Calendar Highlights
Spring series explores Art and Life Art and Life, a semester-long series on music, dance and visual art, features a nationally known… Read More
Campaign pledges reach 87% of goal
With contributions still coming in, pledges for the annual Partners in Giving campaign topped $2.53 million as of Jan. 13 ? about 87 percent of the goal. Read More
Winter doesn’t rein in riding lessons
Think winter activities in Wisconsin — skiing, snowboarding, ice fishing and ... horseback riding? Darn tootin'! The Hoofer Equestrian Center located just south of Madison near Belleville, is open for business even when the snow flies. Read More
Dance program for spring attracts guest artists
The Dance Program has a full and innovative schedule planned for the spring semester. In addition to showcasing works by students, faculty and guest artists in the coming months, the program will host a regional festival for hundreds of college dance students March 13-16. Read More
Science Expeditions = April + Science + Outreach
Science Expeditions 2003, a series of outreach events throughout April, will welcome the public to explore the campus and experience science as discovery. Read More
Fulbright grants send professors to Norway, Latvia
Professors Harvey Jacobs and David Trubek have been awarded Fulbright senior specialist grants, giving them an opportunity to travel, lecture and collaborate with their peers abroad. Read More
‘King of Latin jazz’ returns to Union Theater
Poncho Sanchez, the 'king of Latin music,' returns to the Wisconsin Union Theater on Saturday, Feb 8, at 8 p.m., and ticket holders will be able to continue dancing after all the encores are over. Read More
NEH awards grant to UW–Madison professor
A leading scholar of Renaissance English literature at UW–Madison will examine lyric poetry in the early modern period under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Read More
Wonders of Physics celebrates 20 years
Seeing is believing, says the old adage. And this February, the general public will believe that physics surrounds our everyday lives when UW–Madison physics professor Clint Sprott shows them spectacular examples of physical phenomena during six demonstrations called, "The Wonders of Physics." Read More
Newly identified enzyme reduces bitterness in cheese
A UW–Madison food scientist is using new technology to tackle an old problem in cheesemaking - and the solution could mean both a bigger market for the state's dairy producers and reduced costs for cheesemakers. Read More
Open house to provide update on power plant
Madison Gas and Electric Co. and UW–Madison plan an informational open house Tuesday, Jan. 7, to update the public on the status of an MGE power plant to be located on campus. Read More
Berg named UW–Madison registrar
Joanne Berg, interim registrar at UW–Madison since January 2002, has been selected to lead the office on a permanent basis, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Paul Barrows has announced. Read More
Home from Kuwait, Disher appreciates routine
In June, Pete Disher returned from a six-month Air National Guard deployment in Kuwait with the Madison-based 115th Fighter Wing Security Forces Squadron to his job as a UW Police Department security officer Read More
Bazzell named vice chancellor for administration
Darrell Bazzell, a veteran Wisconsin state government administrator and current secretary of the Department of Natural Resources, has been selected to be UW–Madison's new vice chancellor for administration. Read More
Winter 2002 commencement address
Jonathan Wolman University of Wisconsin–Madison Kohl Center December 22, 2002 Read More
UW-Madison chemist elected ACS president
After having been a member of the American Chemical Society for 40 years, UW–Madison chemistry professor Charles Casey will become its president. Read More
Recitalists to sing Bernstein at Union Theater
The music of Leonard Bernstein will be sung with polish and elegance on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003 at 8 p.m. when Joyce Castle and Kurt Ollman bring their all Bernstein program to the Wisconsin Union Theater. Read More
Two UW–Madison faculty elected APS fellows
UW-Madison professors Gilbert Nathanson and Linda Sparke have been elected to the Fellowship program at the American Physical Society, a worldwide federation of more than 42,000 physicists. Read More
Researchers explain how we detect the location of sound
The slightest turn of the head can significantly change the way a person or animal detects sound. A subtle tilt alters the angle at which high-frequency sound waves hit the ear, providing cues to localize the sound. To use those cues, the brain must put what it hears into the context of the position of the head. Until recently, scientists were not sure how this was done. Read More
Fans joining WAA for Alamo Bowl trip
Wisconsin Alumni Association officials are encouraging Badger football fans to finalize and book their trips this week to the Alamo Bowl. Read More