Tickets now available for Holiday Dinner Concerts
Tickets are now available for the Wisconsin Union’s Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts.
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Roof repair begins on Helen C. White Library
A roof repair project began last week on the northeast side of Helen C. White College Library and will continue for at least another week, perhaps longer if the weather doesn’t cooperate. Officials say the roof was leaking, necessitating the repair work.
Greenhouse gases influence aphid wing development
“I’ll Fly Away” may be the theme song of some insect species exposed to elevated levels of ozone, according to groundbreaking research by Edward Mondor in the entomology department. Mondor is researching the effects of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and ozone on insect behavior and physiology.
Memorial Union cancels Thanksgiving dinner buffet
The Wisconsin Union will no longer be serving a Thanksgiving dinner buffet at Memorial Union. However, patrons can still order pre-cooked Thanksgiving turkey dinners with all the trimmings from the catering division from Wednesday, Nov. 3, until Friday, Nov. 19. Pick-up is from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 24, in Tripp Commons in Memorial Union.
UW, city to work on Halloween strategy
The city of Madison plans to discourage State Street Halloween celebrations after police were forced to use pepper spray to break up a Sunday morning disturbance.
UW-Madison lands coveted grant to accelerate clinical research
The National Institutes of Health has awarded UW-Madison a $14 million grant to expand the nation’s capacity to conduct clinical research by teams of investigators that bridge the health sciences disciplines.
Library offers workshops on records management
Nancy Kunde, a university records officer, is presenting three free workshops to faculty and staff on how to manage records.
Policy analyst to explore politics of K-12 education
A free, public address by policy analyst Michael W. Kirst will highlight the School of Education’s annual celebration of American Education Week, Nov. 14-20.
Help ‘Roll Out the Red Carpet’
As part of the season-long campaign to improve the fan experience at Camp Randall Stadium, UW-Madison is seeking 40 students, faculty and staff to serve as fan ambassadors and welcome visitors before the Badger football game on Nov. 6.
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Milestones
HONORED Kelly Cherry, Emerita Eudora Welty Professor of English and Emerita Evjue-Bascom Professor in the Humanities, has written her 16th book, “History, Passion, Freedom, Death, and Hope: Prose About Poetry.” Chuck Czuprynski and Christopher W. Olsen, School of Veterinary Medicine professors, will be keynote speakers at the 2004 Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases. …
Book Smart
Tentative Transgressions: Homosexuality, AIDS and the Theater in Brazil Severino J. Albuquerque University of Wisconsin Press, 2004 In this first-ever book in any language to deal with homosexuality in the Brazilian theater, Albuquerque detects the subtle first stirrings of a theatrical trend in the age of AIDS. “The plays are moving away, if ever so …
Cultural landscape presentation examines campus preservation
The hills, woods and wetlands of the UW-Madison landscape have an ancient history of human occupation.
Employee Matters
Earnings Statements now available online
Overture program highlights Watrous’ contributions to Elvehjem
Before there was an Elvehjem Museum of Art, valuable artwork lay scattered in UW campus basements. It took artist and art historian James Watrous, known as the “father of the Elvehjem Museum,” to bring it all together.
Researchers to provide investors with a look inside the labs of UW-Madison
Bioscience researchers at UW-Madison will break away from their labs on Nov. 17 to share their work with a gathering of venture-capital investors and business executives attending this year’s Life Sciences and Venture Conference at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center.
UW poverty expert honored with national award
Carolyn Heinrich received the David N. Kershaw Award on Friday, Oct. 29, from the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management at its annual conference in Atlanta.
Symposium encourages American Indians to enter health, science
Encouraging American Indian students to consider medicine or science as a career, informing them about health issues of special interest to them and helping non-American Indians gain cultural competency are the goals of a half-day American Indian health and science symposium at UW-Madison on Friday, Nov. 5.
Horticulturist goes in search of a sweeter onion
The future looks rosy for the pungent bulb, says Michael Havey of the Department of Horticulture.
Family Business Center hosts family-business play
The one-act play, “A Tough Nut to Crack”by Ira Bryck and the Play@work Performance Group, will be performed Tuesday, Nov. 2., at the Howard Auditorium in the Fluno Center.