Final fall enrollment numbers at UW-Madison reveal the largest student population since 1992. UW-Madison has enrolled 41,511 students for the fall semester, representing a 0.7 percent increase from last year’s total of 41,219. Of that number, there are 28,831 undergraduates, including 6,099 new students, the largest group of new undergraduates in school history.
UW-Madison is asking the campus community to consider supporting an effort to provide educational opportunities to those who lost parents or other family members in last month’s terrorist attacks.
The first in a series of listening sessions with Chancellor John Wiley Tuesday, Oct. 16, will seek feedback from the campus community on how the campus is handling the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The session is scheduled at 5 p.m. in Memorial Union. Check ‘Today in the Union’ for exact location.
More than 15,000 books on almost any subject will be on sale in a fund-raiser for the Friends of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Oct. 17-20, in 116 Memorial Library.
Several new events will premiere this year as part of the Homecoming celebrations.
NASA’s Arthur Frederick ‘Fritz’ Hasler will present the NASA/NOAA Earth Science Electronic Theater (or ETheater), in Madison Oct. 17-18.
Dear Members of the Madison Community, One month ago today, our country witnessed its darkest moment, as terrorists attacked our land, our people, and our freedom. In the days since September 11, I have seen freedom embraced and renewed, as people have come together to express their sorrow and condemnation and to help our nation …
A series of listening sessions will seek feedback from the campus community on how the university is handling the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Chancellor John Wiley announced Thursday, Oct. 11.
It is a coincidence befitting a Charles Dickens novel: University professor discovers cache of photographs, lost for more than half a century. Depicted are elder family members of an administrator at the same university where the professor works.
The campus community and general public are invited to learn more about the Campus Natural Areas at an open house, 3-6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, in the circle parking lot opposite the entrance to Picnic Point off University Bay Drive.
Subjected to decades of gradual change by humans, many of the world’s natural ecosystems – from coral reefs and tropical forests to northern lakes and forests – appear susceptible to sudden catastrophic ecological change, an international consortium of scientists reports today, Oct. 11, in the journal Nature.
The 26th annual Merle Curti Lectures will be presented by distinguished intellectual historian Francis Oakley Oct. 16, 17 and 18.
Learning Retirement on Your Mind?? Learn How To Interpret Your WRS Statement of Benefits Attend one of the following informational sessions sponsored by Employee Compensation and Benefits Services. No registration required. Monday, Nov. 5; 4-5 p.m.; TITU Union South Tuesday, Nov. 6; 9-10 a.m.; On Wisconsin Room, Red Gym Wednesday, Nov. 7; 4-5 p.m.; TITU …
Milestones covers awards, honors and major publications by faculty and staff. Send your items to Wisconsin Week, 19 Bascom Hall, or e-mail: wisweek@news.wisc.edu Appointments John F. Fallon, the Harland Winfield Mossman Professor of Anatomy at the Medical School, is the new president of the American Association of Anatomists. The two-year term began in April. Fallon …
Here is an overview of sexual assault prevention and intervention efforts at UW-Madison.
Here are some quotes from participants in the new campus-community campaign to prevent sexual assault.
The university, in partnership with Dane County, is launching a new, student-generated campaign designed to help prevent sexual assault.
(Advances gives a glimpse of the many significant research projects at the university. Tell us about your discoveries by e-mailing: wisweek@news.wisc.edu.) Advances gives a glimpse of the many significant research projects at the university. Tell us about your discoveries. E-mail: wisweek@news.wisc.edu. University to develop Internet 2 ‘middleware’ The university has received a grant to facilitate …
(Almanac lists facts, figures and miscellany of campus interest. Know something, or want to know? Call us: 262-3846, or e-mail: wisweek@news.wisc.edu.) Correction A photo caption Sept. 26 incorrectly stated Jessica Gaspar’s academic affiliation. Gaspar is a teaching assistant and Ph.D. dissertator in the Theatre and Drama department. Education compiles site for coping with tragedy To …
NCAA: Probation for discounts The university has been placed on probation for five years and reductions have been made in grants-in-aid in football and men’s basketball for violations of NCAA legislation governing extra benefits, recruiting inducements and the institution’s failure to monitor its athletics program. The NCAA infractions committee reported these findings by teleconference to …