Chilean legislator, activist to give human rights talk
Chilean legislator and human rights activist Juan Pablo Letelier will deliver the International Institute's Annual Human Rights Lecture Monday, Nov. 1, at 4 p.m., in the Pyle Center's Lakeshore Room. Read More
Athletic plan: Keeping ‘Big Red’ in the black
The Division of Intercollegiate Athletics plans to take significant measures to overcome its financial challenges and maintain its academic and athletic competitiveness. The measures outlined in the department's five-year financial plan have been carefully formulated by department staff over the past nine months and were presented at an Athletic Board meeting Friday, Oct. 22. Read More
Charles Luce receives Law School service award
Charles Luce, retired chief executive officer of Consolidated Edison, has received the UW Law School's 1999 Distinguished Service Award. Read More
Q&A: Ward explains Madison Initiative benefits
The chancellor says the Madison Initiative and overall university budget will provide students with improved educational and research opportunities; strengthen libraries and other services; and renovate buildings, among other things. Following are some questions and answers on the university budget from Chancellor David Ward. Read More
Temte awarded national grant by family physicians group
Jonathan L. Temte, a physician in the Department of Family Medicine, is one of eight doctors nationwide selected to receive an Advanced Research Training Grant from the American Academy of Family Physicians. Read More
Study: Bargaining doesn’t inhibit grad education
Collective bargaining with graduate assistants doesn't interfere with the faculty's ability to instruct and advise those students, says the first national empirical study of collective bargaining's effects on faculty-student relationships. Read More
Ada Deer to direct American Indian Studies
Ada Deer, former assistant secretary for Indian Affairs in the federal Department of the Interior, will become director of the American Indian Studies program in January. Read More
Madison Dynamo Project seeks to recreate Earth’s magnetic field in the laboratory
The finishing touches are being applied to a UW–Madison experiment that will attempt to recreate -- in a 1-meter-wide stainless steel sphere -- the same conditions that give rise to the self-perpetuating magnetic fields that exist in the Earth and virtually all other celestial objects from stars to galaxies. Read More
Calendar briefs
Clarinetist appears Saturday The Faculty Concert Series continues Saturday, Oct. 23, with Linda Bartley, clarinet, and friends, performing in Mills Concert… Read More
Capitol Capsules
Pension bill passes, awaits governor’s signoff The Assembly and Senate have passed a pension bill (AB 495) that would: Increase… Read More
Sketch artist
If a tree falls… Mason Sachs, a junior art major, spends an afternoon sketching the view from Bascom Hill to the Capitol. Read More
Events Bulletin
Learning Public Management Workshops Continuing Studies offers one-day workshops this fall on various aspects of management in the public… Read More
New resources expected to aid recruiting of faculty, staff
Dan van der Weide, a professor of electrical and computer engineering who comes to UW–Madison from the University of Delaware, is one of the first of more than 100 faculty and academic staff expected to be hired under the Madison Initiative, a public-private investment included as part of the pending state budget. Read More
Hiring a key to maintaining university excellence
The Madison Initiative will target five key areas for investment over the next fours years. Read More
Crowd welcomes new women’s sport
A crowd of 3,892 fans, the second-largest for any intercollegiate women's hockey game, watched the women's hockey team play its first-ever game Oct. 8 in the Kohl Center. Read More
Highlights of the UW System budget as approved by the Legislature
Here are highlights of the UW System budget as approved by the Legislature Oct. 6. The governor is expected to sign the bill and announce any partial vetoes next week. Read More
Irakere to perform at Wisconsin Union Theater
Cuba's most famous Latin jazz group, Irakere, heats up the stage at the Wisconsin Union Theater Friday, Oct. 22, at 9 p.m. Read More
Milestones
Appointed At its October meeting, the Board of Regents approved the appointment of Richard S. Eisenstein to the Elmer Martin Billings… Read More