Musician Sarah Hudson and her band perform for a crowd of several hundred people gathered at Library Mall, above, for Rock the Vote on Oct. 15. Madison was the final stop for the five-month, 50-city tour aimed at registering 1 million new voters and mobilizing 20 million young people to go to the polls Nov. …
As planners map the future of the UW-Madison campus, they need to embrace the Wisconsin Idea, incorporate a strong environmental ethic and improve transportation options, speakers told officials drafting a new campus master plan.
Beginning in December, faculty and instructional staff will use the My UW-Madison Web portal to submit student grades as part of a new e-Grading initiative.
Staff members from the Department of Engineering Professional Development at UW-Madison have been cleaning up the campus’s Muir Knoll area, the woods between the Helen C. White Library and the Social Science building, each fall for six years.
The Mind Incarnate (MIT Press, 2004) by Lawrence Shapiro, professor of philosophy. The way your body is configured probably determines in large part how you think, according to Shapiro. Since at least the 17th century and philosopher Rene “I think therefore I am” Descartes, scholars have acknowledged some sort of relationship between human intellectual activity …
Joseph Kauffman, professor emeritus of educational administration and leader of the Kauffman Administrative Development Program at UW-Madison, was recently honored by Rhode Island College, in Providence, RI. The college dedicated a building in honor of Kauffman, who served as its fourth president from 1968-73.
Howard Erlanger, professor of law and sociology, and Eric Wilcots, professor of astronomy, are among four UW System faculty selected to receive 2004 Alliant Energy Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Awards.
Maliyakal John, who has served as intellectual property manager in the life sciences for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation was named general manager for the WiSys Technology Foundation Inc., the patenting and licensing organization for UW System. He began his new position Oct. 1.
How Wisconsin can address domestic violence will be discussed in a colloquium from 4-5 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 28, in the auditorium of the Wisconsin Historical Society, 816 State St.
The Silver Buckle Press, 236 Memorial Library, is offering a behind-the-scenes look as staff members ink up and proof their newest acquisition of type — a face based on the type Johann Gutenberg used for the 42-line Bible — during an open house from 1-4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 22.
As part of a 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 Oct. 23.
UW-Madison recently announced up to one year of nonresident tuition remission for domestic partners and their dependents.
The 1-year-old Ombuds Office for Faculty and Staff is reporting a successful first year and is adding a new staff member.
Bruce R. Ellig, the retired corporate vice president in charge of Worldwide Human Resources at Pfizer Inc. has fully funded the Bruce R. Ellig Distinguished Chair in Pay and Organizational Effectiveness in the School of Business, in gratitude for knowledge that ranged beyond his eventual major.
Scientists suspect that an important regulatory mechanism that controls normal growth during embryonic development of the prostate gland can become the culprit in prostate cancer later in life.
Chong Cha Thao, a Hmong elder from La Crosse, is glad he quit smoking.
The Safety Department has announced that its annual free flu shot clinics for university employees have been canceled due to the short supply of flu vaccine supplies nationwide.
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The University Opera and University Theatre combine forces to bring “Threepenny Opera” to the stage beginning Friday, Nov. 5, in Vilas Hall’s Mitchell Theatre.