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  • Forward under 40 awards honor nine young alumni March 12, 2013 Relles and Larsen are among the nine exceptional young University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni honored with the 2013 Forward under 40 awards, presented by the Wisconsin Alumni Association. All recipients are living examples of the Wisconsin Idea, the guiding philosophy upon which this award is based.
  • Graduate programs ranked highly by U.S. News and World Report March 12, 2013 Several UW-Madison graduate programs are ranked among the nation’s best in the 2014 edition of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.”
  • Ten faculty selected for Distinguished Teaching Awards March 12, 2013 Ten University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards.
  • Memorial gathering set for history pioneer Gerda Lerner March 11, 2013 The family of Gerda Lerner, Robinson-Edwards Professor Emerita of U.S. Women's History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will join with the UW-Madison Department of History to host a celebration of Lerner's life and work on Sunday, April 28.
  • UW–Madison, Madison College to offer ‘reverse transfers’ this fall March 11, 2013 Officials from Madison College and UW-Madison inked a deal Monday that will make it easier for students from the college who transfer to the university to complete an associate degree.
  • Adaptive ski project gives people with disabilities a new chance to participate March 8, 2013 Back in 2005, "sit-skis" for cross-country skiers with disabilities were expensive, uncomfortable and largely unavailable - except to a handful of Paralympic athletes, at price tags of more than $2,000. Today, more than 300 sitting-position skis, with an adaptable, user-friendly design, enable a much wider group of people with lower-body limitations to participate in the popular winter sport, at a cost of only about $250 per ski.
  • Small differences in how a technology is defined can make a big difference in how the public feels about it March 8, 2013 Even small tweaks in how scientists describe scientific breakthroughs can significantly change how the public perceives their work, a new study indicates.
  • ‘Ninja parasites’ elude immune response through molecular mimicry March 7, 2013 In feudal-age Japan, cunning, unorthodox mercenaries known as ninjas were notorious for using disguise, deception, and stealth to infiltrate enemy fortifications. In the world of modern parasites, certain organisms - dubbed "ninja parasites" by Professor Timothy Yoshino - use similar tactics, in a biological and chemical sense, to trick their way past the immune systems of their hosts.
  • Ed Talks Wisconsin an effort to start constructive dialogue about public education March 7, 2013 Interested in public education and becoming more informed about the range of often contentious topics that are grabbing the headlines?
  • New website to detail UW, state government expenditures March 7, 2013 The state Department of Administration will launch a new website this spring, OpenBook Wisconsin, designed to provide public access to state agency expenditure information.
  • Off-campus employees work for UW at a distance March 7, 2013 Bruce Crownover has worked full-time at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for nearly 20 years, as long as you take some artistic license with the definition of “at.”
  • New campus leaders to speak at Showcase March 20 March 7, 2013 “Innovation” is a word we’ve heard a lot lately, given that it’s the Year of Innovation and Educational Innovation is a campus priority. Innovation will also be front and center March 20 at Showcase 2013, where seven UW leaders who are new to our campus will share their perspectives on current innovation efforts and opportunities to innovate even more.
  • Data center aggregation team launches project website March 7, 2013 The campuswide team working to create a shared data center service and optimized server infrastructure has launched its project website, offering details and ongoing updates on the project as it moves through to implementation.
  • UWPD: Update on March 5 Eagle Heights incident March 6, 2013 On Tuesday, March 5, there was extensive police activity in the Eagle Heights community in response to gunshots reported around 9:30 p.m. in the University Houses area.
  • Multicultural Student Center presents symposium on ‘race & place’ March 5, 2013 The Multicultural Student Center (MSC) and Institute for Justice Education and Transformation (IJET) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will hold their annual spring symposium "Race &..." to encourage dialogue and action around racial identity and other social justice issues.
  • Classroom give-and-take launches into Twittersphere March 5, 2013 You can toss away that paper; Twitter just became your study guide.
  • Indian author Arundhati Roy to visit March 5, 2013 Indian author and activist Arundhati Roy will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus March 20-21, 2013 to speak to Wisconsin high school students. Roy will offer the keynote presentation for the Great World Texts Student Conference, sponsored by the UW-Madison Center for the Humanities, and will spend the day interacting with students who have read her Booker Prize-winning novel, "The God of Small Things."
  • Women in parts of rural America face worsening mortality rates March 5, 2013 A new University of Wisconsin-Madison analysis uncovered a startling fact: Women’s mortality rates in almost 43 percent of American counties actually got worse during the 15 years ending in 2006.
  • Registration open for the 32nd Annual Crazylegs Classic April 27 March 5, 2013 Plan now to participate in one of the most anticipated springtime events to take place in downtown Madison. The 32nd annual Crazylegs Classic 8K run and 2-mile walk will be held Saturday, April 27, at 10 a.m. from the Capitol Square in Madison.
  • Speakeasy Science: Space Place tees up science for grown-ups March 5, 2013 Line up your baby sitter for the evening of Friday, March 8, and lift off for a night of fun and science at UW-Madison’s Space Place for the first edition of Speakeasy Science.