Virology professor receives award for influenza work
By Charlotte Laracy | Oct. 7, 2014Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a virology professor at UW-Madison, received an award Tuesday for his research in understanding and preventing pandemic influenza.
Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a virology professor at UW-Madison, received an award Tuesday for his research in understanding and preventing pandemic influenza.
The UW-Madison Police Department announced a new retrieval program Tuesday to crack down on the theft of sunburst chairs from the Memorial Union Terrace.
UW-Madison is offering a new website to help students get involved in shared governance and make a difference within their campus community, according to a Tuesday press release.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank outlined budgetary issues facing the university in her State of the University Address to Faculty Senate in its first meeting Monday.
The UW System reported a $150 million drop in the tuition fund balance in its 2013-’14 fiscal year Program Balances Report, which was released this week.
In light of controversy revolving around using animals for research purposes, UW-Madison’s Department of Medical History and Bioethics will host a discussion centered on bioethics Thursday, according to a university news release.
UW-Madison biomedical engineering professor Pamela Kreeger received a prestigious prize awarded to cutting-edge scientists whose research, if fruitful, has the potential to be incredibly impactful.
UW-Madison sophomore Ethan Claes will help bring a new meal option to campus as he readies for the upcoming launch of Envoy, a student-to-student food delivery system.
The UW-Madison Police Department is currently investigating a reported sexual assault that occurred in a Lakeshore residence hall early Saturday morning.
Two teams of inventors made up of UW-Madison students were named finalists in the 2014 National Collegiate Inventors Competition, according to a Friday university release.
If the deep cuts to the UW System in the state’s last budget are maintained, education programs at UW-Madison will be cut 4 percent across the board, Chancellor Rebecca Blank said in a meeting with student media Thursday.
The UW System reported fall 2014 enrollment across all Wisconsin universities and colleges is consistent with past years.
At the Associated Students of Madison Coordinating Council meeting Wednesday, Dean of Students Lori Berquam challenged students to broaden their Wisconsin Experience by working to improve the environment for future students.
UW-Madison announced a new Massive Open Online Course Wednesday, which offers local, weekly facilitated meetings to help future and current faculty who teach science, technology, engineering and math become better teachers starting next week.
While the poverty rate for Wisconsin’s increasing Latino population is double that of the state’s rate as a whole, Latinos in Wisconsin are becoming better educated and speaking English more proficiently, according to a recently released UW-Madison statistical report.
A UW-Madison assistant professor developed a smartphone application capable of capturing cosmic rays entering Earth’s atmosphere, turning phones into pocket research devices.
An unusual tribe has been living among the Madison community for two years.
Award-winning author and journalist Sheryl WuDunn challenged UW-Madison students and community members to think about socioeconomic inequalities in America during a visit to campus Tuesday.
The UW-Madison Police Department is currently investigating a sexual assault reported Monday, according to a UWPD incident report.
Former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson spoke about the importance of bipartisanship in local and national issues in a lecture commemorating the life of Wisconsin state senator Paul Offner at UW-Madison Tuesday.