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‘Enrique’s Journey’ chosen for Go Big Read program

June 8, 2011

University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin has selected "Enrique's Journey" by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sonia Nazario as the book for the third year of Go Big Read, the university's common reading program.

Recent sightings: Ice cream social

June 7, 2011

As the temperature soared into the 90s on June 7, 2011, hundreds of people beat the heat by enjoying servings of Babcock Dairy ice…

Badgers vote to carry on tradition with The Red Shirt, fourth edition

June 7, 2011

Alumni, students, fans and friends of the University of Wisconsin–Madison cast nearly 7,000 votes to select a spirited design for the next The Red Shirt, now in its fourth edition.

Science teachers to get opportunity to explore evolution

June 7, 2011

Science teachers will have a unique opportunity to get inside evolution at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, which has a long history of evolutionary researchers.

SOAR returns home to new Union South

June 7, 2011

For the first time since 2008, the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Student Orientation, Advising and Registration (SOAR) will take place in Union South, returning the program's original, but greatly enhanced, home base.

Big scoop: Employee Appreciation Ice Cream Social set for today, June 7

June 7, 2011

Mark your calendar for the annual Employee Appreciation Ice Cream Social, which is scheduled for Tuesday, June 7, at 1:30 p.m. on Bascom Hill.

Campus architects gather at UW–Madison

June 6, 2011

The University of Wisconsin–Madison's 933 acres of campus will serve as both host and laboratory when university architects from across the U.S. and Canada descend on Wisconsin.

Walker, Ryan to headline Graaskamp Center Conference on new partnerships between government, real estate

June 6, 2011

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan will headline a Wisconsin School of Business conference on new partnerships between government and real estate.

Senate confirms UW–Madison emeritus professor as deputy director of NSF

June 6, 2011

Cora Marrett, an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 26 to serve as deputy director of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Bike to Work Week is underway

June 6, 2011

UW Transportation Services is once again partnering with the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin to promote various Bike to Work Week events throughout town. Check…

Hilliard named Multicultural Student Center director

June 4, 2011

The Division of Student Life has appointed Donte Hilliard as new director of the Multicultural Student Center (MSC). Hilliard has served as the MSC’s interim…

Chancellor Martin: UW budget proposal a “promising first step”

June 3, 2011

Dear members of the UW–Madison community, I am pleased to report that key state lawmakers, with input from UW–Madison and UW System, have reached…

School of Business dean finalists to visit campus

June 3, 2011

The three finalists for the position of Albert O. Nicholas Dean of the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will be on campus in coming days.

‘Virus hunter’ to speak at UW–Madison event

June 3, 2011

Nathan Wolfe, an epidemiologist leading an effort to catch the next pandemic disease before it hits, will give the public a window into the big thinkers speaking at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Big Learning Event.

Saturday Science at Discovery: June focus on ice cream

June 3, 2011

You start with milk, but then what? Get the scoop from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, June 4, in the Town Center of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.

Award will help children with brain injuries

June 3, 2011

On rotation at 2 a.m. at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, Joshua Medow was a junior resident when he saw yet another child come into the emergency room after the shunt designed to remove excess fluid from his brain malfunctioned.

Bresnick earns MERIT Award from National Institutes of Health

June 2, 2011

Census shows significant increase in Wisconsin’s single-father households

June 2, 2011

The number of single-father households in Wisconsin is increasing, according to Census 2010 figures released in mid-May.

Patz to lead campuswide global-health effort

June 2, 2011

How did pesticide spraying for malaria in Borneo lead to a Typhus fever epidemic? Why did drilling wells for cleaner water lead to widespread arsenic-related skin cancer in Bangladesh?

Children of divorce fall behind peers in math, social skills

June 2, 2011

Divorce is a drag on the academic and emotional development of young children, but only once the breakup is under way, according to a study of elementary school students and their families.

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