Experts debate use of animals in UW-Madison research experiment
By Jackie Bannon | Oct. 9, 2014A bioethical discussion Wednesday night explored the morality of animal research as it relates to a current UW-Madison animal experiment.
A bioethical discussion Wednesday night explored the morality of animal research as it relates to a current UW-Madison animal experiment.
In response to students’ concerns about receiving third-party emails in their WiscMail inboxes, the UW-Madison Office of the Registrar addressed the issue of personal information privacy in a news release Thursday.
UW-Madison engineers and clinicians are among the founders of a company working to find a solution to better locate tumors in breast cancer patients, according to a university release.
The UW System Board of Regents unanimously approved a system-wide report detailing the fund balances of the different state campuses at a meeting Thursday in an effort to improve the system’s overall level of financial transparency.
After nearly three years of work and re-evaluation, UW-Madison will continue developing a human resource redesign project with campus input sessions this fall.
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.