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Major gifts give momentum to School of Nursing building campaign

October 2, 2009

Two major gifts announced today (Oct. 2) provide a major boost to the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing and its Power of Nursing Campaign to build and staff a new nursing science center.

Interdisciplinary conference asks ‘What is human?’

September 30, 2009

A conference addressing the issue "What is Human?" will be held on campus this week.

Federal grants power research on computer games and learning

September 29, 2009

A research team at the University of Wisconsin–Madison recently won $4.5 million in federal grants to study computer games and learning.

Slide show: Go Big Read lecture

September 25, 2009

UW-Madison undergraduates make unwelcome discovery in Lake Mendota

September 16, 2009

On Sept. 11, a standard cruise on Lake Mendota's University Bay began for students in University of Wisconsin–Madison's Zoology 315, a course that introduces them to the study of lakes. With the sampling craft Limnos anchored about one-quarter mile offshore on a clear sunny day, four students pulled up a small net and began poking through its contents.

Chancellor’s lecture launches Year of the Humanities

September 8, 2009

A lecture that delves into the songs and sexuality of ancient Greek drinking parties and a talk on the 1989 German revolution that brought down the Berlin Wall are just two events that will mark the Year of the Humanities on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.

Author to visit campus for common-reading program

August 27, 2009

Michael Pollan, whose book "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto" is the focus of the Go Big Read common-reading project, will give a free public talk on Thursday, Sept. 24, at the Kohl Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

UW-Madison launches Go Big Read book program

August 27, 2009

When thousands of people read the same book, it's bound to get people talking. And when that book's subject matter has passionate defenders and critics, it's sure to get readers together to share their thoughts, reactions and opinions.

Slide show: Starry Night

August 24, 2009

Philanthropist and UW–Madison join to develop new-generation leaders

August 3, 2009

What do American soldiers stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan do in their "spare" time?

Stimulus funds begin to bolster UW–Madison research portfolio

July 29, 2009

The University of Wisconsin–Madison's nearly $840 million research portfolio, one of the top three in the country, will become even larger as federal agencies begin to dole out new stimulus grants.

Faculty aim to strengthen technology, science education by blending them

July 24, 2009

A group of UW–Madison researchers and Thermo Fisher Scientific scientists will bring together high school students and teachers to build and use diagnostic equipment that would not be out of place in university research labs.

UW-Madison symposium addresses science’s holiest grail: building life from scratch

July 23, 2009

While at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, biochemist Har Gobind Khorana helped crack the genetic code, completing a set of experiments that garnered him a Nobel Prize in 1968.

Restructured folklore class brings local culture to life

July 9, 2009

Most students would jump at the chance to customize their own course content for the semester. Robert Howard, an associate professor of communication arts and associate chair of the Folklore Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, gave his students such an opportunity.