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With heart cells, middle schoolers learn the hard lessons of science
The drug trial is not off to an auspicious start. The cells are not cooperating.
Three vie to lead RecSports
Three finalists have been selected in the search for a new director of recreational sports at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Darrell Bazzell announced today.
Administrative Excellence forum May 10
A campus forum on the progress of Administrative Excellence (AE) projects will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Friday, May 10, in Varsity Hall at Union South.
Author Galeano coming to UW for Havens Center honor
Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano will receive the University of Wisconsin–Madison A. E. Havens Center's Award for Lifetime Contribution to Critical Scholarship on May 9 during a rare trip to the United States.
Experience the South Pole in Madison with an exploration of sound, light and images
Deep in the Antarctic ice, more than 5,000 detector modules sit in frozen darkness, waiting for the blue bursts of radiation released by particle interactions. Optimized to detect signs of neutrinos - tiny, nearly massless particles that can travel from the edges of the universe - these basketball-sized detectors comprise the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, one of the biggest astrophysics projects in the world.
Madoff whistleblower to speak at UW Spring Ethics Symposium
Harry Markopolos, author of "No One Would Listen," will give the keynote address as part of the Spring Ethics Symposium, sponsored by the Howard Carver Ethics and Professionalism Program at the Wisconsin School of Business.
Bousquet to return to faculty; Podestá continues in interim role
Gilles Bousquet, dean of international studies and vice provost for globalization at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, will rejoin the university’s faculty in July after taking leave to serve as UW-Eau Claire’s interim chancellor during the 2012-13 academic year.