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 Appointed The following named professorships have been appointed: Nicholas L. Abbott, chemical engineering, John T. and Magdalen L. Sobota Chair; David Bordwell, communication arts, Hilldale Professor; Richard R. Burgess, oncology, James D. …
COMMUNITY Scalia speaks at Law School Using a combination of earnest rhetoric and humor, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told a campus audience that the only valid approach to the Constitution is his philosophy of “originalism,” which holds that “what the Constitution means is what it was understood to mean when it was adopted.” …
UW-Madison was a major presence at the recent “UW Day” at Monona Terrace Convention Center, where an estimated 2,000 guests celebrated the UW System and the contributions it makes to the state as an economic, educational and cultural resource.
Could it be that the same analytical tools mathematicians use to negotiate algebraic problems can help musicians enhance their own and audiences’ understanding of the abstract concepts embedded in Bach? According to Christopher Taylor, internationally renowned concert pianist, sometime mathematician and newly appointed assistant professor of piano performance, rigorous intellectual analysis is the heart of both disciplines.
You’re high in the wild blue yonder, going about your business of learning to fly a military jet, when suddenly you goof up. At that precarious moment, what kind of instructor would you rather have in the seat behind you — a “screamer” who makes your helmet ring, or someone who can coolly talk you through it?
Bucky behind bars? No, it’s just another in our series of views of that Gothic palace, the University Club, where the wood frame of leaded glass creates a stark pattern. The club will be celebrating an anniversary this year; look for a feature in an upcoming edition of Wisconsin Week.(Photo: Jeff Miller)
Teaching and Learning Scholarship, a new certificate program at UW-Madison, is a campuswide interdisciplinary program that’s on a mission: to strengthen the preparation of graduate students for the dramatically changing academic workplace of the 21st century. And it does that by enriching their capacity to be effective teachers and faculty members.
Original choreography and multimedia works by University dance students will be featured in the upcoming Spring Student Concert sponsored by the Dance Program.
Working through the WIYN consortium, astronomers from UW-Madison and three other UW System schools – UW-Oshkosh, UW-Stevens Point and UW-Whitewater – have entered into an agreement with the National Optical Astronomical Observatories to acquire and operate a 0.9-meter telescope atop Kitt Peak, Ariz.
Rima Apple, professor human ecology, is coordinator of “‘Brides’ Course’ or Professional Training,” an exhibition of archival photos and historic artifacts tracing the School of Human Ecology’s inception and development. The exhibition opens March 19 in the UW-Madison Gallery of Design.
“Art/Science: Exploring the Connections,” an exhibit featuring photography of Russia by university scientists James Will and Vicktoria Danilova, runs through June 12 at Promega Corp., a biopharmaceutical and technology company, 5445 E. Cheryl Parkway, Fitchburg.
GŸnter Blobel won a Nobel Prize for his pioneering research on the inner workings of the cell, but when he visits the university this month, he’ll discuss another of his passions — restoring the historic German city of Dresden.
Members of the union representing support staff and certain health technology workers have voted to approve a contract agreement with UW Hospital and Clinics.
Now is the time for students to apply for one of five volunteer positions as a summer coordinator for the Wisconsin Union Directorate.
The 2001 Wisconsin Film Festival has added to its program March 29-April 1, just in time for advance single ticket sale sales that began today, March 16.
“CCBC Choices 2001,” which describes 228 of the best books for children and young adults published in the last year, is available from the School of Education’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center.
The study of French in the arts, education, business, science, technology and literature will advance with the establishment of the Center for Interdisciplinary French Studies on the campus.
The “Schwall” half of the Siegel-Schwall Blues Band will demonstrate blues styles to a university class on Thursday, March 22, rescheduled from March 29. Students in the Blues Legacies course – and anyone interested – can listen to Schwall during the class, which meets at 1:20 p.m. at Luther’s Blues Club, 1401 University Ave.
The university is partnering with a leading online education firm to develop the nation’s first Web-based curriculum on NCAA rules compliance.
Micromachines, a levitating superconductor, the nature of light and new ways to treat cancer will be showcased during the Synchrotron Radiation Center’s annual open house on Sunday, March 25, noon-5 p.m.