Keeping It Local: UW Diners Benefit from Homegrown Veggies
This summer, campus diners at Frank’s Place are feasting on fresh greens, carrots, beets and onions grown just a block away in Allen Centennial Gardens. The vegetables are growing in a traditional “kitchen garden,” common in late 19th century Wisconsin, as part of a local-food initiative at UW-Madison.A nutritious, reduced-calorie diet blunts aging and significantly delays the onset of age-related disorders such as cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease in Rhesus monkeys, report UW researchers who collaborated on a 20-year study at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center.
Wisconsin Idea: Physician Assistants Reach Underserved Areas
Family health care needs are being better met in rural Wisconsin, thanks to a new federally funded grant awarded to the UW-Madison Physician Assistant Program at the School of Medicine and Public Health.Nominate an Outstanding Badger
WAA is seeking nominations for its highest honor: the Distinguished Alumni Award. Recognizing UW-Madison graduates for their professional achievements, contributions to society and support of the university, WAA will honor the recipients at its 74th annual awards program on April 22, 2010. Nominations will be accepted through Sept. 18, 2009.
It’s Back: The Red Shirt™ Second Edition
Get the only shirt that rallies Badger fans everywhere and helps fund scholarships and programming provided by WAA. This year’s limited-edition shirt celebrates a century of song as “On, Wisconsin” turns 100. Add it to your collection today!Summer Send-Offs in Full Swing
Alumni in 25 cities are hosting summer celebrations for new UW students and their families. Find a Student Send-Off near you!PACK YOUR BAGS: Panama Canal
Cruise aboard the six-star Crystal Symphony from Jan. 23 to Feb. 3, 2010 in the company of UW alumni and friends. You’ll marvel at one of the world’s most impressive feats of engineering as your ship passes through the six locks of the Panama Canal, then sails along the waters of the Pacific Ocean to Costa Rica.
Slideshow: Blooming Limnologists
Grandparents and their grandchildren, more than 850 of them, spent time together on campus in July during WAA’s annual Grandparents University®. Check out photos of participants “majoring” in limnology. We also have photos from the opening ceremonies and theater arts, physics and botany classes.
ASK ABE: Who’s the Noblest of Them All?
John Felder ’74 asks Abe: “How many Nobel Prize winners currently teach/radiate/diva it up at UW-Madison?”Honest Abe answers your questions.
WIN COOL STUFF
Daniel Kehoe ’75 of Madison won last month’s prize, an Ogg Hall commemorative brick. Winning this month’s prize, a Motion W lawn graphic from Turf Tattooz is as easy as answering the Question of the Week — just our way of saying thanks for reading ONline WISCONSIN! Log in now to play.
Events
- Around the World by Private Jet - November 1
- Maui Invitational Basketball Tour - November 21
- Maui/Oahu Football Tour - November 29
- The Florida Everglades - December 6
