel-based power plants, which would provide more environmentally friendly power.
Helping cows keep their cool: Professor, dairy farm collaborate
A UW–Madison assistant professor of dairy science and Extension animal welfare specialist travels the state to meet with milk producers, processors and others concerned about the well-being of Wisconsin’s signature farm animal.
Two listening sessions slated for VCRGE search
The committee leading the search for a new vice chancellor for research and graduate education has set two listening sessions for faculty, staff and students to gather ideas and suggestions regarding leadership of the UW–Madison research enterprise.
Upcoming Wellness Symposium enhances well-being on campus
“A Day of Resilience and Well-Being” is the theme of the upcoming Wellness Symposium, scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 23, 8 a.m.–2:30 p.m. at Union South. The event invites UW–Madison faculty, staff and students to take some time for self-care, enhance their energy and engagement, and connect with their best selves.
A warming climate means profound changes for U.S. National Parks
The analysis of all 417 of America’s national parks, conducted by UW–Madison’s Center for Climatic Research, found that average temperatures increased at twice the rate as the rest of the nation over the past century.
NSF awards UW $3 million to advance quantum physics, technology
The three UW–Madison grants are among 25 in an NSF initiative to fund major advances in quantum physics. In 2016, the agency identified quantum research as one of its 10 top funding priorities.
Statement on ICE activity in Dane County
We encourage students seeking support to reach out to the Dean of Students Office in partnership with the Multicultural Student Center, a resource that provides assistance and support for the academic and non-academic success of DACA/undocumented students.
Meet the record-breaking Class of 2022
This fall’s newly arrived freshmen make up the largest incoming class in UW–Madison's history, drawn from the highest number of applicants ever. And the number of students of color is at an all-time high for an incoming freshman class.
A neon workout
It's possible to get a good workout in the dark, if you have some neon to light the way. Rec Sports held a glow-in-the-dark group group fitness event at the Natatorium on Sept. 20.
New Faculty Focus: Cody Wenthur
"I was fascinated with the concept that relatively simple small psychoactive molecules can act to provoke dramatic changes in human perception and behavior, either for good or for ill."
UW helps communities create cleaner, greener wastewater
A partnership with the Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District focuses on reducing releases of phosphorus, a plant nutrient that feeds overgrowths of algae in lakes and streams.
Distinguished panel
A prototype neutrino detector made up of these large panels built at UW–Madison’s Physical Sciences Laboratory recently “saw” its first particles at the international particle physics lab CERN in Switzerland. The panels are integral to development of a large detector that will be installed deep within a South Dakota mine in the 2020s to get a clearer look at neutrinos — the universe’s most abundant, but little understood, bits of matter.
Students star in “Hip-Hop U: The First Wave Scholars”
The Wisconsin Public Television documentary explores the innovative work of the students in the First Wave learning community, which focuses on spoken word and hip-hop culture.