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If the outdoors beckons, you’ll want to visit the annual Wisconsin Hoofer Club-wide Kickoff, Thursday, Sept. 6, 7:30 p.m. in Great Hall , Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St.

The possibilities of lower interest rates, volatile markets, more layoffs and recession will be addressed by John W. Thompson, president of Thompson, Plumb & Associates, Madison, one of four leading economic advisers who will speak at the ‘Economic Outlook: 2002’ conference, Friday, Sept. 21, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

A UW-Madison survey finds 87 percent of students are satisfied or very satisfied with the computing resources the university provides, a figure that has remained steady for three years.

Noted documentary filmmaker Tony Buba will be the Arts Institute interdisciplinary artist in residence at the UW-Madison this fall.

A $25 million expansion of the Waisman Center will support the center’s pioneering research, services, and education in human development, developmental disabilities and neurodegenerative diseases.

As college students head back to school, an American Medical Association survey released Wednesday shows binge drinking is among their parents’ top concerns: 95 percent say excessive drinking is a serious threat to their children, and 85 percent say easy access to alcohol at colleges contributes to the problem.

Here are excerpts of the governor’s veto message that pertain to UW System programs.

The university will receive much of what it asked for in the state budget for various programs and projects over the next two years.

Campus leaders are asking academic units to decide whether to implement working professorial titles for instructional and research academic staff.

Students and the Wisconsin Union plan to expand late-night activities that give students a no-alcohol alternative to bars and house parties.

You won’t find the first lesson the Law School teaches its students in any law books. That’s because it is a lesson taught out in the Madison community.

The Dean’s Advisory Board of the School of Business has raised nearly $800,000 to name a floor of the school’s new executive education center for Andrew J. Policano.

University employees new and old will have the opportunity to attend a campus orientation early this fall.

Learning Professional Development and Applied Studies Human Services Administration: online classes. Available beginning Wednesday, Sept. 5. Information: 262-2352, http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/pda/online/hsl.htm. Assessing, Developing and Documenting Your Managerial Abilities: Online Course Sept. 4-Oct. 15, $250. Information: 262-3830. http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/pda/cpm. How to Locate and Develop Grants Thursday, Sept. 6, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Pyle Center. $135 ($120 with Writing Successful Proposals, …