University of Wisconsin Madison News

Today we are fortunate to have a guest contribution written by Isao Kamata , Assistant Professor of Public Affairs and Economics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Today's Paper, also known as the e-Edition, is an online replica of the printed newspaper.

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin - Madison have launched an online version of the Comprehensive Assessment of Leadership for Learning , a research-based tool for assessing K-12 school leadership.

Inspired by a discussion about creative advocacy in their first library and information studies class, "Information Agencies and Their Environments," at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2010, Erinn Batykefer and Laura Damon-Moore conceived the Library as Incubator Project .

From the 1850s to the late 1930s, the Sokaogon Chippewa tribe of Wisconsin lacked any legal right to its own lands-a history community member Omar Poler learned in a college class called Writing Tribal Histories.

I was born in 1950, prime cannon-fodder for the Vietnam killing machine. Like most white middle-class kids though, I was "saved" by my college deferment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Texas anthropologist, Jessie Halligan, is set to travel to Wisconsin and give a talk on American Indians - focusing on new discoveries and fresh perspectives on old sites.

Name: Carl Samz Parents' names: Joe and Earlene Samz School: Lincoln High School Year in school: Lincoln High School GPA: 3.83 What extracurricular activities have you been involved with during high school? Varsity baseball, National Honor Society, Boomrang Program, Student Athletic Council, Junior Leadership Manitowoc County, Youth ... (more)

On February 20th, the noted meteorologist, Dr. Roy W. Spencer, fed up with being called a "denier" of global warming, posted a commentary on his blog titled "Time to push back against the global warming Nazis."

This month marks three years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster, so Japanese students are traveling the U.S. to recognize the tragedy.

The United States is often referred to as the "land of opportunity." But an increasing number of US citizens are feeling the pinch, struggling to makes ends meet as inequality in the country rises.

Elizabeth 'Liz' 'Betty' Watt Orear French, 91, passed away Saturday March 1 at Huntington Place in Janesville.

Melissa Marie Blake and Michael Ryan Givens of Hudson are planning an Oct. 26, 2013, wedding at Bethel Lutheran Church in Hudson.

Madison students were dancing for a cause Saturday night. Wisconsin Dance Marathon hosted an event called madiThon at the Memorial Union on campus.

The search for the next leader of Salem-Keizer public schools is down to two candidates who help run larger urban school districts outside Oregon -- though none of the finalists have served as superintendent before.

Today's Paper, also known as the e-Edition, is an online replica of the printed newspaper.

The Delta State University flags flew at half-staff last week after a beloved professor passed away Tuesday.

From left, project leader Zhi Yong Cai, graduate student Qifeng Zheng and Shaoqin Gong, an associate professor at UW-Madison, show how aerogel works.

Mixing quite possibly could be the place where more opportunities for mistakes can occur than any other spot in the pre-cooked process.

The central question to be explored at the 2014 Playful Learning Summit at Clemson University May 16-17 is how can computer games can help America's schoolchildren learn.