Law School sponsors community service day Aug. 31
The Law School is sponsoring its first community service day for first-year law students Tuesday, Aug. 31. Approximately 300 students will fan out in groups of 25 to 12 locations in Dane County to paint, clean, prepare food, rehab wheelchairs and sort clothing, among other volunteer activities.
Instructional technology grants available
A new grant called Web Works is available to UW–Madison faculty and instructional staff who wish to incorporate instructional technology more fully into their curriculum.
Accreditation evaluation praises educational successes, urges more funding
The university has substantially enhanced undergraduate education in the past decade, but a lack of state funding is jeopardizing the institution's long-term future, according to an independent review of the university.
Despite rulings, faculty and staff should heed copyrights
Faculty and staff should continue to follow existing standards for using copyrighted and patented information, despite recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings, a UW–Madison attorney says.
Vertical wind shear field over the Atlantic
An example of the vertical wind shear field over the Atlantic including tropical cyclones Floyd and Gert (red icons). Wind shear has…
Image from the Wavetrak product over the Atlantic
An image from the Wavetrak product over the Atlantic, showing a satellite mosaic of infrared imagery and winds tracked from successive images.
A multi-channel satellite image composite of Hurricane Floyd
A multi-channel satellite image composite of Hurricane Floyd.
Nominations sought for dean of students
The search to hire a new dean of students at the university is progressing. The 15-member search and screen committee formed this summer by Chancellor David Ward is accepting applications and nominations for the position until Friday, Oct. 1.
Student computer ownership increases
A survey of UW–Madison students finds a substantial increase in computer ownership, especially among undergraduates.
New program engineers better health
Biomedical engineering, a new department in the College of Engineering beginning this fall, might be the university's most diverse department.
Study details genetic basis of aging — and how it might be delayed
Scientists at UW–Madison have, for the first time, profiled specific genetic changes during the aging of experimental animals, a discovery that could aid work to extend life span and preserve health.
Grant boosts UW child care
The university will use a new $247,200 federal grant to provide campus-based infant and toddler care for low-income student parents.
Recent sightings by Jeff Miller
Flora and flight at the UW Arboretum…
Students move in to residence halls this weekend
About 7,000 students will move into university residence halls beginning this Friday and Saturday, Aug. 27-28.
Arctic adventurer to speak at convocation
Author and Arctic explorer Alvah Simon will speak at this year's Chancellor's Convocation on Wednesday, Sept. 1, at 2 p.m. in the Kohl Center. Hosted by Chancellor David Ward, the event is an official welcome to the university for new students, but all students, faculty, staff and the general public are invited and encouraged to attend. No tickets are required.
Manager says ISIS project completion in sight
Ron Niendorf, who's in charge of implementing a new campus records system, knows something about big changes. A decade ago, Niendorf shepherded the successful implementation of touchtone registration in 1987-88. Now Niendorf and other top computing officials are in the spotlight again with ISIS, the computerized records system that is moving down the track as campus officials shift from implementing the system to further stabilizing it.
News in brief
Games room: Cued for fun Students take advantage of the half-price pool on a recent afternoon in the recently remodeled…
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Milestones
Honored Seymour Abrahamson, professor emeritus of zoology, received the third order of the Sacred Treasure of Japan in May for his…