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Not your everyday view Taken from a helicopter using a fisheye lens, this photo gives a look at the UW-Madison campus along Lake Mendota this summer. (Photo: Jeff Miller) UW-Madison hosted South African science teachers participating in a Wisconsin Teacher Enhancement Program, as an ancillary benefit of the university’s involvement in building the Southern African …
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Ask Bucky Do you have questions? We have answers! Ask Bucky is a service provided by the Campus Information and Visitor Center, your one-stop shop for information about the UW-Madison campus and community and your centralized source for off-campus housing listings. For more information, call 263-2400, visit the office in the Red Gym or the …
A look back at the summer that was
From blooming corpse flowers to innovative candy-making, summer 2005 produced a number of news developments off the beaten path for UW-Madison.
Hollywood descends on UW-Madison
Executive producer Andre Lamal, left, watches actor Zach Braff in action during shooting of a scene for the feature film “The Last Kiss” on the Memorial Union Terrace. Lakeshore Entertainment, the production company that made the Oscar-winning film “Million Dollar Baby,” is making the movie starring Braff, Rachel Bilson, Blythe Danner and Harold Ramis. The …
Book Smart
Images of a Complex World: The Art and Poetry of Chaos (World Scientific Publishing, September 2005) with CD-ROM Robin Chapman, professor emerita of communicative disorders and psychology; and Julien Clinton Sprott, professor of physics In the scientific world, “chaos” doesn’t just describe the kitchen. Rather, chaos is a decades-old discipline dedicated to unraveling the mysteries …
Summer: Over in a blink of an eye
Although there weren’t as many students around, the UW-Madison campus still was a busy place this summer.
Celebrate the Camp Randall legacy
Camp Randall Stadium opens its doors this fall after nearly five years of renovation.
New Teaching Resources module on the Academic tab
Tools for instructors
Application for fall 2006 admission available Sept. 1
The Application for Undergraduate Admission for the fall of 2006 will be available on Sept. 1.
UW dairy center helps with champion cheeses
Mike Gingrich’s Uplands Cheese Co. worked with the Center for Dairy Research at UW-Madison for advice on how to make their cheese and operate a cheese-making business.
UW-Madison shows progress on student drinking
Despite the Princeton Review’s label of UW-Madison as one of the nation’s top “party schools,” university officials say they are making progress with aggressive efforts to control high-risk drinking among students.
U.S. News ranks UW-Madison eighth among public universities
The 2006 edition of U.S. News and World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” ranks the UW-Madison eighth among the nation’s 50 top public universities and 34th overall. Last year, the university ranked seventh among public institutions and 32nd overall. The publication reviews 248 doctoral institutions, of which 162 are public and 86 private.
CALS dean search continues; Hogg named to interim post
David B. Hogg, executive associate dean in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, has been named interim dean while University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor John D. Wiley considers two finalists for the post.
Undergraduate business program rises to #12 in nation
The latest U.S. News & World Report ranking of undergraduate business programs places UW-Madison 12th among all business schools in the U.S., up two spots from 14 th place last year.
Despite gains, women still face bias in science careers
Despite gains in the training of women scientists and the implementation of programs to help women overcome ingrained barriers, the career path of most women scientists at universities remains a difficult trek, fraught with roadblocks of bias, a sometimes chilly campus climate and the challenge of balancing family and work.
Africans in India reveal their histories in quilts
Madison will get a sampling of Siddi quilts in an exhibition in the Gallery of Design at the School of Human Ecology. “Stitching History: Patchwork Quilts by Africans of India” will feature about eight large quilts and a dozen crib-sized quilts, all done by members of the Siddi Women’s Quilting Cooperative, which professor of art history Hnery Drewal founded in 2004.
Sapiro named interim provost
Virginia Sapiro, associate vice chancellor for teaching and learning at UW-Madison, will become interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs when Provost Peter Spear retires in late October, Chancellor John D. Wiley announced today (Wednesday, Aug. 17).
Galactic survey reveals a new look for the Milky Way
With the help of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, University of Wisconsin astronomers have conducted the most comprehensive structural analysis of our galaxy and have found tantalizing new evidence that the Milky Way is much different from your ordinary spiral galaxy.
Elizabeth Waters, Cole halls to shift roles in 2006
In order to better accommodate the preferences of residents, University Housing will shift its all-women’s residence from Elizabeth Waters Hall to Cole Hall beginning in 2006. At that time, Elizabeth Waters Hall will begin operation as a coed residence hall.