Ombuds program strives for courteous work environment
The Ombuds Office for Faculty and Staff continues to provide a place for all faculty and staff to come to resolve conflict, with a new staff member offering new perspectives on issues.
Hunger Banquet to simulate poverty for the well-fed
The Hunger Banquet simulates the life of the less-privileged. All are welcome to discuss poverty with an expert panel.
Sorority to present Kwanzaa Fair
To prepare for the seven-day African American winter holiday, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is sponsoring a Kwanzaa Holiday Fair on Saturday, Nov. 26.
WSRC to open gallery exhibition
Oils and mixed media works based on an underlying theme or narrative will be on view at the UW–Madison Women’s Studies Research Center through December.
Dancer makes leap to new visual media
Doug Rosenberg, associate professor of dance, is directing a film that explores the five senses through dance.
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Writer’s Choice
“Open a Door ... Open a Book ... Open Your Mind ... to the World,”will bring four international writers for a celebration of children’s literature on Saturday, Nov. 19, at UW–Madison.
Community service demonstrates student beliefs
Although officially neutral on political platforms and not aligning itself with or advocating for specific public policy, UW–Madison takes an emphatic position on the value of active participation in learning and in the community.
Art on the fly: Fighting graffiti with chalk
In an attempt to combat graffiti in the Department of Art, located in the Mosse Humanities Building, the university has taken steps to make some walls in the department “authorized”for student messages and doodles.
Book Smart
The Vikings: scourge of the seas, masters of the strategic rampage, fearsome warriors of the frozen North… Actually, this somewhat lopsided view…
Professor plans annual holiday chemistry lecture
Chemistry professor Bassam Shakhashiri will present “Once Upon a Christmas Cheery In the Lab of Shakhashiri”again this year.
Research runs deep at Trout Lake Station
More than eight decades ago, two enterprsing biologists from UW–Madison opened a modest research outpost on Trout Lake, deep in the heart of Wisconsin's northern lakeregion. The goal was to peer into the fundamental mysteries of freshwater lakes, from their basic chmistry to their elaborate life cycle.
Photo essay: Picnic Point
Picnic Point in autumn.
Thanks, Barry: University honors retiring coach with ceremony, praise
On "Barry Alvarez Day," it was only fitting that the fans' chants of "Barry, Barry," which began at the football game at Camp Randall earlier in the day, extended across campus to the hockey game at the Kohl Center that night. The fans' chants acknowledged UW's head football coach of 16 years, who coached the final home game of his career on Nov. 12.
UW-Madison pediatrician receives prestigious NIH Merit award
UW-Madison pediatrician Bruce S. Klein has received a highly selective MERIT award (Method to Extend Research in Time) from the National Institutes of Health, an award that promises continued research funding for up to 10 years.
3M and 3M Foundation give $1.6 million to engineering building project
3M Community Giving, the charitable arm of 3M, has announced a $1.6 million gift toward the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Building Project at the UW–Madison.
UW-Madison students studying abroad in greater numbers
UW-Madison students continue to study abroad in record numbers, according to figures released by the UW–Madison Division of International Studies.
November brings a grab-bag of Top 10 rankings to UW–Madison
A trio of early-November academic rankings placed UW–Madison in good company among national universities. Rankings of agricultural research, international grants and workplace quality all gave the university Top 10 marks.
Wisconsin Innocence Project hosts Madison film premiere
The documentary film "After Innocence," which tells the powerful and moving stories of those exonerated after being wrongly convicted of crimes, will be shown Thursday, Nov. 17 in a free screening hosted by the Wisconsin Innocence Project.
German director showcases film on WWII resistance in Madison
Director Marc Rothemund comes to Madison on Tuesday, Nov. 15 for the screening of his new, award-winning film "Sophie Scholl - The Final Days," Germany's official entry for best foreign film in the 2005 Academy Awards.