Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded in 1848 when Wisconsin achieved statehood and is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System . [ 8 ]
The observatory is named after the former Wisconsin governor, Cadwallader C. Washburn.In 1876, the Wisconsin State Legislature passed "An Act to permanently provide for deficiencies in the University fund income" to which Washburn added a provision that allocated a sum of $3000 USD per year over three years for the establishment of astronomy instruction and a corresponding observatory.
UW Health University Hospital (UW Health, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics or UWHC) is a 614-bed academic regional referral center with 127 outpatient clinics, [2] located on the western edge of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's campus in Madison, Wisconsin.
Indigenous students from any of Wisconsin's 11 tribes will be able to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison for free beginning next fall, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin announced Monday. The ...
The University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences is one of the colleges of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Founded in 1889, the college has 17 academic departments, 23 undergraduate majors, and 49 graduate programs. [1] CALS has an average undergraduate population of 3,300 students.
Letters & Science is the focal point of research in fields such as humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The college ranks third among UW–Madison colleges for research grant awards and contributes a significant portion of the grants administered through the Graduate School of UW–Madison. It is also a liberal arts college. [2]
The poll of 124 faculty at UW-Madison showed that 13% had been disciplined or threatened with discipline, 30% recently toned down something they wrote out of fear of controversy and 60% were in ...
UW–Madison's graduate engineering program ranked 27th nationally in the 2023-2024 Best Engineering Schools ranking by U.S. News & World Report, [3] while its undergraduate program ranked 13th. [4] The school dates back to 1857 when the first department of engineering was created by the university Board of Regents.