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- Retiring Berg looks forward to a future of mystery May 14, 2013 If Joanne Berg’s career history were to be summed up in a mystery book title, it might be called “The Case of the Woman Who Wore Many Hats.”
- LaHood names Adams to ITS Program Advisory Committee March 22, 2012 U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has named University of Wisconsin-Madison's Teresa Adams to the Intelligent Transportation Systems Program Advisory Committee (ITSPAC).
- UW–Madison’s first online degree program celebrates 10 years of success Sept. 29, 2011 The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Master of Engineering in Professional Practice (MEPP) program celebrates 10 years of success this October.
- Sociologist celebrates 50 years of teaching at UW–Madison Sept. 27, 2011 Longtime professor Joe Elder is being honored for his 50 years of teaching.
- New employee to help implement diversity strategy Sept. 15, 2011 Eric G. Williams has joined the Office of the Vice Provost for Diversity and Climate, where he is expected to play a critical role in helping the university drive a cohesive, integrated diversity agenda.
- New La Follette School of Public Affairs director named Sept. 13, 2011 Thomas DeLeire is the new director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs.
- Two UW–Madison academic staff educators receive teaching awards Aug. 29, 2011 Two University of Wisconsin–Madison educators are among the recipients of the UW System's 2011 Alliant Energy Underkofler Awards for Excellence in Teaching.
- University names residence hall after civil rights pioneer Aug. 24, 2011 A University of Wisconsin-Madison residence hall will be named for Wisconsin civil rights pioneer Vel Phillips, according to University Housing officials.
- Crouse earns award from American Academy of Family Physicians July 21, 2011 Byron Crouse, associate dean for rural and community health at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), has been selected to receive the 2011 Thomas W. Johnson Award by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).
- Chinn named to Congressional Budget Office panel June 28, 2011 International finance expert and University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of public affairs and economics Menzie Chinn has been appointed to a two-year term on the Congressional Budget Office’s Panel of Economic Advisors.
- Wisconsin Center for Education Products and Services hires executive director June 23, 2011 The Wisconsin Center for Education Products and Services (WCEPS) has tapped Matt Messinger as the organization's first executive director.
- Recent UW-Madison graduates win award for strategic media plan June 13, 2011 As recent University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates hoping to land jobs in political and strategic communications, Dana Vielmetti and Paige Helling this week found themselves in an enviable position.
- Senate confirms UW-Madison emeritus professor as deputy director of NSF June 6, 2011 Cora Marrett, an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 26 to serve as deputy director of the National Science Foundation (NSF).
- Award will help children with brain injuries June 3, 2011 On rotation at 2 a.m. at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, Joshua Medow was a junior resident when he saw yet another child come into the emergency room after the shunt designed to remove excess fluid from his brain malfunctioned.
- Patz to lead campuswide global-health effort June 2, 2011 How did pesticide spraying for malaria in Borneo lead to a Typhus fever epidemic? Why did drilling wells for cleaner water lead to widespread arsenic-related skin cancer in Bangladesh?
- Campus honors six with Outstanding Women of Color in Education awards May 17, 2011 The Office of the Vice Provost for Diversity and Climate has announced this year's Outstanding Women of Color in Education awards.
- Red Hat honors UW-Madison partnership, contribution to research computing May 9, 2011 Red Hat Inc., the world's largest open-source software company, has given the first Red Hat Cloud Leadership Award to the Center for High Throughput Computing (CHTC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and named the CHTC its first Red Hat Center of Excellence Development Partner.
- Five alumni receive Entrepreneurial Achievement Awards April 27, 2011 Five University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni were honored April 26 for their outstanding entrepreneurial achievements.
- Three to receive honorary degrees on May 13 April 27, 2011 A highly respected former Wisconsin congressman and a husband and wife team dedicated to advocating for water systems worldwide, ancient and modern, have been selected to receive honorary degrees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's May 13 spring commencement ceremony.
- Badger Band Concert celebrates 125 years April 1, 2011 It's hard to believe, but for many years after it was founded, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Marching Band never played at football games.