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Report highlights strategic-plan progress

September 22, 2010

A report highlighting accomplishments during the first year of “For Wisconsin and the World,” a five-year strategic framework for the campus, is now available online.

Campus diversity efforts to focus on achievement gap, shared definition

September 22, 2010

As he heads into his third year on the job as vice provost for diversity and climate, Damon Williams is putting into place what he’s learned about UW–Madison since taking his post. One of the first steps was bringing a range of diversity programs from across campus together in his office, a reorganization that happened this summer.

President Obama to visit Library Mall on Sept. 28

September 21, 2010

President Barack Obama will visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus on Tuesday, Sept. 28 as part of a rally organized by the Democratic National Committee.

Campus “corpse flower” poised to bloom

September 21, 2010

The Titan Arum — a.k.a. corpse flower — is expected to bloom today (Tuesday, Sept. 21), or possibly tomorrow in the D.C. Smith Greenhouse. Once…

Slide show: The Tree Doctor

September 21, 2010

Curiosities: Are “baby” carrots really … baby carrots?

September 20, 2010

Sadly, not really. “There’s something very convenient about (baby carrots), and kids seem to enjoy it. It means more people eating vegetables, and I…

New classroom offers multimedia opportunities

September 20, 2010

Students in UW–Madison’s School of Journalism & Mass Communication now have a classroom that will keep pace with their multimedia training.

Slide show: Bascom Hill through the seasons

September 20, 2010

University Communications photographer Jeff Miller created this time-lapse series of Bascom Hill using photos captured weekly from a fixed location atop Mosse Humanities Building between August 2009 and August 2010.

Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center hires chief operating officer

September 20, 2010

Anchored in the basic research of academia and charged with generating new biofuels technologies, the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) is a bit of a hybrid.

UW-Madison chancellor hosts ‘Meeting of the Minds’

September 20, 2010

University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin will lead a dynamic conversation on Wednesday, Sept. 29, with four UW–Madison faculty at the top of their fields to cut through the chatter and tackle the issues at the core of what it means to live in a democracy in 2010.

Slide show: Year of the Arts Takes it to the Streets

September 17, 2010

Former Milwaukee mayor to deliver public affairs lecture

September 16, 2010

Former Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist will give this year's memorial public affairs lecture in honor of Paul Offner, a Wisconsin lawmaker and national policy expert who died in 2004.

Coming to a device near you: A safer, faster Internet

September 16, 2010

Like an aging bridge, the Internet is groaning under the weight of traffic that is growing by leaps and bounds and changing form under constant innovation.

Hold your noses: Titan Arum is poised to bloom

September 16, 2010

UW-Madison student mixes passions for science, dancing

September 15, 2010

UW-Madison junior Jeffrey Vinokur is passionate about two things: chemistry and a style of hip-hop dancing called "popping."

UW-Madison undergrads to design a room that’s literally out of this world

September 15, 2010

Think of it as a high-tech screened porch for astronauts.

New children’s center opens in University Houses

September 15, 2010

A new campus children’s center is set to open in UW–Madison’s University Houses this month.

Delegation of Chinese educators visits UW–Madison

September 14, 2010

Leaders from Shanghai’s East China Normal University (ECNU), one of China’s top institutions of teacher training, visited the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Sept. 14 to learn more about the School of Education and discuss possible collaborations in the future.

Send us your photos!

September 14, 2010

For years we’ve asked you what you’re looking at in images we provide in Wisconsin Week.

Year of the Arts events this week

September 14, 2010

In celebration of Illuminate: Year of the Arts, which launches on Thursday, Sept. 16, some buildings at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will shine more brightly than usual with color washes and projections from 7:15-11 p.m. today (Sept. 14) through Thursday, Sept. 16.

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