Milestones
APPOINTED The following academic staff members were granted indefinite appointments by Chancellor John Wiley. They did not retire as was reported in… Read More
Ideas sought for UW–Madison master plan
Two sessions aimed at soliciting ideas for the new UW–Madison master plan, a document that will guide campus renewal well into the next decade, will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 12. Read More
Race to benefit public-interest legal work
For the 15th consecutive year, the five-kilometer Race Judicata will raise money to support UW–Madison law students engaged in public interest legal work for low-income and under-represented communities. Read More
Students discuss lessons from Cyprus
Chadbourne Residential College (CRC) will host a presentation by nine UW–Madison students who traveled together to the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus over the summer Read More
Art permeates (prehistoric) life at special events
According to Joseph Skulan, the assistant faculty associate who is coordinating the series, this first symposium will outline the need that science has for art. Read More
A love of profession, a passion for painting
Jerry Jordan stays busy working for the Office of Admissions, and creating mural-size art. Read More
Arts Institute in search of new director
Wanted: an arts leader and advocate to direct UW–Madison's Arts Institute. The opening comes as Tino Balio, AI director since the body's inception in 1998, retires. Read More
Carol Bartz to get entrepreneurship award in Madison
Carol Bartz, CEO of Autodesk, the world's leading design software and digital content company, will be inducted into the Entrepreneur Hall of Fame, an honor bestowed annually by the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship at the UW–Madison School of Business, on Tuesday, Oct. 12. Read More
Geneticists win national research contract
A Wisconsin team of molecular geneticists has won a $6.5 million contract for characterizing nonhuman primates to enhance the work of transplant biologists around the world. Read More
Stanford historian delivers 2004 Curti Lectures
Stanford University historian Richard White will offer new takes on American history through misinformation in the Merle Curti Lecture Series Monday-Wednesday, Oct. 18-20. Read More
Workshop hones math problem-solving skills
The use of video-based mathematical problems to stimulate problem-solving skills is the topic of a School of Education workshop for educators on Friday, Oct. 22, at Lodi Middle School. Read More
Partners in Giving campaign sets goal of raising $2.7 million
UW-Madison, UW Hospital and Clinics, and state government employees in Dane County can help charities meet the demand for vital services by contributing to this year's Partners in Giving campaign, which begins Oct. 11 and ends Nov. 30. The workplace campaign seeks to raise $2.7 million. Read More
New places, new spaces
Campus has been alive with the sights and sounds of new construction, as crews work on projects ranging from a West Campus parking garage, to a power plant, to a renovated Chamberlin Hall and a new lakeside Crew House. Read More
Gene from 1918 virus proves key to virulent influenza
Using a gene resurrected from the virus that caused the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, recorded history's most lethal outbreak of infectious disease, scientists have found that a single gene may have been responsible for the devastating virulence of the virus. Read More
Survey: Students using more portable technology
Students at UW–Madison are more mobile than ever before, according to findings from an annual online survey administered by the UW–Madison Division of Information Technology (DoIT). Read More
Dance critic to discuss impact of AIDS on American dance
David Gere's book is the first examination of the impact that AIDS has had on the dance community, particularly on its gay men. Read More
State’s largest used book sale benefits libraries
More than 15,000 books will go on sale during Wisconsin's largest used book sale Wednesday through Saturday, Oct. 6-9, in 116 Memorial Library, 728 State St. Read More
Hunting may not cause sinking woodcock populations
Wildlife ecology graduate student Jed Meunier is participating in a project that is helping to reveal the reasons underlying woodcock population declines in the upper Midwest. Read More
Why Files designer flies solo in new exhibition
While she hasn't quit her day job (designing UW–Madison's Why Files science-education Web site for the last five years), of late Sue Medaris has been mighty busy outside of work. She's been readying a 40-piece gallery exhibition, "A One-Chick Show: Of Cocks and Hens," for its opening Wednesday, Oct. 6, at the downtown Madison Public Library on Mifflin Street. A free public reception will be held at 5 p.m. Read More