Benefits questions? Employee fair will answer them
Do you feel like your benefit plans are confusing and you don't know how to maximize all the university has to offer? Attend the annual UW Benefits Fair sponsored by the Employee Compensation and Benefits Office (EC&BO) on Wednesday, Oct. 13, from 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. Read More
Animation from Iran presented
The art of animation as practiced in Iran will be shown by the Cinematheque student-run film society on Saturday, Oct. 9. Using a… Read More
UW Opera begins season on spooky ‘note’
The University Opera will open its 2004-05 season with "The Turn of the Screw" on Friday, Oct. 15, at 7:30 p.m. Other performances are Sunday, Oct. 17, at 3 p.m. and Tuesday, Oct. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in Music Hall. Read More
Web site offers information on car fleet, garage
New state regulations and a campus construction project have forced UW–Madison's car fleet and fleet garage operations to undergo a series of changes. Read More
Captiol capsules
Tech council calls for state support of UW Last week, the Wisconsin Technology Council released a report calling on the governor and… Read More
Plan comes to life for East Campus
A seven-block-long pedestrian mall, seen as the unifying feature of the East Campus redevelopment plan, has new momentum after lingering on university drawing boards for 96 years. The East Campus Mall, first proposed in a 1908 campus master plan, is a key element in today's plans to revitalize the area with an arts-and-humanities district and new student housing. Read More
Longtime activisit Wilkins to lecture on civil rights act
Roger Wilkins, a Pulitzer Prize winner and longtime civil rights activist, will focus on the hopes and promises of the Civil Rights Act in its 40th year during the Kastenmeier Lecture at the UW Law School. Read More
Visiting lecturer explores physical, structural violence
Veena Das, a scholar internationally respected for both her academic research and her activist work on physical and structural violence in India, will be this year's J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished International Visitor. Read More
National expert addresses prion-based diseases
Devastating neurodegenerative diseases — from mad cow and chronic wasting disease (CWD) in animals to Creutzfeldt-Jakob in people — have seized headlines across the country, especially in areas with large deer herds. While much has been written, little is still understood about how these diseases have evolved and are transmitted, including the risk of animal-to-human transmission. Read More
Veterinarian cycles across America for cancer cure
Sheila McGuirk was so elated when she heard she'd been selected for the 2004 Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope bicycle ride across America, she high-fived the visor in her car and clicked her heels in the air on her way into her daughter's music lesson. Read More
Recent sightings
It’s all a blur Fullback Matt Bernstein (45) hurdles over an attempted Penn State tackle during the Badger’s Big Ten… Read More
Computer model mimics how children read
By developing a computer model that mimics how children learn to read, two researchers from UW–Madison and Stanford University track the development of a skilled reader, ultimately showing that phonics gives readers an edge, especially early on. Read More
Chancellor Wiley warns of budget perils
State budget difficulties and calls for a so-called Taxpayer Bill of Rights threaten the quality of higher education in Wisconsin, UW–Madison Chancellor John D. Wiley said Monday. Read More
Fletcher steps up with gift to Camp Randall renovation
When Terrell Fletcher was coming out of high school, the UW changed his life. Now he'd like to return the favor. Read More
Students help set the stage at Wisconsin Union Theater
Russo oversees a wealth of programming Read More
Book Smart
Susanne Desan, professor of history, “The Family on Trial in Revolutionary France,” University of California-Berkeley Press, 2004. During the French Revolution, divorce… Read More
Employee Matters
Fall Benefit Plan Enrollment Opportunities Read More
Rock the Vote visits campus Oct. 15
The campus will play host to Rock the Vote's "Voter Registration Experience Bus Tour" on Friday, Oct. 15, 2004. Read More
“Bucky for President”
Just when you need a new angle on all the election stories, Bucky Badger has one for you: He's running for president during Homecoming 2004. Read More