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A Hubble Space Telescope original returns to Wisconsin
July 17, 2012After a journey of some 535 million space miles, give or take, and years languishing in a cavernous government warehouse, one of the original scientific instruments aboard the Hubble Space Telescope has splashed down in Wisconsin.
Recent Sightings: Secretary Chu visits UW
July 12, 2012U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu reacts to comments from University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty, staff and graduate students from the Great Lakes…
Summer (music) in the city
July 10, 2012Summer always brings flocks of visitors to campus. Each year, many participatory musical events have added a particularly tuneful note to all that UW–Madison has to offer, showcasing connections between the university and the wider world.
Institute provides engagement tools for working with youth
July 6, 2012If you are an educator or community leader looking seeking ways to capture, keep and encourage your students' focus on learning through spoken word, art, music and movement, there is still time to register for "Hip-Hop in the Heartland," this year's Educator and Community Leader Training Institute.
Greenfield Summer Institute features Jewish memory and nostalgia
July 2, 2012The Greenfield Summer Institute, sponsored by the George L. Mosse/Laurence A. Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies, is offering a weeklong event of learning and fun…
Pyle Center to welcome pediatrics patients for rooftop for fireworks show
June 27, 2012The Pyle Center, part of the UW-Extension Conference Centers, hosts educational classes and events. Most of them take place during the work week – meaning…
Centennial celebration of the Camp Randall Arch is June 30
June 27, 2012The Camp Randall Memorial Arch, located where West Dayton Street meets Randall Avenue, was dedicated in 1912 in remembrance of the 70,000 troops who trained at Camp Randall during the Civil War. On Saturday, June 30, a rededication ceremony will be held underneath the arch in celebration of its centennial. From 10:30 to 11 a.m., the 1st Brigade Band will perform, followed by the ceremony at 11 a.m.
Persons with cognitive challenges share stories and hope
June 26, 2012Living with cognitive changes will be the theme Thursday, June 28, at forMemory’s “Pathways to Hope: Right Foot, Left Foot, Breathe” event. A series of workshops and speakers will be featured from 12:30 to 9 p.m. at Town Center, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, 330 N. Orchard St. at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Symposium marks 101 years of veterinary sciences at UW–Madison
June 20, 2012The UW School of Veterinary Medicine will host a Scientific Symposium to Celebrate 101 Years of Veterinary Medical Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Saturday, June 23.
Tracking Davidson’s Goliaths: Marine archaeologists to survey wrecks of Australasia, Adriatic in Whitefish Bay
June 20, 2012At a time when everyone else had switched to iron and steel, James Davidson steadfastly clung to wood, building some of the largest wooden schooners ever to sail the Great Lakes, and becoming a legendary shipbuilding titan in the process.
Three UW–Madison student teams to compete in national food competitions
June 20, 2012When 18 UW–Madison food science students head to Las Vegas later this month, they'll be packing some delicious luggage: samples of a fruit smoothie, a PB&J popsicle and a cranberry-filled pretzel snack they painstakingly developed during the past academic year.
Administrative Excellence campus forum set for June 20
June 19, 2012Seven teams will be presenting their work at the Administrative Excellence campus forum on Wednesday, June 20 from 10 a.m. to noon at Varsity Hall in Union South.
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.
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,…
All-terrain vehicle competition begins Friday, June 8
June 4, 2012Most people would do anything they could to avoid driving their car through anything resembling a "mud bog." But beginning Friday, more than 1,200 students will work hard to plow as far into the mud as they possibly can.
Conference explores cooperative businesses
June 4, 2012The University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives has partnered with the city of Madison and the area's cooperative business community to host the Madison Cooperative Business Conference on June 6-7.
Area high school students graduate from UW technology program
June 1, 2012Twenty area high school students will receive certificates of graduation on Saturday, June 2 for completing an intensive technology training and college preparatory program through UW–Madison called the Information Technology Academy (ITA).
Transit of Venus a rare event
June 1, 2012On the evening of Tuesday, June 5, the planet Venus will cross the disk of the Sun in what astronomers call a "transit."
Conference marking Witte retirement to explore issues in higher education
May 30, 2012A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian will highlight a conference next month marking the retirement of longtime University of Wisconsin–Madison professor John Witte.