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Hunger Meal to raise awareness of social inequality and poverty
February 23, 2012At the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Hunger Meal, sponsored by students from the La Follette School of Public Affairs, whether you get a gourmet dinner, rice and beans, or something in between will be determined the same way many receive their lot in life: by chance.
UW Men’s Golf Club seeks more players in its 47th year
February 23, 2012Phillip Hellmuth is the last man golfing, so to speak. The 74-year-old is the only charter member left of the UW Men’s Golf Club which was started 47 years ago.
HR Design Project work teams focus on refining the system, seek campus input
February 23, 2012Taking a system that is more than 150 years in the making back to the drawing board is a massive assignment.
Baumann appointed to U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
February 23, 2012Linda Ciofu Baumann, professor emerita at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing, has been appointed to a four-year term on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
Surprising diversity at a synapse hints at complex diversity of neural circuitry
February 22, 2012A new study reveals a dazzling degree of biological diversity in an unexpected place - a single neural connection in the body wall of flies.
Two UW–Madison researchers awarded prestigious Sloan Fellowships
February 22, 2012Two members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty are among 126 scientists from around the country who have been awarded prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships.
Campus visits set for business services post
February 21, 2012Members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison community will have opportunities in the next two weeks to meet and talk with finalists for the position of assistant vice chancellor for business services.
For plastics knowledge, India looks to UW–Madison engineers
February 21, 2012One of the oldest and most respected polymer engineering research and educational programs in the United States is contributing its expertise to a new plastics university in India.
WSUM marks 10 years of student radio
February 21, 2012WSUM, the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s licensed student radio station, is celebrating its tenth anniversary this week.
Early spring: Good for us, mixed bag for insects, plants
February 21, 2012Madison’s warm weather may have made the outdoors more comfortable for people, but does it spell trouble for overwintering plants and bugs?
Journal boycott gaining steam at UW–Madison
February 21, 2012They are mad as hell, and not going to take it anymore. That describes an emerging response from more than 6,000 scientists to Elsevier, publisher of more than 2,500 scientific journals, including Cell and The Lancet.
Recent sightings: Wonders of Physics
February 20, 2012Physics student Blaine Law (right) uses the pressure of liquid nitrogen changing from a liquid to a gas to power a canon during a…
UW couple wins first leg of “The Amazing Race”
February 20, 2012Major Dave Brown Jr., an assistant professor of military science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and his wife, Rachel, not only survived elimination on the Feb. 19 season premiere of “The Amazing Race,” but they placed first.
Madison-area youth invited to compete in Wisconsin Teen Poetry Slam semi-finals
February 20, 2012Top youth poets from Madison and Milwaukee are gearing up to compete for a berth on the 2012 Wisconsin Youth Poetry Slam Team, which will represent the state at the national Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival in California this coming summer.
Does history repeat? Using the past to improve ecological forecasting
February 20, 2012To better predict the future, Jack Williams is looking to the past.
Proposed hunt poorly designed, says UW wolf expert
February 20, 2012Legislation outlining a proposed state wolf hunt is likely to hurt wolf populations while failing to resolve existing conflicts with humans, says a UW–Madison wolf…
Blood drive aims to fight sickle cell disease
February 20, 2012A blood drive set for Tuesday, Feb. 21 will underscore the importance of blood donation as a way to help fight sickle cell disease, or SCD.
Memorial fund established in honor of Anthony Shadid
February 17, 2012Alumni and friends of foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid have established a memorial fund in his honor to ensure that his life and legacy lives on at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
Black Men’s Initiative Forum set for Feb. 24-25
February 17, 2012The Black Men's Initiative Forum on Friday, Feb. 24 and Saturday, Feb. 25 will help develop strong leadership through programs embracing this year's theme of "Building Capacity: Are You Equipped?"
Anthony Shadid: A journalist’s life remembered, a legacy that lives on
February 17, 2012The world knew Anthony Shadid as a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who covered the Middle East. The University of Wisconsin–Madison knew Shadid when he was just a young journalism student on deadline for the Daily Cardinal.