Kite flyers, makers highlight annual winter festival
Organizers of the seventh annual Kites on Ice festival at the Memorial Union invite the public to "Come Play in the Wind" on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 5-6.
UW-Madison contributes to tsunami relief efforts
With students back on campus and settling into the semester, the community is organizing fund-raisers and events for relief efforts following the tsunami that devastated south Asia in December.
Guest pianist to appear with Pro Arte Quartet
Acclaimed pianist Gilbert Kalish will join the Pro Arte Quartet in concert at 8 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 28, in Mills Hall.
Elvehjem to present exhibition of recent minimalist art
Under the guest curatorship of art scholar and UW–Madison alumnus Joseph Cunningham, "Minimalist Art Now" charts the development of minimalist painting and drawing from 1980 to the present.
Photo exhibit examines issue of gender using portraiture
How time has changed the answers to those questions is at the root of a new exhibition at Knapp House.
Issues, history focus of Jewish Heritage lectures
Historian and novelist Ronald Florence will consider "Blood Libel: The Damascus Affair of 1840" at the season's first Jewish Heritage Lecture Series, sponsored by the Mosse/ Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies at UW–Madison.
Help make campus a destination for exploration this April
This April, researchers and outreachers from all paths of science at UW–Madison have the opportunity to participate in a month-long series of events that invites the public to experience science as exploring the unknown.
Sociology professor dies at 56
Frederick H. Buttel, 56, died at his home on Jan. 14 after a long battle with cancer.
School of Music mourns loss of longtime professor
The School of Musics and opera lovers in Madison and beyond mourn the death of David Hottmann, professor of music emeritus, who passed away on Jan. 2.
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Buying Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) Creditable Service
Professor’s family establishes scholarships
The name and spirit of Frank Warzala, a popular engineering professor
Library liaison also helps others discover environmental art
Working with acclaimed environmental artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude may not be the usual Caribbean-resort winter vacation. Nonetheless, Thomas H. Garver, liaison to the Friends of the UW–Madison Libraries, is about to spend two weeks staffing an information center for Christo's new installation, "The Gates," in New York's Central Park.
Spotlight: Wisconsin Welcome
A Wisconsin Welcome event featuring a hypnotist was part of the series of orientation and new student programs held at the beginning of the semester.
Two honored with Outstanding Women of Color award
Linda Denise Oakley and Joann Pritchett, University of Wisconsin–Madison winners of the University of Wisconsin System Outstanding Women of Color award, will be honored by the campus community at a reception on Wednesday, Jan. 26.
UW celebrates 2005 as the year of languages
In an increasingly global community, the importance of communicating and interacting with people who do not use English as their primary language is becoming a high priority for more Americans.
UW funds gas-can exchange to maintain air quality
As part of an effort to maintain air quality, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has offered to fund a program to provide about 4,400 environmentally friendly gasoline containers free to Dane County residents.
Conference examines No Child Left Behind Act
Public lectures by Kati Haycock, director of the Washington-based Education Trust, and Elizabeth Burmaster, state superintendent of public instruction, will highlight a conference at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Feb. 2-4, on the No Child Left Behind Act and its consequences.
Job market bounces back for engineering graduates
Business is booming again at Engineering Career Services (ECS), and that's great news for student job-seekers.
Lawton to discuss women and prosperity project
Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton will report on her Wisconsin Women = Prosperity project on Thursday, Jan. 27, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Concerts, collaborations fill spring dance program
The excitement of live performance will resound throughout Lathrop Hall this spring as the Dance Program showcases works by guest artists, students, faculty and staff in a variety of events this semester.