This fall for the first time, the Division of Continuing Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison awarded scholarships to 11 adult students who have returned to school to complete their first bachelor’s degrees.
The new discovery of a lethal gene may explain why pregnancy rates in dairy cattle have dropped sharply in recent years, a UW–Madison researcher says.
Magnetic personalities Many of the student lockers in the hallways at the School of Veterinary Medicine are adorned with photos, magnetic words and fuzzy stuffed friends — personalized glimpses into the lives of many of the lockers’ owners. The school often feels like a large family, says Susan Hyland, associate dean, and many visitors enjoy …
The late choreographer Alwin Nikolais devised a simple formula that revolutionized 20th-century dance: obstacles in dancers’ paths.
No, he’s not that bounty hunter guy on cable’s A&E channel. Rather, David Grisman — “Old Dawg”— plays music of the same name, which he describes as a fortuitous melding of swing, bluegrass, Celtic, Latin, jazz and gypsy, to list but a few. You can get a sample of what this genre is like on Friday, Nov. 3, at 8 p.m. in the Wisconsin Union Theater.
For the second year in a row, UW Hospital and Clinics has been named one of the 10 top-performing academic hospitals in the United States, based on a national quality and accountability benchmarking study by the University Health System Consortium, an alliance of U.S. academic health centers and their affiliated hospitals.
The Arboretum received a 2006 National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
When Shakespeare explored this predicament in “Romeo and Juliet,”the resolution he presented was not a happy one. In 2005 independent filmmaker Elle Flanders tried her hand at this territory, broadening the discourse from the familial to the nationalistic in “Zero Degrees of Separation,”an award-winning cinéma vérité meditation on what it means to be sleeping with the enemy in these latter days, as two mixed Israeli-Palestinian couples attempt to build lives together in 21st century Israel.
Wisconsin ecologists have ventured into remote parts of Iceland to explore a startling phenomenon in which trillions of gnat-like bugs periodically rise up to form hovering swarms so thick they resemble waves of morning fog.
Ask Bucky is a service provided by Visitor and Information Programs. For more information, call 263-2400, visit the Campus Information Center in the Red Gym or the new Welcome Center, 21 N. Park St., or visit us at http://www.vip.wisc.edu. Below are two questions Ask Bucky recently answered.
Employee Matters This column is prepared by staff from the Office of Human Resources. E-mail questions to benefits@ohr.wisc.edu or call 262-5650. For more information, visit http://www.bussvc.wisc.edu/ecbs/ecbs.html. What is the UW TSA plan? A Tax-Sheltered Annuity (TSA) plan is a retirement savings program authorized by section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code. It allows eligible UW …
With the Tuesday, Nov.7, general election drawing near, faculty and staff can promote civic engagement by encouraging students to learn about the issues and vote, says interim Dean of Students Lori Berquam.
City and university officials breathed a giant sigh of relief on Oct. 29 as Madison’s Halloween “Freakfest” came off without a major disturbance.
In years past, hard copies of the university’s faculty/staff and student directories would be distributed about now, but times have changed. Starting with this 2006–07 academic year, the directories are available online only.
A free, public address by school founder and reformer Deborah Meier will kick off the School of Education’s celebration of American Education Week, Nov. 12–18.
Starting Monday, Nov. 6, an extra bus will be added to campus Route 80, reducing the time between buses from seven to six minutes for the winter months. The extra bus will help to lessen the chances that riders will be passed at their stops in cold and snowy weather because their buses are already full.
After five months of “grazing”in Madison, Sun Prairie and Fitchburg, nearly half of the CowParade Wisconsin cows will be put up for auction on Friday, Nov. 10.
With Wisconsin’s general election just around the corner, on Tuesday, Nov. 7, Wisconsin Week asked the three candidates for governor — Jim Doyle, Nelson Eisman and Mark Green — a series of five questions related to UW–Madison and higher education. Here are their responses.
After a year as director of Student Accessibility Services at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., Cathy Trueba recently returned to Madison to become director of the McBurney Disability Resource Center.
Candidates’ responses Jim Doyle Nelson Eisman Mark Green Wisconsin Week: The University of Wisconsin has been described as an economic engine for the state. What do you believe are the three greatest economic benefits it brings? Jim Doyle: The University of Wisconsin provides unique opportunities for citizens from all walks of life to earn a …