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• Forms of online learning enhance students’ experiences April 24, 2012 When Jamie Henke set out to create an online course in music theory, some feared that the only students who would enroll would be those who wanted to attend class from their residence halls, still clad in pajamas.
• Go Big Read goes “Radioactive” for 2012-2013 book selection April 23, 2012 University of Wisconsin-Madison Interim Chancellor David Ward has selected "Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout" by Pulitzer Prize-nominated New York Times illustrator Lauren Redniss as the book for the fourth year of Go Big Read, the university's common reading program.
• Nursing program in La Crosse to end April 19, 2012 As the UW-Madison School of Nursing re-engineers its curriculum, a mutual decision has been made to end a La Crosse-based offering of its nursing program that the school operated jointly with Gundersen Lutheran Health System.
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• Undergraduate Symposium showcases UW students’ exceptional accomplishments April 13, 2012 The 14th annual Undergraduate Symposium, an event that showcases the achievements, creativity and research of numerous UW-Madison students, will be held Wednesday, April 18.
• Partnership helps Chinese children learn about cranes March 30, 2012 In southwestern China’s Guizhou Province, the International Crane Foundation and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies are partnering on a novel environmental education program for elementary school children that incorporates western techniques and local traditions.
• UW wildlife students tweet from the field to let classmates know what they’ve seen March 27, 2012 Now that migratory birds are back in Wisconsin and twittering in the treetops, a group of UW-Madison wildlife ecology students are paying close attention and doing some tweeting of their own.
• Residential community helps science-minded college women succeed March 20, 2012 The UW-Madison Women in Science and Engineering residential learning community offers a support system for women in STEM (science, technology, engineering or math) that ranges from social connections to academic resources and mentoring connections.
• Ideas to Excellence celebrates undergraduates March 19, 2012 Every spring, the academic and creative work of undergraduates is celebrated with numerous events at UW-Madison. For the first time, these achievements will be showcased under the name Ideas to Excellence.
• A new resource for campus biology educators March 13, 2012 The UW-Madison campus has always been an active setting for innovation in biology education. Now, a new resource is available to campus biology educators through the Institute for Biology Education.
• Ten named winners of Distinguished Teaching Awards March 12, 2012 Ten University of Wisconsin faculty members have been chosen to receive Distinguished Teaching Awards.
• “Simpsons” creator visits UW-Madison and longtime friend March 9, 2012 “Hello, my beautiful audience!” crows Lynda Barry, striding onto the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art lecture stage with braids swinging.
• Recent sightings: Posters in the Rotunda March 9, 2012
• 2012 Showcase: Leading the way with innovation and excellence March 8, 2012 Innovative ideas that solve problems and pave the way for success on campus will take center stage at this year's Showcase event on Tuesday, March 27.
• Senior class of 2012 unveils Wisconsin Idea Scholarship Feb. 29, 2012 The 2012 senior class officers have announced a new service-based scholarship to commemorate the Wisconsin Idea centennial and inspire the future of the university's time-honored service mission.
• WisCEL: New learning center to open Feb. 23, 2012 At two UW-Madison libraries, newly remodeled instructional spaces ripe with technological upgrades are helping turn the 1,000-year-old, lecture-based, "one-size-fits-all" instructional model upside down.
• Incubator sessions generate ideas for educational innovation at UW-Madison Feb. 16, 2012 Offering winter interim classes, fostering degree completion, and using video and interactive technology to improve student learning experiences are among the suggestions for achieving educational innovation at UW-Madison.
• Online engineering grad programs ranked No. 1 Jan. 10, 2012 U.S. News and World Report has ranked UW-Madison No. 1 for its online graduate engineering programs in the categories of teaching practices and student engagement, and student services and technology.
• Go Big Read accepting book nominations Jan. 9, 2012 Go Big Read is engaging students, faculty, staff and the community in a shared academic experience as they read and discuss "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario. Now planning is under way for next year's common-reading program, which will focus on a theme suggested by Interim Chancellor David Ward: innovation.
• Curb magazine examines the unexpected side of Wisconsin Jan. 6, 2012 Sheboygan as a surfing mecca. Green brewing in Amherst. A cross-country skiing event that draws thousands from all over the world to the arctic climes of northern Wisconsin.