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Webinars focus on new online master of engineering in sustainable systems engineering
June 14, 2012The University of Wisconsin–Madison will hold a series of informational webinars on the new online master of engineering in sustainable systems engineering (SSE).
Learn about science in Spanish at Explorando las Ciencias
June 13, 2012Explorando las Ciencias, a popular Spanish-language science outreach event, will take place from 2 to 10 p.m. on Friday, June 22, at Warner Park in the Community Recreation Center and shelter at Warner Park, 1625 Northport Drive, and with the help of “Amigos en Azul,” a Madison police organization aimed at building partnerships in the city’s Hispanic community.
UW-Madison partnership creates educational game development tools
June 13, 2012Studies highlight the benefits of playing educational video games, but a new partnership seeks to understand whether the act of designing video games boosts students’ computational thinking and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills.
Probe seeking life on Saturn’s moon earns student team a spot at international space conference
June 13, 2012Somewhere beneath as much as 30 miles of ice on the surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, extraterrestrial life could be waiting to be discovered under a subglacial ocean. And a team of University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering mechanics and astronautics students want to be the people who find it. For their senior design course, Alex Gonring, Capri Pearson, Samantha Robinson, Jake Rohrig and Tyler Van Fossen designed a mission that would take a probe from Earth to deep below Enceladus’ icy surface, where an array of science instruments would look for carbon-based life.
UW-Madison to offer limited salary increases to address compensation gap
June 12, 2012The University of Wisconsin–Madison will offer targeted salary increases for critical faculty and staff to address the growing gap in compensation between faculty and staff at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and their peers at other institutions.
Street repairs on eastbound Linden Drive to begin Wednesday
June 12, 2012Starting Wednesday, June 20, Linden Drive between Charter Street and Babcock Drive will be closed to eastbound traffic for approximately three weeks for concrete street repairs.
Johannes Wallmann to lead jazz studies at UW–Madison
June 12, 2012The School of Music has named Johannes Wallmann director of jazz studies beginning in the fall of 2012.
“Science is Fun Summer Extravaganza” scheduled with noted science educator
June 12, 2012Chemistry professor Bassam Shakhashiri, whose “Science is Fun” demonstrations have been a tradition in Madison for 42 years, will present a “Summer Extravaganza” on campus June 25.
Four finalists named for veterinary school dean vacancy
June 12, 2012Four individuals have been identified as finalists for the position of dean of UW–Madison's School of Veterinary Medicine, capping a five-month search for a replacement for Daryl Buss, only the second person to hold the job since the school’s inception in 1983.
Red-tailed hawks go from egg to flight
June 12, 2012On the afternoon of June 7 — about seven weeks and more than a million prying eyes after it hatched — the last red-tailed hawk chick raised on a Weeks Hall window ledge threw caution to the wind and flapped away from home.
Administrative Excellence teams recommend efficiency measures
June 12, 2012A UW–Madison team working on the Administrative Excellence project will recommend the university select a single software supplier for campus email & calendaring systems.
Window washers bring a shine back to campus buildings
June 12, 2012From the inside of each campus building, most people probably see out of a few windows each day – if they’re lucky enough to have window access at all. Those windows need to be cleaned, and Campus Services is tUW-Madison’s go-to crew for odd jobs. The same people who manage interdepartmental mail delivery and move furniture also clean nearly every window across campus.
In Shanghai, UW–Madison inaugurates first overseas office
June 11, 2012The UW–Madison Shanghai Innovation Office, which will serve as a focal point for the university’s growing engagement in China and across East Asia, has officially opened.
Three property tax payments a year reduce delinquency
June 11, 2012Property owners are less likely to be late with their tax payments if they make three installment payments a year instead of two, according to a new analysis from the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
C-SPAN’s “Road to the White House” tour comes to campus
June 11, 2012C-SPAN’s Campaign 2012 bus will make a brief stop on campus on Thursday, June 14. The C-SPAN Campaign 2012 bus visits campus Thursday,…
UWPD seeks info on possible child enticement
June 8, 2012UWPD is seeking information on a June 8 incident in Eagle Heights
Wisconsin School of Business names Linder chief communications officer
June 8, 2012Meloney Linder has joined the Wisconsin School of Business as its first chief communications officer. Linder comes to the Wisconsin School of Business after serving in administration for the University of Texas at Brownsville since 2008, where she oversaw the areas of marketing, communications and, most recently, institutional advancement.
Aging at home: New project starts with community assets, not needs
June 8, 2012Students tend to fret when they are "invited" to the principal's office, and last April Tayler Nelson was no exception.
China visit aims to deepen Wisconsin’s engagement
June 7, 2012University of Wisconsin–Madison Interim Chancellor David Ward is leading a Wisconsin delegation to China, where he will inaugurate UW–Madison's first overseas outpost and participate in events aimed at deepening engagement with Chinese partners.
Helping China produce more milk will boost U.S. dairy exports to China, experts say
June 7, 2012As China expands its domestic milk production, it will buy more milk products from the United States.