Stories indexed under: Facilities

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• Mechanical Engineering Building project wins preservation award May 2, 2008 The addition to the 78-year-old Mechanical Engineering Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison won an award from the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation at its annual awards ceremony this week.
• ‘Mini conference’ on Wisconsin Union Initiative set for Feb. 25 Feb. 20, 2008 The Wisconsin Union announces a “mini conference” to formally kick off the start of the Wisconsin Union Initiative, a project to build a new “green” south campus union and restore and upgrade Memorial Union.
• Extra workers sought to fight snow on UW-Madison campus Feb. 20, 2008 Record-setting snowfalls could translate into extra cash for University of Wisconsin-Madison students and others hired to help clear campus sidewalks and stairs of snow and ice.
• Recent sightings: So much for privacy Feb. 18, 2008
• Town hall meeting set on state-owned heating, power plants in Madison Feb. 15, 2008 The state Department of Administration and the University of Wisconsin-Madison are holding a town hall meeting on Thursday, Feb. 21, to help develop the scope for a comprehensive feasibility study to analyze the way the state heats and cools state agency buildings and the UW-Madison campus.
• University addresses snow removal issues Feb. 13, 2008 Following is a letter from Alan Fish, associate vice chancellor for facilities, regarding the university’s work on snow removal around campus.
• Work begins on future site of Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Jan. 15, 2008 A major change will begin to take shape on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus this month as construction begins at the future site of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
• Settlement prompts heating plant improvements Dec. 5, 2007 A legal settlement between the state and an environmental group will result in less coal being burned at the Charter Street Heating Plant and sets the stage for major improvements at the facility.
• Statement on federal court consent decree on Charter Street Heating Plant Nov. 26, 2007 Here is a statement from Alan Fish, associate vice chancellor for facilities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, regarding today's (Monday, Nov. 26) agreement regarding the Charter Street Heating Plant.
• New mechanical engineering building set for generations of innovation Oct. 19, 2007 When the Mechanical Engineering Building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus opened its doors in 1930, sliding chalkboards and concrete floors were among its most innovative features.
• Public invited to see building plans at Chazen town hall meeting Oct. 17, 2007 The Chazen Museum of Art invites the community to a town hall meeting to view plans for the museum’s building expansion.
• Microbial Sciences Building designed for discovery, collaboration Sept. 14, 2007 As the doors swung open at the new Microbial Sciences Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, students and researchers found a facility designed to spark exchanges of ideas aimed at answering biological questions of unprecedented complexity and importance.
• Research and instruction in the Microbial Sciences Building Sept. 14, 2007 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Microbial Sciences Building will be home to a wide range of departments, programs and researc h centers.
• Slideshow: Microbial Sciences Building Sept. 14, 2007
• Major donor underwrites Equine Veterinary Referral Center Sept. 11, 2007 The new Morrie Waud Equine Center, a facility designed to train veterinary medicine students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is now officially open for business.
• New Ogg Hall opens to 600-plus new residents Aug. 23, 2007 Ogg Hall, the newest residence hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will open to 615 students this month and carry on the university's tradition of blending academics with student housing.
• SWAP trims down for its big move Aug. 21, 2007 A crash diet aimed at shedding tons of excess weight at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will result in some happy bargain hunters.
• Lakeshore lot gets eco-friendly upgrade July 26, 2007 The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Lot 34, located just east of the lakeshore residence halls, is getting an environmentally friendly makeover to fight erosion, while a project on the adjacent Lakeshore Nature Preserve targets invasive species.
• UW police, Madison firefighters take over Ogg Hall for emergency exercises July 6, 2007 Ogg Hall, the vacant high-rise residence hall that is awaiting demolition, will be the site of emergency training exercises involving University of Wisconsin-Madison police officers and city of Madison firefighters beginning the week of Monday, July 9.