Temperatures in Madison rivaled those in Antarctica on Wednesday and Thursday, prompting the city to all but shutter its doors.
Month: January 2019
UW-Madison alum Kowalczyk earns Wisconsin Global Educator of the Year award
Sandra Kowalczyk, a reading specialist at Patrick Marsh Middle School in Sun Prairie, received the 2018-19 Wisconsin Global Educator of the Year award in a brief ceremony Jan. 16 at the school.
Alumna Askin on panel about international food and agriculture competition
Molly Askin (MIPA ’03) returned to campus December 7 for the American Antitrust Institute’s Food & Agriculture Competition Roundtable at the University of Wisconsin Law School. She participated on the panel discussion Food Supply Chains: Integration, Globalization, …
Alumnus Speckhard leading merged international humanitarian organization
Daniel Speckhard (MA ’82), a member of the La Follette School’s Board of Visitors, is leading the unified Lutheran World Relief-IMA World Health, after the two faith-based humanitarian organizations merged January 1. Speckhard, a former US …
As climate heats up, rising rainfall averages hide crop-killing droughts
Research performed in the Ethiopian highlands shows that even in years with above average rainfall, crops can be severely reduced by drought early in the growing season, when seeds must sprout and get established.
BROADWAY JAZZ DANCE CLASS HELPS INTERNATIONAL SCHOLAR FIND HER FOOTING IN MADISON
Some say dance is a universal language that can communicate nuanced thoughts, ideas, and identities. For Beijing native Bing Sun, dance has also been a way to get acquainted with American culture during her first …
ECE department will host 2019 International Future Energy Challenge
Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Giri Venkataramanan and Kyle Hanson, lab manager for the Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium, served as general co-chairs for the IEEE International Future Energy Challenge, which will hold its final round of competition …
TEXTILE TUESDAY: CHINESE LADY
If one takes a gander at the incredible, intricate, and colorful pieces in the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection, one might not notice a tiny yet marvelous piece: Chinese Lady created by Mary Bero in 1986. Although …
UW research instrument returns from 22,000-mile seaward journey
A portable research lab developed by University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists and engineers recently returned home to Madison following a 22,000-mile journey to the Philippine Sea and back during the heart of monsoon season.
Antarctic ice sheet could suffer a one-two climate punch
Scientists have long speculated that our planet’s climate system is intimately linked to the Earth’s celestial motions.