Art of weather under discussion in Chazen lecture
The tricks and techniques that painters use to depict “Weather in Art” will be under discussion on Tuesday, Sept. 13. Steve Ackerman, UW–Madison professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, will consider how landscape artists use paint to create the illusion of atmospheric and weather conditions.
Pivot Points exhibit travels to Art Department
The exhibition Pivot Points will be on display Sept. 9-23 at the Art Department Gallery. The three-year traveling exhibition of abstract painting on paper and poetry brings together three generations of painters and poets examining the ties of mentorship.
Professor takes grassroots health care to the world
Linda Baumann is a professor of nursing as well as a master sailor in charge of the spinnaker on her 25-foot Kirby sailboat “Annie Allen.â€
Artist in residence to be featured in forum
Wisconsin Public Radio’s Lori Skelton will host a public forum with the world-renowned conductor, composer and scholar Gunther Schuller about his life and work.
Writer’s Choice
Tales told in music from around the world will supply the theme of the second annual World Music Fest, this year on Thursday, Sept. 15-Saturday, Sept. 17 at the Memorial Union.
Art, science make ‘Starry Transit’ in historic observatory
What artist Martha Glowacki sees in the night sky is a larger cycle of life, death and transformation, she says. Consequently, her new multifaceted, multidisciplinary installation, “Starry Transit,”is about different takes on the natural world.
Book Smart
It may surprise you that sugarcane first arrived in Jamaica from Java and the South Pacific in the second half of the 18th century.
University Club to remain open to public through September
The University Club has announced that it will be open to the public through the end of September, among other recent changes.
CIRTL provides new resources for teaching the sciences
Instructors can take the initiative to include all students in the sciences, by using new teaching resources produced by the diversity team at the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL).
The World’s Tiniest Badger?
NanoBucky, created in the research lab of UW–Madison chemistry professor Robert Hamers, is composed of tiny carbon nanofiber “hairs,”each just 75 nanometers in diamete
Center for the Humanities begins project exploring Don Quixote
The Center for the Humanities is preparing to begin one of its most ambitious projects to date: Don Quixote in Wisconsin.
U.S. News deputy editor to debut new visiting writer program
Josh Fischman, deputy editor for U.S. News & World Report, has been named the first Biomedical and Public Health Writer in Residence by the UW–Madison.
Graduate School changes system for letters of recommendation
The Graduate School is moving to a Web-based system for letters of recommendation, beginning Thursday, Sept. 15.
UW Cancer Center forms new partnership in Fox River Valley
An affiliation among Wisconsin’s only comprehensive cancer center and two of the Fox Cities’ leading hospitals will offer a new level of care to the area’s cancer patients.
Plan 2008 forum set for Sept. 29
Students, faculty and staff will discuss ideas and inspiration for UW–Madison’s efforts to improve diversity and campus climate. The sixth annual Plan 2008 Campus Forum will be held from 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29, at Memorial Union.
UW-Madison Sources for Continued Hurricane Coverage
With the death toll estimated in the thousands and New Orleans in a state of emergency, Hurricane Katrina's devastation will continue to have an enormous impact on the Deep South and the nation. The University of Wisconsin–Madison has experts who can offer useful perspectives to media on health, economic, psychological and rebuilding issues.
Student services units settle into new spaces
Several student services units at UW–Madison are settling into new offices after summer moves from 905 University Ave.
Giant optical telescope in South Africa comes online
Five years after breaking ground on a South African mountaintop near the edge of the Kalahari desert, astronomers today released the first images captured by the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), now the equal of the world's largest optical telescope and a prized window to the night skies of the southern hemisphere.