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Wisconsin MBA ranks 31st in U.S. News ranking
U.S. News & World Report released its rankings for full-time MBA programs on March 31. The University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business was ranked 31st among all business schools in the United States. The school moved up six places from a ranking of 37th in 2005 to achieve its highest ranking in this publication since 1990.
Responding to troubled students
The Troubled Student Student is confused, very sad, highly anxious, irritable, lacks motivation and/or concentration, demonstrates odd behavior or is…
Men and women unite to end sexual violence
Every April, victim advocates, campus activists, educators, and community officials unite to commemorate Sexual Assault Awareness Month with rallies, speak-outs, public displays, and educational forums.
Scientists to discuss biological links to emotions
Seven of the world's leading researchers will gather in Madison April 26-27 to discuss various aspects of the link between brain function and emotional disorders.
Event will kickoff new agroecology master’s program
The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences will celebrate the approval of a new agroecology master’s program on Thursday, March 30 at 4:30 p.m. in the D.C. Smith Greenhouse conservatory, located at 465 Babcock Drive. The event is free and the entire Madison community is invited to attend.
Physicists say multi-million dollar experiment advancing smoothly
An international team of scientists led by the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, or Fermilab, today described early results from a $170 million project that seeks to better understand neutrinos, the elusive subatomic particles that have intrigued physicists for decades.
Massive iceberg bears down on Antarctic ice tongue
A monstrous iceberg - nearly as large as New York's Long Island - has barreled along the Antarctic coastline, coming to a stop at a well-known geographic feature of Antarctica, a floating tongue of ice hitched to the Ross Ice Shelf.
Midori concert canceled
The Wisconsin Union Theater has announced that violinist Midori's concert, scheduled for 8 p.m. on Friday, April 7, has been canceled due to a sudden and serious illness in her immediate family.
Returning adult students honored
Seventeen adult students are being honored at the University of Wisconsin–Madison with awards or scholarships that recognize their academic excellence and contributions to the community.
‘Virtual’ symposium brings nanotech, biotech topics to K-12 science teachers
On Monday, May 1, educators from around Wisconsin will join with educators in Indiana and Minnesota to explore the convergence of nanotechnology and biotechnology with a panel of experts drawn from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the National Science Foundation and Wisconsin's biotechnology community. The New Technologies symposium will originate from the Pyle Center at UW–Madison and will be broadcast live via Internet2 beginning at 8 a.m.
USC professor to give Hilldale Lecture
Laura Pulido, a faculty member at the University of Southern California, will present this year's Hilldale Lecture for the Social Studies Division at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her talk, "Race, Regions and the Black/White Binary: Latinos in the New South," is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 6, in the auditorium at the State Historical Society, 816 State St. A reception will follow the lecture.
Department to celebrate golden anniversary with new scholarship
The department of Hebrew and Semitic studies