Position Vacancy Listings
Administrative 041712: Assistant Dean (L) L&S / Administration:Student Academic Affairs (100). Apply by May 3. 041725: Assoc Outreach Spec/Outreach Specialist… Read More
Hoofers to offer activities for kids this summer
Is your youngster looking for something to do this summer? The Hoofer Youth Program offers instructional classes in sailing, canoeing and kayaking for boys and girls from age 10 and up, novice to advanced. Read More
Calendar highlights
Pianist Taylor featured in Waisman Center benefit Christopher Taylor is the featured performer for the Friends of the Waisman Center’s annual benefit concert… Read More
Milestones
AWARDED William H. Nienhauser, Jr., professor, East Asian languages and literature, received the Research Award for Foreigners from the Alexander von Humboldt… Read More
Business school honorees named
Several teaching/service awards were presented to Business School faculty and academic staff at a Celebration of Excellence April 27. Read More
New master’s exhibits to open
Presenting innovative artwork in master's degree exhibitions, Carol Parker and Laurel Lueders fill the Gallery of Design May 3-10 with images that shift the boundaries between public and private space. Read More
Geology Museum to hold open house May 5
Take an illustrated journey to the planets and stars above Madison, discover the odd-looking animals that roamed the Earth before the dinosaurs and dig into a pile of free rock samples during the UW–Madison Geology Museum open house Sunday, May 5. Read More
Professor illuminates art of friendship
A.D. Pirous, one of Indonesia's most distinguished artists, has many stories to tell: making propaganda posters during the national revolution during the late 1940s, studying abstract art with Dutch cubists, organizing Indonesia's Istiqlal Festival of Islamic Art, trying to prevent his paintings from being faked or stolen, voicing his anguish about state-sponsored atrocities in his home province of Aceh. Kenneth M. George, professor of anthropology at UW–Madison since 1999, has been Pirous' friend for the last 17 years. Read More
New learning community to open in 2003
The launch of a multicultural learning community slated for Witte Hall has been moved to fall 2003 to allow University Housing to attract more students to the program. Read More
Study: Whites perceive more crime when blacks live nearby
Perceptions of crime in a particular neighborhood may be due to the presence of young African-American men, according to a new study by two UW–Madison researchers. Read More
Statement regarding recent protests
Chancellor John Wiley and Phil Certain, College of Letters and Science dean, issued the statement below following protests condemning Professor Alfred McCoy, author of the 1972 book "The Politics of Heroin," which criticizes General Vang Pao for his role in the Southeast Asian opium market. Read More
Student hospitalized with bacterial meningitis
A female UW–Madison student is in serious condition today, April 26, at an area hospital with an undetermined type of bacterial meningitis. Read More
WARF signs stem cell license agreements
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has signed two licensing agreements allowing a company and another university to distribute human embryonic stem cells in research. Read More
Four to receive art awards
The Arts Institute plans to recognize faculty, staff and students for excellence in creative inquiry, outreach and professional excellence. Recipients will be recognized at a program and reception Friday, April 26. Read More
Varmus to present first Temin lecture
Nobel Prize winner Harold M. Varmus will give the first Howard M. Temin Lecture, Wednesday, May 1. Read More
New campus accounting system to go online
Accounting Services wants to be sure that you have WISDM. WISDM stands for 'Wisconsin Data Mart,' which is a Web-based financial reporting system. Read More
Nation critic Danto to speak May 2
Well-known philosopher and art critic Arthur Danto will present the lecture 'The Body in Philosophy, Art and Life' at UW–Madison. Read More
Education alum to offer advice: “Get physical!”
A nationally recognized expert on exercise physiology and fitness will offer his advice on how to 'Get Physical: Live Better at Any Age!' at this year's UW–Madison School of Education Alumni Weekend program. Read More
Security computing expert to speak Thursday, May 2
An internationally renowned expert on computer security will discuss the interaction between economics and the theory of system dependability in a free public lecture Thursday, May 2, at UW–Madison. Read More