Governance groups support classified contracts
The UW-Madison Faculty Senate and Academic Staff Assembly have each passed resolutions urging approval of contracts for represented employees.
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Wisconsin Award goes to Craven
Scott Craven (chair, Wildlife Ecology) has received the Wisconsin Award from the Wisconsin chapter of The Wildlife Society.
Employee Matters
Workers’ compensation
Researcher get technical contributions award
UW-Madison’s Thomas Whittaker, a meteorologist and software designer in the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, received the Russell L. DeSouza Award at the 2003 annual conference of the American Meteorological Society.
Wunder earns award for excellence in service
Jack Wunder was presented the 2002 Excellence in Service Award by Gov. James Doyle for his work as facilities engineer in the Environmental Health Program at UW-Madison’s University Health Services.
Laurel Clark remembered by Madison community
Laurel Clark, one of the seven astronauts lost in the Feb. 1 Columbia disaster, was remembered fondly at a gathering held in the Wisconsin Union Theater on March 4. Clark received a bachelor of science degree in zoology from UW-Madison in 1983 and graduated from the UW Medical School in 1987.
Freezin’ for a reason
On Saturday, Feb. 22, with temperatures in the teens and a wind-chill factor below zero, the UW Police Department’s “Polar Plunge” team completed its mission on behalf of Special Olympics Wisconsin. At approximately 12:18 p.m., the members shed warm coats and hats and plunged into the frigid waters of Lake Monona.
Terrence R. Dolan inaugural lecture
Guinevere Eden, a professor of neuroscience at Georgetown University, will deliver the inaugural Terrence R. Dolan lecture, a series honoring the 20-year Waisman Center director who retired last summer.
A rare moment, indeed!
It is worth trying to put into perspective how infrequent is an outright Big Ten basketball championship at UW-Madison.
UW-Madison receives visa system certification
he university has received Immigration and Naturalization Service certification to begin using a federal visa-monitoring system for international students and visiting international faculty and staff.
Safety first, science second when the lab shakes, rattles and rolls
For Chuck DeMets, a professor of geology and geophysics, his most recent brush with divine opportunity came on Jan. 22 in a Colima, Mexico, hotel room when a 7.8-magnitude earthquake sent a barefoot DeMets and his Mexican field assistant Patti Zamora scrambling for the safety of the open street.
Recent Sightings
Signed and sealed Written on a closet-door jamb, signatures and dates record the generations of painters who have coated the walls in Bascom Hall’s room 165. The record, almost an unspoken tradition among many tradespeople, includes the dates 1950, 1960, 1976-77 and, most recently, 1997-98 by Physical Plant Paint Shop staffers Mike Burkhalter and Paul …
Wisconsin recognizes pioneering black athletes
Every institution of higher learning has a hidden history regarding the involvement of African Americans on their intercollegiate sports teams. UW-Madison has made an effort to retrieve the stories of path-making black players through the work of Gregory Bond, a Ph.D. researcher in American history.
If we back off now, we may be in worse shape later
When it comes to dealing with Saddam Hussein, “the genie is out of the bottle,” and the Bush administration will now have a very difficult time backing down, says emeritus law professor Gordon Baldwin.
Unger’s career blessed with a shakey start
Beneath Bill Unger’s pedestrian title of “research program manager in the UW-Madison Department of Geology and Geophysics” is a career that spans four decades and all the world’s continents.
Events Bulletin
Directory Lists Youth Programs More than 90 classes, camps, workshops, and other activities for children and teens are featured in UW-Madison’s new Programs for 2003 directory. The publication includes classes, camps and other activities for everyone from preschoolers through high school students. Offerings focus on academics, the arts and athletics. Some are for students who …
Announcements
Direct Deposit of Payroll Checks Business Services encourages faculty and staff to consider direct deposit for paychecks. Some benefits of direct deposit include: Direct deposit to any financial institution in the United States and Puerto Rico. No worry about getting to the Peterson Building in time to get check. No standing in line. End trips …
Milestones
Honored The Arts Institute announces the recipients of the 2003 awards in the arts, which recognize creative inquiry, outreach and professional excellence. Recipients will be recognized at a program and reception on Friday, April 25. Nietzchka Keene, professor, communication arts, Arts Institute Creative Arts Award Funded by the Bassett and Evjue foundations, the Creative Arts …
Phenology
As winter bids adieu and spring tiptoes toward us, we are highlighting phenological occurrences that many of us might easily miss or take for granted as we go about our busy lives.
Highland Avenue detour starting Monday, March 17
An enclosed pedestrian walkway linking the School of Pharmacy building (Rennebohm Hall) with the new Health Sciences Learning Center will be built over Highland Avenue starting March 17.