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Statement on Oct. 29 fan incident
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank released the following statement on Oct. 30 in response to a fan incident at the UW-Nebraska game on Oct. 29. “Yesterday,…
Kaine to hold Tuesday campus event
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine will hold an event on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at Gordon Dining & Events Center, 770 W. Dayton Street.
Flying over flamingos
A girl leaps over some of the hundreds of plastic pink flamingos adorning Bascom Hill Friday during the “Fill the Hill” fundraiser.
Campus prepares pumpkins, costumes for Halloween
The campus community is finding many creative ways to celebrate Halloween – carving pumpkins on a crisp October night, wandering the oh-so-spooky hallways of Humanities, hobnobbing with history's greatest artists.
Farm & Industry Short Course serves Wisconsin farmers
In only 16 weeks, the UW–Madison Farm & Industry Short Course teaches students to operate their own farms, run an agricultural business, or work in the agribusiness sector.
UW-Madison confirms third case of meningococcal disease; free vaccine offered to students
Testing has confirmed meningococcal disease in a third UW–Madison student, who is being treated at a local hospital. Free vaccine clinics for undergraduates continue Monday and Wednesday.
WARF grants $85 million to university, $14 million to Morgridge Institute
The funding comes from the patenting and commercialization of UW–Madison inventions.
Search begins for next dean of Wisconsin School of Business
The search and screen committee intends to bring finalists to campus before the end of the spring semester, with the goal of selecting the new dean soon thereafter.
Astronaut James Lovell to speak at UW–Madison’s December commencement
December’s University of Wisconsin–Madison commencement speaker is out of this world. Or at least he has been.
Campus leaders’ statement on sexual assault reports
Sexual violence is unacceptable in our campus and community. We’re committed to transparency and communication, especially in a case as serious as this one.
Wisconsin Science Festival: It’s not just a Madison thing
The Wisconsin Science Festival passed a milestone this year, says organizer Laura Heisler of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation at UW–Madison. "For the first time, we had more activities and events outside Madison than inside Madison."
Immigration attorney, podcaster Rabia Chaudry to keynote UW–Madison Diversity Forum
The 2016 annual UW–Madison Diversity Forum will be Tuesday, Nov. 1 in Union South’s Varsity Hall.
Alumnus’s startup seeks more precise screening for prostate cancer
Success will take years, but if the noninvasive screening test works, it could aid in early detection of a cancer that kills about 26,000 American men every year.
Gard draws on lessons from family, faith, farm
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel highlights men's basketball Coach Greg Gard's relationship with his father, who passed away from brain cancer a year ago.
Rural family medicine residency program to expand with grant
More resident physicians will be working in underserved rural areas of Wisconsin thanks to a four-year, $675,000 grant to the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
UW-Madison ranked highly among global universities by U.S. News & World Report
The University of Wisconsin–Madison was ranked 29th by U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of Best Global Universities. Last year, UW–Madison was ranked 26th.
Smart cancer therapies: Teaching the body’s own T-cells to attack tumors
The therapies have already shown tremendous potential in treating blood-based cancers such as leukemia. Now, researchers are investigating ways to make them more versatile and practical.
Voting under way on campus
Students register to vote and cast ballots in the 2016 presidential election Monday at the Student Activities Center. For details on how to vote early, visit vote.wisc.edu.
New faculty focus: Maxine McKinney de Royston
How did you get into your field of research? I have been interested in issues of race and identity in schools since being a K-12 student who noticed racial and social inequalities in my mathematics classrooms and the schools that I attended in suburban and urban districts.
Potts is chosen to head State Relations
Crystal Potts graduated from UW–Madison in 2010, and she attributes her interest in state government and politics to her education and experiences at the university.