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Ken Frazier, director of the General Library System for UW-Madison, is now president-elect of the Association of Research Libraries.

It was a century ago that pioneer American psychologist William James urged his readers to live fully in the now. William Farlow, newly arrived artistic director of UW-Madison’s Opera, recommends opera as a means of capturing that …

UW-Madison students and other campus community members in Madison over the long Thanksgiving weekend once again will be able to dine at the UW-Madison Memorial Union’s Thanksgiving buffet.

Larry Rittenberg, chair of the Accounting and Information Systems Department, has been appointed to a national blue-ribbon panel to make recommendations on strengthening the role of audit committees in overseeing corporate financial reporting.

A book describing life as a tracker of missing persons, written by UW-Madison history graduate student Hannah Nyala, has been made into a television movie scheduled for broadcast Tuesday, Nov. 24 on the CBS network.

Faculty members who have devoted their careers to studying family will examine a controversial new book, “The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do,” in a panel discussion at UW-Madison Nov. 30.

Postcards from Pasadena – photos and text relate the Rose Bowl experience Rose Bowl by the numbers Pasadena Tournament of Roses Web site Rose Bowl ticket information WAA-sponsored events in California (These events are open to the public.) Wisconsin Pep Rally Dec. 30, 3:30-4:30 p.m. ABC Entertainment Center (across from Century Plaza Hotel) This event …

Charles Cohen and Ted Finman The legislation proposed by the majority of the Ad Hoc Committee on Prohibited Harassment Legislation is designed to protect the free flow of ideas among every person in a classroom. Charles Cohen Ted Finman Its language is absolutely clear: “All expression germane to the subject matter of a course, including …

Donald A. Downs Two years ago, noted Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz called UW-Madison’s faculty and staff speech code “the worst faculty speech code in the country” because of its failure to protect academic freedom. In an effort to fix the code, a special committee recently submitted reform recommendations to the University Committee. Nine …

The UW-Madison faculty speech code’s proposed revision is moving forward – and colleges and universities nationwide are watching with great interest.

UW System regent Toby Marcovich sees a bright spot in the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling last month against the UW-Madison student fee system.

UW-Madison’s Pro Arte Quartet will perform all six Bartok string quartets in two splendid concerts on Saturday, November 21 at 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the Wisconsin Union Theater. A buffet dinner is offered in between the two concerts.

“Winter Sport,” a hand-colored block print by George Raab on exhibit at the Elvehjem Museum of Art. SESQUICENTENNIAL FLASHBACK Historical highlights UW’s first students in 1849 studied physics, civil polity, algebra and Latin – all the trimmings of a classical education. But from its earliest days, the university has also strived to include courses that …

“Hot Type in a Cold World,” a UW-Madison symposium Thursday and Friday, Nov. 19-20, will look at letterpress printing and the book arts in a world gone digital.

An open house and instructional technology fair Friday, Nov. 20 will help mark the recent merger of the School of Education Computer Lab with the Instructional Materials Center.

Tina Packer, artistic director of Shakespeare and Co. in Lenox, Mass. will explore the feminine in William Shakespeare’s plays during her residency at UW-Madison Nov. 22-25.