Classified emeritus offered
Retiring university classified staff are now eligible to receive emeritus status, a distinction that was previously only available for faculty and academic staff. Read More
Elvehjem examines relationships in two exhibitions
Two new exhibitions exploring different kinds of relationships will open the 2004-05 season at the Elvehjem Museum of Art. Read More
Employee Matters
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Recent sightings
Summer solace A couple watch a summer sunset over Lake Mendota, surrounded by the original style of Memorial Union Terrace… Read More
Database specialist acquaints Madison with tango
By day, Steve Fosdal works as a computer programmer in the Division of Information Technology, specializing in public health information data sharing. By night Fosdal, a latter-day Valentino, embodies Argentine tango. Read More
Book Smart
Joanne Cantor, professor emerita of communication arts, “Teddy’s TV Troubles,” Goblin Fern Press, 2003. Something nasty on television has upset Teddy Bear,… Read More
Milestones
Appointments Carrie Barker, former UW athlete, was named assistant coach for the Wisconsin women’s soccer team. Bebe Bryans will lead the… Read More
Open house to showcase UW–Madison mapping sciences
Mapping resources will be the focus of an open house at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Science Hall, 550 N. Park St., from noon-4 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 1. Read More
Board of Regents approves 2005-07 budget request
The UW System Board of Regents is asking for state funding for the 2005-07 biennium that will help its 26 campuses and UW-Extension begin to recover from the $250 million in state budget cuts they took in the 2003-05 biennium, while providing more access and services for students. Read More
UW-Madison sees little change in U.S. News rankings
UW-Madison remains the seventh-best public university and in a tie for 32nd-best overall university in the 2005 edition of U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Colleges." Read More
UW’s peak move-in days will affect traffic
Approximately 6,700 UW–Madison students will be moving into their residence halls next week, many for the first time. The busiest days will be Tuesday, Aug. 24, and Friday and Saturday, Aug. 27-28, according to Mike Kinderman, assistant director for residence hall facilities in University Housing. Read More
Herbert Hill, link between civil rights, labor issues, dead at 80
Civil rights activist, scholar and labor administrator Herbert Hill died on Sunday, Aug. 15, in Madison. He was 80. Read More
Program aimed at representing biology in the classroom
To truly represent biology in the classroom, UW–Madison is hosting a summer program during which faculty nationwide share their expertise in research and education. Read More
Program examines school achievement, social factors
Understanding how non-academic issues such as gender, race, class and self-concept affect the classroom performance of young people is the goal of a new UW–Madison certificate program targeted for educators. Read More
University’s only remaining WWII-era Quonset hut to be razed
The last of 15 Quonset huts used to create temporary classroom, laboratory and library space on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus following World War II is scheduled to be razed starting Monday, Aug. 16. Read More
Sandefur to lead Letters and Science
Chancellor John D. Wiley announced Aug. 13 that Gary Sandefur, professor and incoming chair of the Department of Sociology, will succeed Phillip R. Certain, who retired in June after a 34-year university career that included 11 years as dean. Read More
UW-Madison, NRECA announce new working relationship
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and the University of Wisconsin–Madison will announce their new working relationship during a press conference on Tuesday, Aug. 17, at 10:30 a.m. at the Fluno Center on the UW–Madison campus. Read More
Study: Good health goes beyond diet, exercise and managing stress
While pleasurable experiences may lift your spirits, the ones that leave you with a sense of purpose and meaningful relationships may do even more: protect the body against ill health. Read More
Under-represented high school students showcase technology projects
Sixty Madison high school students will present information technology projects to their families and the UW–Madison community tomorrow (Friday, Aug. 13) as part of a fifth annual summer recognition program. Read More
Licenses for new HyRed cranberry now available
Licenses to produce and sell fruit from UW–Madison's HyRed cranberry - the first publicly developed cranberry variety in more than three decades - are now being offered through the university's patent and licensing organization. Read More